Fábio sets record for most appearances in football history | OneFootball

Upon taking to the field at Maracanã, this Tuesday (19), against América de Cali, in the return of the South American round of 16, Fábio became the player with the most games played in the history of world football.

The 44-year-old Fluminense goalkeeper reached 1,391 games and surpassed Peter Shilton (English goalkeeper who played between 1966 and 1997) to become the "greatest" of all time!

Too much of a star!

The Fluminense goalkeepers, in fact, played with a special patch in tribute to the mark.

Fábio joined Fluminense in 2022 and won the Carioca Championship twice (2022 and 2023), the 2023 Libertadores, and the 2024 South American Recopa. The goalkeeper has a contract with Tricolor until December 2026.

In addition to the 235 games for Fluminense, Fábio played 976 games for Cruzeiro, 150 for Vasco, and another 30 for União Bandeirante, the club that discovered him in 1997.

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