Fábio Alves Macedo

Fabinho was born in Ariquemes. He began his youth career at Guairá Futebol Clube at age 12. He then played for several São Paulo-based teams in 1999 (Botafogo Futebol Clube), 2000 (Gremio Esportivo Saocarlense) and 2001 (Bandeirante). In 2002, he joined Portuguesa Londrinense. In 2003, he played for Flamengo youth team that won the Taça Belo Horizonte de Juniores and played with Londrina in the same tournament in 2004 that led to his national U20 team selection. Alves later joined Newell's Old Boys in 2004. He joined Coritiba in 2005 to start his pro career.

Coritiba

Fabinho joined the team and played on its youth team before making his Série A debut on 8 May 2005 in a 1–0 win against Palmeiras as well as starting in a 4 October 2005 1–0 loss against Goiás. In 2006, he played one game for the first team in the Campeonato Paranaense, Série B and the Copa do Brasil as well as 8 games with Coritiba B, the reserve team, in the Copa Parana.

J Malucelli

In 2007, Fabinho joined J. Malucelli and started every game in which he played in the Campeonato Paranaense, the Copa Parana and the newly created Recopa Sul-Brasileira. In the Campeonato Paranaense, he played 11 games. In the Copa Parana, he played 18 games. He scored a goal in the 25 July 2006 game against Cascavel. He played both legs for J. Malucelli in its Copa Parana winning championship series against Londrina. As a result of winning the Copa Parana, J. Malucelli was one of four state tournament winners to play in the Recopa Sul-Brasileira year-end tournament. Fabinho played in the semi-final 2–1 loss to Caxias.

Ponte Preta

Fabinho joined the team in 2008 and played just two games in that year's Campeonato Paulista. Despite his lack of playing time, the team resigned him on 17 December 2008 to continue with the team in 2009. He played six games for the team in the 2009 Campeonato Paulista and one game in the Copa do Brasil. On 27 April 2009, the team announced that Fabinho was not retained for its Série B campaign that year.

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On 28 July 2004, Fabinho was selected to represent the Brazil U-20 team at the SBS International Youth Soccer Cup in Shizuoka, Japan. His performance with Londrina in the 2004 Taça Belo Horizonte de Juniores lead to his national team selection. He played all 3 games at left back in the tournament, including 19 August 2004 opening game 2–1 victory against a Shizuoka select team as well as full internationals against Turkey on 22 August 2004 and Japan on 24 August 2004. Brazil won the tournament.

A left-back, Fabinho was known for his attacking and crossing abilities.