Patrick Fabiano

Patrick Fabiano Alves Nóbrega Luz (born 4 September 1987), commonly known as Patrick Fabiano, is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Brazilian club União Suzano.

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.

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.

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 4–1 loss against Jaguares de Chiapas He scored 2 goals in 13 appearances in the 2009–10 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 2009–10 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 2010–11 Etisalat Emirates Cup qualification match in a 1–0 win over Al-Fujairah SC and scored his first goal in the same competition two days later on 30 August in a 1–1 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 7–0 win over Ras Al Khaima Club and three hat tricks, on 4 September 2010 in a 6–1 win over Armed Forces, on 6 November 2010 in a 5–0 win over Al-Dhaid and on 14 November 2011 in a 6–1 win over Al-Rams Club.

He also made an appearance in the 2010–11 UAE President's Cup in Round 1 on 21 September 2010 in a 4–1 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 3–3 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 2010–11 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 2011–12 Etisalat Emirates Cup qualification match in a 3–3 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 4–0 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 3–3 draw against Al-Fujairah SC.

He also made an appearance in the 2011–12 UAE President's Cup in Round of 16 on 18 December 2011 in a 2–1 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 2011–12 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 4–1 win over Joinville Esporte Clube and another on 2 June 2012 in a 3–0 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 5–1 win over Criciúma Esporte Clube.

He helped his team to reach the Quarter-finals of the tournament where the club lost 4–2 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 2012–13 UAE First Division League finishing as the second top scorer.

He also scored two goals in three appearances in qualification to the 2012–13 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 2013–14 UAE President's Cup qualification match in a 7–0 win over Al-Rams Club.

He was declared as ineligible to play for that national team by the Asian Football Confederation in 2017.