Fábio Daniel Januário known simply as Januário (born September 3, 1979 in Londrina

Londrina

Londrina is a city located in the northern region of the state of Paraná, Brazil, and is 369 km away from the capital, Curitiba. Londrina was originally founded by British settlers. The city exerts great influence on Paraná and Brazil's south region...

, Paraná

Paraná (state)

Paraná is one of the states of Brazil, located in the South of the country, bordered on the north by São Paulo state, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by Santa Catarina state and the Misiones Province of Argentina, and on the west by Mato Grosso do Sul and the republic of Paraguay,...

, Brazil) is an association football player. He currently plays for the very popular and successful Iranian club Sepahan in Iran's Premier Football League

Iran's Premier Football League

The Iran Pro League , is a professional football league competition for clubs located at the highest level of the Iranian football league system.The league system resembles the system being used in England currently...

. He usually plays in the midfielder

Midfielder

A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...

 position.

Club career

Januário started his professional career playing for a number of provencial league teams in Brazil before moving the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

The Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série A , popularly known as the Brasileirão , is a professional football league at the top of the Brazilian football league system held annually since 1959. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates a system of promotion and relegation with the Série B...

 team Esporte Clube Vitória

Esporte Clube Vitória

Esporte Clube Vitória, usually known simply as Vitória, is a Brazilian football team from Salvador in Bahia, founded on May 13, 1899.Vitória's home games are played at the club's own stadium . They play in red and black horizontal striped shirts, black shorts and black socks...

. After a season at Esporte Clube Vitória he moved from the Campeonato Brasileira Seria A to the Portuguese Liga

Portuguese Liga

The Primeira Liga , formerly called Primeira Divisão, currently named Liga ZON Sagres after their main sponsors, is the top professional association football division of the Portuguese football league system...

 where he played for Gil Vicente F.C. and C.F. Os Belenenses. He them moved to Iran where he started playing for Foolad F.C. from 2006–2008. After moving to Esteghlal Januários talent has dramatically went up and has been in the starting line-up for most of the 2008/2009 season and has established great popularity with Esteghlal fans. On April 27, 2009 he netted his fourth goal of the season which eventually made Esteghlal the league champions;
on May 26, 2010 he joined to Sepahan F.C (Iranian Premiere League 2010 Champion)with the contract amount of $ 1,200.000.

Season	Team	Country	Division	Apps	Goals
1998–99	Cascavel EC Cascavel Esporte Clube Cascavel Esporte Clube, commonly known as Cascavel, was a Brazilian football club based in Cascavel, Paraná state. They competed in the Série B and in the Série C twice.-History:...		1*	14	6
1999–00	Cascavel EC Cascavel Esporte Clube Cascavel Esporte Clube, commonly known as Cascavel, was a Brazilian football club based in Cascavel, Paraná state. They competed in the Série B and in the Série C twice.-History:...		1*	19	8
2000–01	Cascavel EC Cascavel Esporte Clube Cascavel Esporte Clube, commonly known as Cascavel, was a Brazilian football club based in Cascavel, Paraná state. They competed in the Série B and in the Série C twice.-History:...		1*	21	9
2001–02	Cascavel EC Cascavel Esporte Clube Cascavel Esporte Clube, commonly known as Cascavel, was a Brazilian football club based in Cascavel, Paraná state. They competed in the Série B and in the Série C twice.-History:...		1*	25	13
2002–03	CTE Colatina		1**	18	8
2002–03	EC Vitória Esporte Clube Vitória Esporte Clube Vitória, usually known simply as Vitória, is a Brazilian football team from Salvador in Bahia, founded on May 13, 1899.Vitória's home games are played at the club's own stadium . They play in red and black horizontal striped shirts, black shorts and black socks...		1	0	0
2003–04	Gil Vicente		1	15	8
2004–05	Gil Vicente		1	21	5
2005–06	Belenenses		1	29	4
2006–07	Belenenses		1	3	3

* 1st Division of Campeonato Paranaense

Campeonato Paranaense

Campeonato Paranaense, which has been contested since 1915, is the football league of the state of Paraná, Brazil. The "Série Ouro", literally the Golden Series, are the highest division of the league.-Format:...

** 1st Division of Campeonato Capixaba

Campeonato Capixaba

The Campeonato Capixaba is the football league of the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo.-History:From 1917 to 1929, it was disputed the Campeonato da Cidade de Vitória , a competition contested only by Vitória city clubs...

Club career statistics

Last Update 18 September 2011
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|2006–07 ||rowspan="2"|Foolad ||rowspan="1"|Persian Gulf Cup ||10||4||0||0||-||-||10||4
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|2007–08 ||rowspan="1"|Azadegan League||25||8||||||-||-||||
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|2008–09 ||rowspan="2"|Esteghlal ||rowspan="4"|Persian Gulf Cup  ||25||4||1||0||5||0||31||0
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|2009–10||29||3||1||1||7||0||37||4
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|2010–11

2010–11 Persian Gulf Cup

The 2010–11 Persian Gulf Cup was the tenth season of the Iran Pro League and the fifth under the name Persian Gulf Cup. It began on 26 July 2010 and ended on 20 May 2011. Sepahan, the defending champion, repeated their title in this season...

 ||rowspan="2"|Sepahan

Sepahan

Sepahan Esfahan is an Iranian football club based in Isfahan, Iran. They compete in Iran's top flight known as Persian Gulf League and hold most of the records in the PGL under their belt. Sepahan are the latest champions of the PGL in 2010–11 season for the record third time in the ten-year PGL...

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|2011–12

2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup

The 2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup will be the eleventh season of the Iran Pro League and the sixth under the name Persian Gulf Cup. Sepahan are the defending champions. The regular season started on 2 August 2011.- Stadia and locations :...

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• Assist Goals

  Season	Team	Assists
  06–07	Foolad	7
  07–08	Foolad	6
  08–09 Persian Gulf Cup 2008-09 The following is the standings of the Persian Gulf Cup's 2008/09 football season. This season will be the 8th season since the establishment of the Iran Pro League . Persepolis are the defending champions.-Teams:...	Esteghlal	12
  09–10 2009–10 Persian Gulf Cup The 2009–10 Persian Gulf Cup began on August 8, 2009 and ended on May 19, 2010. This was the ninth Iran Pro League season since its establishment...	Esteghlal	11
  10–11 2010–11 Persian Gulf Cup The 2010–11 Persian Gulf Cup was the tenth season of the Iran Pro League and the fifth under the name Persian Gulf Cup. It began on 26 July 2010 and ended on 20 May 2011. Sepahan, the defending champion, repeated their title in this season...	Sepahan	2
  11–12 2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup The 2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup will be the eleventh season of the Iran Pro League and the sixth under the name Persian Gulf Cup. Sepahan are the defending champions. The regular season started on 2 August 2011.- Stadia and locations :...	Sepahan	0

Club

• Iran's Premier Football League
  Iran's Premier Football League
  The Iran Pro League , is a professional football league competition for clubs located at the highest level of the Iranian football league system.The league system resembles the system being used in England currently...
  
  
  • Winner: 2
    • 2008–09 with Esteghlal
    • 2010–11 with Sepahan

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