Januário

Fábio Daniel Januário known simply as Januário (born September 3, 1979 in Londrina, Paraná, Brazil) is a retired Brazilian professional footballer. He played for Esteghlal in the Iran's Premier Football League before being released because of heavy injury. He usually played in the midfielder position.

Fabio Januario

Januário in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Fábio Daniel Januário
Date of birth	(1979-09-03) September 3, 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1994–1998	Cascavel
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2001	Cascavel	79	(14)
2002	CTE Colatina	25	(5)
2002	Vitória	3	(1)
2003–2005	Gil Vicente	36	(11)
2005–2007	Belenenses	32	(6)
2007–2008	Foolad	35	(12)
2008–2010	Esteghlal	54	(8)
2010–2012	Sepahan	51	(9)
2012	Esteghlal	10	(2)
Total		307	(90)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 3, 2016

Club career

Januário began playing club football with Cascavel Esporte Clube while he was studying engineering. After he received his degree, he started his professional career playing for a number of provincial league teams in Brazil before moving the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A team Esporte Clube Vitória.^[2] After a season at Esporte Clube Vitória he moved from the Campeonato Brasileira Seria A to the Portuguese Liga where he played for Gil Vicente and C.F. Os Belenenses. He then moved to Iran where he started playing for Foolad in 2006. In 2008, he moved to Esteghlal, talent has dramatically went up and has been in the starting line-up for most of the 2008–09 season and has established great popularity with Esteghlal fans. On 27 April 2009, he netted his fourth goal of the season which eventually made Esteghlal the league champions.

On 26 May 2010, he joined Sepahan in the Iran Pro League with the contract amount of $1,200.000. He returned to Esteghlal after spending two seasons in Sepahan by signing a one-year contract. However, before the season ended, he separated from the team due to foot injury in January 2013. He announced his retirement on 29 June 2013.

Season	Team	Country	Division	Apps	Goals
1998–99	Cascavel EC	Brazil	1*	14	6
1999–00	Cascavel EC	Brazil	1*	19	8
2000–01	Cascavel EC	Brazil	1*	21	9
2001–02	Cascavel EC	Brazil	1*	25	13
2002–03	CTE Colatina	Brazil	1**	18	8
2002–03	EC Vitória	Brazil	1	0	0
2003–04	Gil Vicente	Portugal	1	15	8
2004–05	Gil Vicente	Portugal	1	21	5
2005–06	Belenenses	Portugal	1	29	4
2006–07	Belenenses	Portugal	1	3	3

* 1st Division of Campeonato Paranaense
** 1st Division of Campeonato Capixaba

Club career statistics

Last update 26 September 2012

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Iran			League		Hazfi Cup		Asia		Total
2006–07	Foolad	Persian Gulf Cup	10	4	0	0	-	-	10	4
2007–08		Azadegan League	25	4			-	-
2008–09	Esteghlal	Persian Gulf Cup	25	4	1	0	5	0	31	0
2009–10			29	1	1	1	7	0	37	4
2010–11	Sepahan		22	1	4	0	8	2	34	3
2011–12			29	5	0	0	7	0	36	5
2012–13	Esteghlal		10	2	0	0	0	0	10	2
Total	Iran		135	21			24	2
Career total			135	21			24	2

• Assist goals

Season	Team	Assists
06–07	Foolad	5
07–08	Foolad	6
08–09	Esteghlal	8
09–10	Esteghlal	6
10–11	Sepahan	2
11–12	Sepahan	3
12–13	Esteghlal	0

Honours

Club

Esteghlal

• Iran Pro League (1): 2008–09

Sepahan

• Iran Pro League (2): 2010–11, 2011–12