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.

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. 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.

SeasonTeamCountryDivisionAppsGoals
1998–99Cascavel ECBrazil1*146
1999–00Cascavel ECBrazil1*198
2000–01Cascavel ECBrazil1*219
2001–02Cascavel ECBrazil1*2513
2002–03CTE ColatinaBrazil1**188
2002–03EC VitóriaBrazil100
2003–04Gil VicentePortugal1158
2004–05Gil VicentePortugal1215
2005–06BelenensesPortugal1294
2006–07BelenensesPortugal133

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

Club career statistics

Last update 30 September 2012

Club performanceLeagueCupContinentalTotal
SeasonClubLeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
IranLeagueHazfi CupAsiaTotal
2006–07FooladPersian Gulf Cup13200--132
2007–08Azadegan League21431--245
2008–09EsteghlalPersian Gulf Cup2541050314
2009–102911170372
2010–11Sepahan2313082343
2011–122950070365
2012–13Esteghlal1020000102
TotalIran150198227218523
Career total150198227218523
  • Assist goals
SeasonTeamAssists
06–07Foolad5
07–08Foolad4
08–09Esteghlal1
09–10Esteghlal1
10–11Sepahan1
11–12Sepahan3
12–13Esteghlal0

Honours

Club

Esteghlal

Sepahan

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