Fábio Rochemback
Brazilian footballer (born 1981) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Fábio Rochemback (born 10 December 1981) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
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Full name | Fábio Rochemback | ||
Date of birth | (1981-12-10) 10 December 1981 (age 42) | ||
Place of birth | Soledade, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Internacional | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1999–2001 | Internacional | 40 | (7) |
2001–2005 | Barcelona | 45 | (3) |
2003–2005 | → Sporting CP (loan) | 46 | (10) |
2005–2008 | Middlesbrough | 68 | (5) |
2008–2009 | Sporting CP | 20 | (1) |
2009–2012 | Grêmio | 69 | (3) |
2012–2013 | Dalian Aerbin | 51 | (7) |
2014 | Ipiranga de Passo Fundo | ||
Total | 339 | (36) | |
International career | |||
2004 | Brazil U23 | 6 | (0) |
2001 | Brazil | 7 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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At different ends of his career, he represented both Grenal rivals of his home state of Rio Grande do Sul: Internacional and Grêmio. He signed for Barcelona at 19 for €15 million but struggled,[1][2][3][4] while he reached the 2005 UEFA Cup Final on loan to Sporting CP. He also spent three years at Middlesbrough of the Premier League, and played in the 2006 UEFA Cup Final for them.
Rochemback played seven games for Brazil, at the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup and 2001 Copa América.