Fábio Alves Félix

Early career

Born in São Bernardo do Campo in São Paulo state, Fabinho began his career at São Caetano in 1999. In 2000, he helped the club win the Campeonato Paulista Série A2 and finish runners-up of the Copa João Havelange. In 2001, Fabinho signed for Corinthians, where he won the Torneio Rio–São Paulo and the Copa do Brasil under Carlos Alberto Parreira in 2002, and the Campeonato Paulista in 2003. At the start of 2005, he was approached by Toulouse, but opted for Cerezo Osaka in Japan. Later that year he was close to joining another French club, Lyon, but they signed Tiago Mendes to their midfield instead.

Santos, Toulouse and Corinthians

At the start of 2006, Fabinho returned to his country by signing for Santos. That July, he joined Toulouse on a three-year contract. In 2006–07, he featured in Toulouse's best season in Ligue 1, third place with UEFA Champions League qualification. He played a total of 39 matches for Toulouse, scoring 6 goals. Fabinho was loaned back to Corinthians in January 2008 for 18 months, in exchange for Eduardo Ratinho moving in the opposite direction to Toulouse. Corinthians won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B that year, followed by the Campeonato Paulista and Copa do Brasil in 2009, under manager Mano Menezes.

Cruzeiro

In May 2009, Fabinho ended his deal with Corinthians, and was reported to be nearing a deal with Parreira's Fluminense. In June however, he signed for Cruzeiro, where stated that he was not…

At the start of 2017, Fabinho was hired as under-17 assistant manager at Corinthians. He was promoted to the same role for the first team under Fábio Carille; both were dismissed in November 2019 after a 4–1 loss to Flamengo. In August 2020, he was hired as a coordinator at another of his former clubs, São Caetano. In October 2022, Fabinho moved to Inter de Limeira as assistant to Pintado. When Pintado departed for Juventude, Fabinho was caretaker manager for two Campeonato Paulista games in March 2023 before making the same move. In February 2024, the pair were appointed at Portuguesa. Fabinho assisted Maurício Copertino at Santo André in the Paulista A2 in 2026. The pair left by mutual consent on 26 February, with two games remaining and five points off the playoffs.

Fabinho has polydactylism, which means he has an extra finger on each hand.

São Caetano

Campeonato Paulista Série A2: 2000 Corinthians

Torneio Rio–São Paulo: 2002 Copa do Brasil: 2002, 2009 Campeonato Paulista: 2003, 2009 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B: 2008 Bahia

Campeonato Baiano: 2012