Fábio Coentrão

Portuguese footballer

Fábio Alexandre da Silva Coentrão (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈfaβju kwẽˈtɾɐ̃w]; born 11 March 1988) is a Portuguese former professional footballer. Mainly a left-back, he also operated as a winger[2][3] and occasionally as a defensive midfielder.

Fábio Coentrão
Coentrão with Real Madrid in 2012
Personal information
Full name Fábio Alexandre da Silva Coentrão[1]
Date of birth (1988-03-11) 11 March 1988 (age 36)[1]
Place of birth Vila do Conde, Portugal[1]
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back, winger
Youth career
1999–2006 Rio Ave
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Rio Ave 29 (5)
2007–2011 Benfica 52 (2)
2008Nacional (loan) 16 (4)
2008Zaragoza (loan) 1 (0)
2009Rio Ave (loan) 16 (3)
2011–2018 Real Madrid 58 (1)
2015–2016Monaco (loan) 15 (3)
2017–2018Sporting CP (loan) 25 (1)
2018–2019 Rio Ave 21 (0)
2020–2021 Rio Ave 13 (2)
Total 246 (21)
National team
2005 Portugal U18 1 (0)
2006–2007 Portugal U19 10 (5)
2007 Portugal U20 7 (4)
2009 Portugal U21 7 (6)
2010 Portugal U23 1 (0)
2009–2017 Portugal 52 (5)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European Championship
Third place 2012 Poland-Ukraine
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

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[4][5][6]

Club Season League National Cup1 League Cup Europe Other2 Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Rio Ave 2004–05 Primeira Liga 1 0 0 0 1 0
2005–06 Primeira Liga 3 1 1 0 4 1
2006–07 Liga de Honra 25 4 2 0 27 4
Total 29 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 5
Benfica 2007–08 Primeira Liga 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
2009–10 Primeira Liga 26 0 2 1 4 1 13 1 0 0 45 3
2010–11 Primeira Liga 23 2 6 1 2 0 14 2 0 0 45 5
Total 52 2 8 2 9 1 28 3 0 0 97 8
Nacional (loan) 2007–08 Primeira Liga 16 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 4
Zaragoza (loan) 2008–09 Segunda División 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Rio Ave (loan) 2008–09 Primeira Liga 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 3
Real Madrid 2011–12 La Liga 20 0 5 0 8 0 0 0 33 0
2012–13 La Liga 16 1 6 0 8 0 0 0 30 1
2013–14 La Liga 10 0 4 0 6 0 0 0 20 0
2014–15 La Liga 9 0 2 0 4 0 2 0 17 0
2016–17 La Liga 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6 0
2018–19 La Liga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 58 1 18 0 28 0 2 0 106 1
Monaco (loan) 2015–16 Ligue 1 15 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 19 3
Sporting CP (loan) 2017–18 Primeira Liga 25 1 5 0 3 0 11 0 44 1
Rio Ave 2018–19 Primeira Liga 21 0 1 0 1 0 23 0
2020–21 Primeira Liga 13 2 1 0 0 0 14 2
Total 34 2 2 0 1 0 37 2
Career total 244 21 37 2 13 1 70 3 2 0 368 27

1 Includes Supercopa de España and Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira.
2 Includes UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup.

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[7]

National team Year Apps Goals
Portugal 2009 1 0
2010 10 0
2011 8 1
2012 12 0
2013 11 1
2014 5 2
2015 4 1
2016 0 0
2017 1 0
Total 52 5
Portugal score listed first, score column indicates score after each Coentrão goal[7]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 10 August 2011 Estádio Algarve, Algarve, Portugal   Luxembourg
3–0
5–0
Friendly
2. 22 March 2013 Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel   Israel
3–3
3–3
2014 World Cup qualification
3. 5 March 2014 Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal   Cameroon
3–1
5–1
Friendly
4. 10 June 2014 MetLife, East Rutherford, United States   Republic of Ireland
5–1
5–1
Friendly
5. 29 March 2015 Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal   Serbia
2–1
2–1
Euro 2016 qualifying

Honours

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Benfica

Real Madrid

Sporting CP

Individual

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Fábio Coentrão" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  2. Mira, Luís (23 June 2010). "Juventus target Benfica winger Fabio Coentrao – Report". Goal. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  3. "Blackburn following Benfica winger Fabio Coentrao". Tribal Football. 23 June 2010. Archived from the original on 24 June 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  4. 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 Fábio Coentrão at Soccerway  
  5. "Fábio Coentrão". ESPN FC. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  6. Fábio CoentrãoUEFA competition record (archive 
  7. 7.0 7.1 "Fábio Coentrão". European Football. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  8. "Aves ganha a Taça de Portugal graças a bis de Guedes" [Aves win Portuguese Cup thanks to Guedes brace]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 20 May 2018. Archived from the original on 17 October 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  9. "Simão Sabrosa eleito o melhor jogador da Bwin Liga" [Simão Sabrosa elected best player of Bwin League]. Record (in Portuguese). 4 June 2007. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  10. "Rosa Mota e Carlos Lopes recebem Prémio Fernando Soromenho" [Rosa Mota and Carlos Lopes receive Fernando Soromenho Award] (in Portuguese). CNID. 25 May 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
  11. "Cinco españoles aparecen en el once ideal de 2010 de L'Equipe" [Five Spaniards in the ideal eleven of 2010 by L'Equipe]. Marca (in Spanish). 25 December 2010. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  12. "Coentrão eleito Jogador do Ano na gala do 107º aniversário do Benfica" [Coentrão elected Player of the Year in Benfica's 107th anniversary gala]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). 1 March 2011. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  13. Fábio Coentrão wins Young Player Award October Archived 5 August 2010 at the Portuguese Web Archive (in Portuguese)
  14. Fábio Coentrão wins Young Player Award March Archived 2 June 2010 at the Portuguese Web Archive (in Portuguese)
  15. Fábio Coentrão wins Young Player Award April[permanent dead link] (in Portuguese)
  16. Coentrão wins Best Player Award September Archived 21 January 2011 at the Portuguese Web Archive (in Portuguese)
  17. "UEFA Euro 2012 Team of the Tournament". UEFA. 2 July 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2015.