Fernando Abreu

Fernando Augusto de Abreu Ferreira (Brazilian Portuguese: [feʁˈnɐ̃du aˈbɾɛw]; born 3 October 1984), known as Abreu, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a central defender.

Fernando Abreu

Personal information
Full name	Fernando Augusto de Abreu Ferreira
Date of birth	(1984-10-03) 3 October 1984 (age 41)
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position	Centre back
Youth career
1996	São Bernardo
1996–2001	São Paulo
2001–2002	Porto
2002–2003	Torino
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2007	Racing B	71	(4)
2007	Racing Santander	1	(0)
2007–2009	Atlético Madrid B	32	(2)
2009–2010	Olimpija	9	(0)
2010–2011	Olympiakos Nicosia	10	(1)
2011–2012	IFK Mariehamn	11	(0)
2012	Johor F.C.	7	(2)
2013	Ekranas	5	(0)
2014–2015	Chiangrai United	46	(3)
2016	Lampang	0	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 June 2016

He also holds Portuguese citizenship.

Football career

Born in São Paulo, Abreu played youth football for four clubs, two of them abroad and the last being Torino FC. In 2003, aged not yet 19, he moved to Spain and signed for Racing de Santander, being registered with the B-side for the vast majority of his four-year spell; on 17 June 2007, the final day of the season, he played his only La Liga game, which consisted of five minutes in a 0–2 home loss against Real Betis.^[1]

For the 2007–08 campaign, Abreu joined another reserve team in the country and the third division, Atlético Madrid B. In the 2009 summer he signed with NK Olimpija Ljubljana in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, moving in quick succession to Olympiakos Nicosia (Cyprus) and IFK Mariehamn (Finland's Veikkausliiga).

On 7 January 2012, Abreu changed clubs and countries again, reuniting with countryman and former Santander teammate Arthuro at Malaysia's Johor Darul Takzim FC.^[2][3]