Silva and the second or paternal family name is Coentrão. In this portuguese name, the beginning or enate kin name isand the second or agnate class list is Fábio Alexandre da Silva Coentrão ( portuguese pronunciation : [ ˈfabju kwẽˈtɾɐ̃w̃ ] ; born 11 March 1988 ) is a portuguese retire football player. chiefly a left-back, he besides operated as a winger [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and occasionally as a defensive midfielder.
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After starting playing professionally with Rio Ave, he signed for Benfica at 19, going on to be loaned several times before becoming an crucial member of the first team, as a left-back. In 2011, he joined Real Madrid. A portuguese international over eight years, Coentrão represented the state in two World Cups and one european Championship .
Club career [edit ]
Rio Ave [edit ]
Born in Vila do Conde, Coentrão grew up in the Caxinas fishing neighborhood, as did his long-time international teammates Bruno Alves and Hélder Postiga. [ 4 ] He joined his hometown ‘s Rio Ave F.C. in 2004 at the senesce of 16, playing three Primeira Liga games in the comply season for a northern side that would be relegated. [ 5 ] In 2006–07 he established himself as first-choice, as Rio Ave scantily missed promotion back and had a well run in the Taça de Portugal, ended by Sporting CP with a 2–1 gain in Lisbon ; [ 6 ] whilst play for the club, he earned the nickname “ Figo hyrax Caxinas ”. [ 7 ] After that season, where he was voted the divisions ‘ Breakthrough Player of the Year, [ 8 ] many clubs showed interest in Coentrão, most notably Sporting and S.L. Benfica, with him choosing the latter in July 2007. His playing manner was likened to that of Arjen Robben by World Soccer Magazine, in its 50 World Talents 2007 issue .
Benfica [edit ]
On 1 January 2008, having received insignificant play opportunities at Benfica, Coentrão joined Madeira ‘s C.D. Nacional on loan until the end of the season. [ 9 ] On 3 May, he scored doubly in a 3–0 away victory against already crowned league champions FC Porto. [ 10 ] In the summer of 2008, Coentrão transferred to Real Zaragoza, newly relegated into Spain ‘s Segunda División. [ 11 ] After about no appearances during the political campaign, however, [ 12 ] he returned to Portugal and Rio Ave in January 2009, even owned by Benfica ; [ 13 ] on 15 February he scored after an individual attempt, albeit in a 1–3 personnel casualty at Porto. [ 14 ] In late October 2009, Coentrão extended his shrink with Benfica until 2015, with a passing article of €30 million. [ 15 ] On 2 December, having played some matches for Benfica as a exit back, he scored his beginning goal in european competition, against FC BATE Borisov of Belarus in a 2–1 away win in the group stage of the UEFA Europa League. [ 16 ] On 10 February 2010, Benfica sold 20 % of Coentrão ‘s economic rights on any future transfer to a one-third party owner, Benfica Stars Fund, along with other teammates. He was tagged at €15 million, with the investment company paying €3 million. [ 17 ] During that season, he had a breakthrough year, appearing in a total of 43 official games ( 2,851 minutes ), as the club won the league and the Portuguese League Cup ; he ended the season in dash, as he was voted Portuguese League Breakthrough Player of the Year. [ 18 ] On 27 September 2010, fully established with both his golf club and the national team, 22-year-old Coentrão extended his contract with Benfica until 2016. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] On 2 November he scored his first career pair, helping to a 4–3 family kill of Olympique Lyonnais in the group phase of the UEFA Champions League – in a 67-minute fast break, he combined with Carlos Martins to make it 4–0 for the hosts. [ 21 ]
real Madrid [edit ]
On 5 July 2011, after across-the-board negotiations, Benfica and Real Madrid reached an agreement in principle over the transfer of Coentrão, who signed a six-year contract the same day for €30 million [ 22 ] [ 23 ] – Ezequiel Garay went in the other commission as partially of the deal. [ 24 ] He made his debut in a pre-season friendly against the Los Angeles Galaxy on the 16th, creating an assist for Karim Benzema. [ 25 ] His first two official games were against FC Barcelona for the Supercopa de España : in the first gear leg, he came on as a alternate for Sami Khedira in the second half of a 2–2 home describe and played as a defensive midfielder, and he started as left back in the second pit, a 2–3 loss at the Camp Nou. [ 26 ] Coentrão made his La Liga debut on 28 August 2011 at former club Zaragoza, appearing as a central midfielder in a 6–0 rout ( 90 minutes played ). [ 27 ] While he featured largely in these positions, he was besides deployed by coach José Mourinho as a correctly back, against Sporting de Gijón on 3 December [ 28 ] and against Barcelona the follow week, [ 29 ] winning the league in his beginning year. In the last minutes of the second matchday in the 2012–13 season, Coentrão was sent off after insulting reviewer Pérez Lasa whilst on the substitutes bench, in an eventual 1–2 personnel casualty at Getafe CF. He subsequently received a four-match ban. [ 30 ] Coentrão scored his first finish with Real Madrid on 16 December 2012, netting after a Cristiano Ronaldo guide to help the hosts come from behind against RCD Espanyol, as the crippled finally ended 2–2. [ 31 ] On 2 September of the follow year, Manchester United launched a late loan wish for him on transmit deadline day. It was accepted by the Spaniards, but the hand fell through when they failed to secure a replacement in Guilherme Siqueira from Granada CF, who subsequently joined Benfica on loan. [ 32 ] Coentrão started the toy that led to Gareth Bale ‘s individual effort for the 2–1 achiever over Barcelona in the concluding of the Copa del Rey. [ 33 ] He besides started both legs of the Champions League semi-final against holders FC Bayern Munich as Real Madrid dismantled the enemy 5–0 on aggregate en path to their one-tenth european title, La Décima. [ 34 ] hush under director Carlo Ancelotti, Coentrão was meagerly played in the 2014–15 crusade chiefly due to injuries, [ 35 ] with only five league starts out of nine appearances. On 26 August 2015, it was announced he was loaned to AS Monaco FC in a temper -long move. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] He made his competitive introduction against Gazélec Ajaccio on 13 September, replacing Adama Traoré in an eventual 1–0 away win, [ 38 ] and scored his first goal for his new team 11 days late to help the visitors come from behind at Montpellier HSC to win it 3–2. [ 39 ] As Madrid won the league championship in 2016–17, [ 40 ] [ 41 ] in which Coentrão contributed with merely three appearances. [ 42 ] [ 43 ] He himself admitted not being suit enough to represent the club ; [ 44 ] in the season ‘s Champions League he appeared in two group stagecoach games, [ 45 ] [ 46 ] and his team won the competition for the second consecutive prison term. [ 47 ] On 5 July 2017, Coentrão was loaned to Sporting in a temper -long move, [ 48 ] [ 49 ] despite having stated that in Portugal he would only play for Benfica. [ 50 ] [ 51 ]
Rio Ave return [edit ]
After terminating his sign with Real Madrid, Coentrão signed with Rio Ave for one season on 31 August 2018. [ 52 ] [ 53 ] He received 11 scandalmongering cards and two red, was released on 30 June 2019 and did not find a newly club for the startle of 2019–20. [ 54 ]
On 29 January 2020, Coentrão announced his retirement from professional football. [ 55 ] In October, however, he agreed to a raw annual hand at the Estádio cause Arcos. [ 56 ]
International career [edit ]
An international for Portugal at youth level, [ 57 ] Coentrão was voted MVP in the 2007 Madeira Cup for the under-20 team, [ 58 ] besides being crowned the contest ‘s acme scorer. subsequently, he represented the nation in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup [ 59 ] and, two years later, made his under-21 debut, notably taking separate in the Toulon Tournament and scoring a hat-trick in the 6–0 group stagecoach mob of Qatar. [ 60 ] After reproducible performances at Benfica, although he started rarely in the early 2009–10, Coentrão earned his first senior call-up in November 2009, for the decisive 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification playoffs against Bosnia and Herzegovina, and made his debut in the first gear leg on 14 November at the Estádio district attorney Luz, playing 21 minutes in the 1–0 winnings. [ 61 ] Coentrão was chosen for Carlos Queiroz ‘s police squad of 23 for the final stages, starting as left-back ahead of another adapted actor, Duda. He played all the matches in South Africa, in an eventual round-of-16 passing. [ 62 ] On 10 August 2011, Coentrão scored his inaugural international goal, netting through a rare heading in a 5–0 victory over Luxembourg. [ 63 ] He played all the games and minutes at UEFA Euro 2012, acting as left-back for the semi-finalists. [ 64 ] Coentrão suffered an injury in the second half of Portugal ‘s first game at the 2014 World Cup, against Germany, [ 65 ] and was ruled out for the remainder of the tournament. [ 66 ] He played a key role in a 2–1 home frustration of Serbia on 29 March 2015, which put them top of the Euro 2016 qualifying group, crossing for the opening goal by a Ricardo Carvalho header and then scoring the winner from João Moutinho ‘s evanesce. [ 67 ] Coentrão missed Euro 2016, which Portugal won, due to a second joint injury, contracted in training with Monaco. [ 68 ] He returned to action after 697 days for a 2018 World Cup qualifier against Hungary, [ 69 ] but was stretchered off in the first half of an eventual 1–0 win in Budapest. [ 70 ] Coentrão was named in a preliminary 35-man team for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, [ 71 ] but he did not make the final cut. [ 72 ]
personal biography [edit ]
Coentrão ‘s moment cousin, Rui, was besides a football player in the same position. He spent most of his career with Varzim SC, and was a youth external. [ 73 ]
career statistics [edit ]
club [edit ]
[ 74 ] [ 75 ] [ 76 ]
Club
Season
League
National Cup1
League Cup
Europe
Other2
Total
Division
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Rio Ave
2004–05
Primeira Liga
1
0
0
0
—
—
—
1
0
2005–06
Primeira Liga
3
1
1
0
—
—
—
4
1
2006–07
Liga de Honra
25
4
2
0
—
—
—
27
4
Total
29
5
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
32
5
Benfica
2007–08
Primeira Liga
3
0
0
0
3
0
1
0
0
0
7
0
2009–10
Primeira Liga
26
0
2
1
4
1
13
1
0
0
45
3
2010–11
Primeira Liga
23
2
6
1
2
0
14
2
0
0
45
5
Total
52
2
8
2
9
1
28
3
0
0
97
8
Nacional (loan)
2007–08
Primeira Liga
16
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
16
4
Zaragoza (loan)
2008–09
Segunda División
1
0
0
0
—
0
0
0
0
1
0
Rio Ave (loan)
2008–09
Primeira Liga
16
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
16
3
Real Madrid
2011–12
La Liga
20
0
5
0
—
8
0
0
0
33
0
2012–13
La Liga
16
1
6
0
—
8
0
0
0
30
1
2013–14
La Liga
10
0
4
0
—
6
0
0
0
20
0
2014–15
La Liga
9
0
2
0
—
4
0
2
0
17
0
2016–17
La Liga
3
0
1
0
—
2
0
0
0
6
0
2018–19
La Liga
0
0
0
0
—
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
58
1
18
0
—
28
0
2
0
106
8
Monaco (loan)
2015–16
Ligue 1
15
3
1
0
0
0
3
0
—
19
3
Sporting (loan)
2017–18
Primeira Liga
25
1
5
0
3
0
11
0
—
44
1
Rio Ave
2018–19
Primeira Liga
21
0
1
0
1
0
—
23
0
2020–21
Primeira Liga
13
2
1
0
0
0
—
14
2
Total
34
2
2
0
1
0
—
37
2
Career total
244
21
37
2
13
1
70
3
2
0
368
27
1 Includes Supercopa de España and Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira.
2 Includes UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup .
International [edit ]
[ 77 ]
Portugal
Year
Apps
Goals
2009
1
0
2010
10
0
2011
8
1
2012
12
0
2013
11
1
2014
5
2
2015
4
1
2016
0
0
2017
1
0
Total
52
5
International goals [edit ]
( Portugal score listed first, score column indicates score after each Coentrão goal ) [ 77 ]
Honours [edit ]
Benfica [ 78 ]
Real Madrid [ 78 ]
Sporting [ 78 ]
Individual
References [edit ]
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