Ney Fabiano

Ney Fabiano
Personal information
Full name	Ney Fabiano de Oliveira
Date of birth	9 February 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	São José dos Campos, Brazil
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1994	Internacional
Senior career*
Years	Team
1995–1996	Internacional
1996–1997	São Paulo-RS
1997–2000	Cruzeiro
2000–2001	Atlético Sorocaba
2001–2002	Nacional-AM
2002	Palmeiras
2002–2003	Bahia
2003	Juventus-SP
2003–2004	FC RW Rankweil
2004–2005	União Bandeirante
2006	São José
2007	TTM Phichit
2008	Chonburi
2008–2009	Melbourne Victory
2010	Bangkok Glass
2010–2011	Chonburi
2012	Wuachon United
2012–2013	Suphanburi
2014–2015	Phuket
2015–2016	Khon Kaen
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ney Fabiano de Oliveira (born 9 February 1979), more commonly known as "Ney Fabiano", is a Brazilian former footballer.

Club career

Ney Fabiano spent the early part of his career playing for various clubs in Brazil, before moving to Austria for a spell. Fabiano then moved to ply his trade in Thailand where he signed with Thailand Tobacco Monopoly FC. In his first season in Thai football he became the top goal scorer in the 2007 Thai Premier League (TPL) with 18 goals, despite his team’s 6th-place finish. After showing his ability in front of goal, Chonburi FC snapped him up for their 2008 AFC Champions League campaign.

Melbourne Victory

On 23 May 2008, Australian A-League club Melbourne Victory announced that, after two impressive performances against them in the 2008 AFC Champions League (including a goal each over the two legs played), they had signed Fabiano on a two-year deal.^[1] Shortly after this announcement Fabiano was granted an Australian work permit, and his transfer to Melbourne Victory was formally completed when the A-League transfer window reopened on 1 July 2008.^[2] Fabiano is quoted as saying that he wants to approach his new surroundings in a professional manner in order to help him adapt quicker to the higher standard of the A-League.^[3] Fabiano impressed in pre-season scoring 2 goals for his new suitors, a tap-in during a friendly match vs Whittlesea Zebras, and a bullet header the following week against Adelaide United in the 2008/09 A-League Pre-Season Cup.

Ney Fabiano scored his first regular season goal in Round 2 2008–09 against Wellington Phoenix. He received a red card in the round 4 match against Adelaide United after being accused of spitting at defender Robert Cornthwaite. The charge was sent straight to the tribunal and on the 17 September, the red card was upgraded to an eight match ban in addition to the mandatory one match suspension. Through an appeal this charge was reduced to a 6 match ban.^[4]

Ney Fabiano solidified his place as a fan favorite in Round 17 2008–09, when he scored the 80th-minute winner against rivals Sydney FC in a 3–2 win, celebrating the goal by jumping over the advertising boards and performing a samba dance in front of the home end.

On December 1, 2009 it was revealed that Fabiano was leaving Melbourne had signed a contract with Thai Premier League team Bangkok Glass FC for the 2010 season.^[5]