Patrick Fabiano Alves Nóbrega Luz (born 4 September 1987), commonly known as Patrick Fabiano, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Brazilian club São Caetano. Born in Brazil and having played for clubs in Asia since 2009, he went to represent Timor-Leste internationally in 2014 in order to be registered as an Asian player in his Asian clubs since then, despite having no connection to Timor-Leste. He was declared as ineligible to play for that national team by the Asian Football Confederation in 2017.
Patrick Fabiano began his footballing career in 2004 with the U-16 team of São Bernardo do Campo-based club, Palestra de São Bernardo. In 2005, he moved to his home town São Paulo where he signed a one-year youth contract with one of Brazil's top most club, Guarani and thus became eligible to play for the U-17 team of the club.
Patrick Fabiano began his professional footballing career in 2006 with Mauá-based Grêmio Esportivo Mauaense. He scored eight goals in 11 appearances in the 2006 Copa Paulista for the Mauá-based club.
Patrick Fabiano first moved out of Brazil in 2007 to Bolivia where he signed a one-year contract with Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano club, Club Destroyers. He scored 19 goals in 22 appearances for the Santa Cruz de la Sierra-based club in the 2007 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano. He also made two appearances in the 2007 Copa Aerosur.
In 2008, Patrick Fabiano signed a one-year contract with another Bolivian club, Club Blooming. He made seven appearances in the 2008 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano. He also scored three goals in five appearances in the 2008 Copa Aerosur for the Santa Cruz de la Sierra-based club.
In 2009, Patrick Fabiano again moved out of Brazil and this time to Mexico where he signed a short-term contract with Liga de Ascenso club Estudiantes Tecos. He played for the club's reserves, scoring his first goal on 26 January 2009 in a 4âÂÂ1 loss against Jaguares de Chiapas He scored 2 goals in 13 appearances in the 2009âÂÂ10 Liga de Nuevos Talentos.
In December 2009, Patrick Fabiano moved to Kuwait where he signed a one-year contract with Kuwaiti Premier League club, Al-Nasr SC. He scored 12 goals in 17 appearances in the 2009âÂÂ10 Kuwaiti Premier League, finishing one goal behind Oman's Ismail Al-Ajmi who finished as the top scorer with 13 goals. He also scored six goals in five appearances in the 2010 Kuwait Emir Cup for the Al-Farwaniyah-based club.
In 2010, Patrick Fabiano moved to another Middle Eastern country and this time to the United Arab Emirates where he signed a two-year contract with UAE First Division League club, Al-Khaleej Club. He made his debut for the club on 26 August 2010 in a 2010âÂÂ11 Etisalat Emirates Cup qualification match in a 1âÂÂ0 win over Al-Fujairah SC and scored his first goal in the same competition two days later on 30 August in a 1âÂÂ1 draw against Dibba Al-Hisn Sports Club. In the qualification process, he put up an eye-catching performance for the club which included a record of five goals in a single match on 7 October 2010 in a 7âÂÂ0 win over Ras Al Khaima Club and three hat tricks, on 4 September 2010 in a 6âÂÂ1 win over Armed Forces, on 6 November 2010 in a 5âÂÂ0 win over Al-Dhaid and on 14 November 2011 in a 6âÂÂ1 win over Al-Rams Club. He also made an appearance in the 2010âÂÂ11 UAE President's Cup in Round 1 on 21 September 2010 in a 4âÂÂ1 loss against Baniyas F.C. He made his UAE First Division League debut and scored his first goal in the competition on 9 December 2010 in a 3âÂÂ3 draw against Emirates Club. He scored 19 goals in 17 appearances in the 2010-11 UAE First Division League, finishing as the top scorer. He also scored 24 goals in 13 appearances in the qualification to the 2010âÂÂ11 Etisalat Emirates Cup.
In his second consecutive season for the club, he made his first appearance and scored his first goal for the club on 30 September 2011 in a 2011âÂÂ12 Etisalat Emirates Cup qualification match in a 3âÂÂ3 draw against Al-Ittihad Kalba SC. He made his first appearance in the 2011-12 UAE First Division League on 24 November 2011 in a 4âÂÂ0 win over Al-Urooba. In the competition, his performance of the season was on 5 December 2011 when he scored a hat trick in a 3âÂÂ3 draw against Al-Fujairah SC. He also made an appearance in the 2011âÂÂ12 UAE President's Cup in Round of 16 on 18 December 2011 in a 2âÂÂ1 loss against Al-Sharjah SCC. He scored 8 goals in 7 appearances in the 2011-12 UAE First Division League. He also scored five goals in four appearances in qualification to the 2011âÂÂ12 Etisalat Emirates Cup.
In 2012, Patrick Fabiano moved back to Brazil and more accurately to Curitiba where he signed a two-year contract with Campeonato Brasileiro Série B club, Clube Atlético Paranaense. He made two substitute appearances for the club in the 2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, one on 19 May 2012 in a 4âÂÂ1 win over Joinville Esporte Clube and another on 2 June 2012 in a 3âÂÂ0 win over Grêmio Barueri Futebol. He also scored one goal in four appearances in the 2012 Copa do Brasil. The goal was scored on 13 April 2012 in a 5âÂÂ1 win over Criciúma Esporte Clube. He helped his team to reach the Quarter-finals of the tournament where the club lost 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate to Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras.
In 2012, Patrick Fabiano moved back to the United Arab Emirates where he was signed by UAE First Division League club, Hatta Club on a one-year loan deal from Clube Atlético Paranaense. He scored 25 goals in 28 appearances in the 2012âÂÂ13 UAE First Division League finishing as the second top scorer. He also scored two goals in three appearances in qualification to the 2012âÂÂ13 Etisalat Emirates Cup.
In 2013, Patrick Fabiano signed a one-year contract with another Emirati club, Al-Fujairah SC. He made his debut and scored his first goal for the club on 7 September 2013 in a 2013âÂÂ14 UAE President's Cup qualification match in a 7âÂÂ0 win over Al-Rams Club. He made his 2013âÂÂ14 UAE First Division League debut on 9 November 2013 in a 1âÂÂ0 loss against Al-Ittihad Kalba SC and scored his first goal in the competition on 14 September 2013 in a 2âÂÂ2 draw against Hatta Club. He scored 14 goals in 22 appearances in the 2013âÂÂ14 UAE First Division League, helping his team to secure the second position in the league and thus getting promoted to the UAE Arabian Gulf League. He also scored six goals in eight appearances in qualification to the 2013âÂÂ14 UAE President's Cup, sharing the top scorer award with Asamoah Gyan of Al-Ain FC and Grafite of Al-Ahli F.C.
On 23 July 2014, Patrick Fabiano moved back to Kuwait where he signed a three-year contract with Kuwaiti Premier League club, Kazma SC. He made his first appearance for the club on 23 August 2014 in a 2âÂÂ0 loss against Al-Arabi SC and scored his first goal in his second appearance for the club on 30 August 2014 in a 1âÂÂ1 draw against 2013âÂÂ14 Kuwaiti Premier League winners, Qadsia SC. On 9 December 2014, he scored the fastest goal in the history of Kuwaiti Premier League, since the league started in the 1961âÂÂ62 season. He scored the first goal of the match in a 3âÂÂ0 win over Al-Yarmouk SC in just seven seconds after the kick-off. He also made an appearance in the Quarter-finals of the 2014âÂÂ15 Kuwait Emir Cup in a 3âÂÂ2 loss against Al-Arabi SC. He made 5 appearances in the 2015 GCC Champions League and helped his team to reach the Semi-finals of the competition where his side lost to 2-1 Qatari side, Al-Rayyan SC. He scored 22 goals in 24 appearances in the 2014-15 Kuwaiti Premier League, finishing as the top scorer and also equaling the record of Kuwait's Hamad Al Harbi who also scored 22 goals in the 2005âÂÂ06 Kuwaiti Premier League, one less than the record of 23 goals from Syrian international Omar Al Soma in the 2013âÂÂ14 Kuwaiti Premier League.
He began the 2015âÂÂ16 season in style as he helped his side win their first ever Kuwait Federation Cup, 2015âÂÂ16 Kuwait Federation Cup with a brace in a 2âÂÂ1 win over Kuwait SC.
On 27 July 2017, Patrick Fabiano signed a two-year contract with Kuwait SC. He made his official debut on 7 September 2017 in the 2017 Kuwait Super Cup and helped his side lift the coveted trophy.
On 24 December 2018, Patrick Fabiano signed a one-year loan with Centro Sportivo Alagoano, CSA.
Patrick Fabiano was part of the first team squad of the Timor-Leste national football team. He was selected for the national team for the first time in 2014. He made his first appearance and scored his first goal for Timor Leste in a 2014 AFF Championship qualification match on 12 October 2014 in a 4âÂÂ2 win over Brunei. He made another appearance in the tournament on 14 October 2014 in a 0âÂÂ0 draw against Myanmar. His second goal for the national team came on 17 March 2015 in a 1âÂÂ0 win over Mongolia in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match. This goal helped them secure a 5-1 aggregate win over the Mongolians and thus helping them to advance to the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification â AFC second round. He has made appearances in the 2014 AFF Championship qualification and an appearance in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC).
On 19 January 2017, the Asian Football Confederation declared Patrick Fabiano and eleven other Brazilian men's footballers ineligible to represent East Timor.
On 18 June 2013, he received an East Timorese passport and hence he shares dual-citizenship between Brazil and Timor-Leste. However, the Asian Football Confederation found four years later that he had a falsified Timorese birth or baptismal certificate.
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