Fábio César Montezine, known as Fábio César (Arabic: فابيو سيزار مونتيزين; born 24 February 1979) is a football coach and a former player. Born in Brazil, he represented the Qatar national team.
Club career
As a junior, he played for the big Brazilian club São Paulo. He played a major part of his career in Italy, where he spent three years for Napoli. In 2005, he moved to Qatar to play for Al-Arabi. Fabio then became the playmaker of Umm Salal, with whom he reached the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League in 2009. Fabio later went on to play for Al-Rayyan for four seasons, during which he led his team to win the Emir Cup three times and the Heir Apparent Cup once.[citation needed]
International career
He became eligible to play for Qatar in 2008 and was a regular starter of the national team.
International goals
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 26 March 2008 | Doha, Qatar | ![]() |
2–0 | Won | 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification |
2. | 26 March 2008 | Doha, Qatar | ![]() |
2–0 | Won | 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification |
3. | 24 August 2008 | Doha, Qatar | ![]() |
2–1 | Won | Friendly |
4. | 14 November 2008 | Doha, Qatar | ![]() |
1–1 | Draw | Friendly |
5. | 13 November 2009 | Rouen, France | ![]() |
2–0 | Won | Friendly |
6. | 13 November 2009 | Rouen, France | ![]() |
2–0 | Won | Friendly |
7. | 3 March 2010 | Maribor, Slovenia | ![]() |
1–4 | Lost | Friendly |
8. | 7 September 2010 | Doha, Qatar | ![]() |
1–1 | Draw | Friendly |
9. | 22 December 2010 | Doha, Qatar | ![]() |
2–0 | Won | Friendly |
10. | 16 January 2011 | Doha, Qatar | ![]() |
3–0 | Won | 2011 AFC Asian Cup |
11. | 21 January 2011 | Doha, Qatar | ![]() |
3–2 | Lost | 2011 AFC Asian Cup |
External links
- Fabio Cesar – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Fabio Cesar Montezine at Fortunaliga.cz
- Fábio César – Czech First League statistics at Fotbal DNES (in Czech)
- Fábio César Montezine at National-Football-Teams.com
- In-depth interview with Al Jazeera
- CBF (in Portuguese)