Januário


Fábio Daniel Januário known simply as Januário is a retired Brazilian professional footballer. He recently plays for Esteghlal in the Iran's Premier Football League before being released because of heavy injury. He usually played in the midfielder position.

Club career

Januário 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. 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 ends, he separated from the team due to foot injury in January 2013. He announced his retirement on 29 June 2013.
SeasonTeamCountryDivisionAppsGoals
1998–99Cascavel EC1*146
1999–00Cascavel EC1*198
2000–01Cascavel EC1*219
2001–02Cascavel EC1*2513
2002–03CTE Colatina1**188
2002–03EC Vitória100
2003–04Gil Vicente1158
2004–05Gil Vicente1215
2005–06Belenenses1294
2006–07Belenenses133

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

Club career statistics

Last update 26 September 2012
SeasonTeamAssists
06–07Foolad5
07–08Foolad6
08–09Esteghlal8
09–10Esteghlal6
10–11Sepahan2
11–12Sepahan3
12–13Esteghlal0

Honours

Club

;Esteghlal
;Sepahan