Gabi (footballer, born 1981)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gabriel José Pinto Couto | ||
Date of birth | 20 March 1981 | ||
Place of birth | Fiães, Portugal | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1992–2000 | Fiães | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2006 | Fiães | 52 | (6) |
2006–2009 | Feirense | 77 | (11) |
2009–2011 | Santa Clara | 51 | (1) |
2011–2012 | Covilhã | 30 | (5) |
2012–2013 | Arouca | 29 | (3) |
2013–2014 | Penafiel | 35 | (4) |
2014–2015 | Nea Salamina | 13 | (1) |
2015 | Academico Viseu | 13 | (1) |
2015–2016 | Estarreja | 13 | (0) |
2016–2018 | UD Oliveirense | 32 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Gabriel José Pinto Couto (born 20 March 1981), simply known as Gabi is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a midfielder.
Football career
[edit]Born in Fiães, Santa Maria da Feira, Gabi began in the lower leagues with Fiães S.C. before moving to C.D. Feirense in the second tier. He spent most of his career at that level with seven clubs, making 241 appearances and scoring 25 goals.
In July 2014, Gabi moved abroad for the only time in his career, from newly promoted Primeira Liga side F.C. Penafiel to Nea Salamis Famagusta FC of the Cypriot First Division.[1] Six months later he was back in his country's second division, with Académico de Viseu FC.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Chipre: Gabi ruma ao Nea Salamis" [Cyprus: Gabi heads to Nea Salamis]. Record (in Portuguese). 27 July 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ^ "Gabi reforça Académico de Viseu" [Gabi bolsters Académico de Viseu]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 16 January 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
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[edit]Categories:
- 1981 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Santa Maria da Feira
- Men's association football midfielders
- Portuguese men's footballers
- Portuguese expatriate men's footballers
- C.D. Feirense players
- C.D. Santa Clara players
- S.C. Covilhã players
- F.C. Arouca players
- F.C. Penafiel players
- Nea Salamis Famagusta FC players
- Segunda Divisão players
- Liga Portugal 2 players
- Cypriot First Division players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
- Académico de Viseu F.C. players
- C.D. Estarreja players
- U.D. Oliveirense players
- 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen