Fábio Coentrão
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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.
In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Silva and the second or paternal family name is Coentrão.
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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) | ||||||||||||||
2008 | → Nacional (loan) | 16 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
2008 | → Zaragoza (loan) | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2009 | → Rio Ave (loan) | 16 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2011–2018 | Real Madrid | 58 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | → Monaco (loan) | 15 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | → Sporting CP (loan) | 25 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Rio Ave | 21 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | Rio Ave | 13 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Total | 246 | (21) | |||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
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) | ||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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After starting playing professionally with Rio Ave, he signed for Benfica at 19, going on to be loaned several times before becoming an important member of the first team as a left-back. He joined Real Madrid in 2011, and retired ten years later at his first club.
A Portugal international over eight years, Coentrão represented the nation in two World Cups and Euro 2012.