| Name |
Fabio Da Silva |
| Height |
5 ft 8 in |
| Naionality |
Brazilian |
| Date of Birth |
9-July-1990 |
| Place of Birth |
Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Famous for |
Football Player |
Fabio Da Silva is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a full-back for English club Queens Park Rangers on loan from Manchester United. He and his twin brother Rafael were signed by Manchester United in February 2007. Fabio began his football career as a defensive midfielder with his local club, Boa Esperanca, but he was converted to left back when he joined Fluminense of Rio de Janeiro. With Fluminense, Fabio took part in the 2005 Nike Premier Cup in Hong Kong, where he was spotted by Manchester United scout Les Kershaw, who remarked that the twins reminded him of "two little whippets".
Kershaw then telephoned Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson and recommended that the club sign the Da Silva twins. Manchester United got in touch with Fluminense and asked permission for the twins to travel to Manchester to train with them in 2005. Shortly afterwards, a scout claiming to represent Arsenal visited the twins and asked them to come to England to train with Arsenal without the permission of Fluminense; however, they were dissuaded from this by their mother, who reminded them that they had been with Fluminense since they were 11, and that they should show the club some loyalty. Therefore, they decided to sign for Manchester United over Arsenal, and the two clubs agreed a deal in February 2007; the twins moved to Manchester in January 2008 without ever having played for the Fluminense first team.
Fabio has played internationally for the Brazilian Under-17 team, and was captain of the Brazil team for the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup, where he scored twice, making him the team's joint-highest scorer. Despite being a defender he scored a total of 10 goals in his 13 appearances. Fabio was rewarded on 22 September 2011, due to his current good form with Manchester United, a place in the Brazil senior squad for the games against Costa Rica and Mexico on 7 and 11 October 2011. He debuted in the former one, which was won 1–0 by Brazil.
