The goalkeeper of Fluminense, Fabiothe record matched Peter Shilton (75) of more competitive matches in male football yesterday Saturday when jumping to the field for 1390th time in the victory of his team 2-1 over the fortress in the series of Brazilian. In a 28 -year professional career, goalkeeper Fabio, 44, has played matches with the first team of União Bandoante (30), Vasco da Gama (150), Cruzeiro (976) and Fluminense (234). This figure, based on a Fluminense investigation, has been corroborated by the Brazilian medium Globo Esporte.
“God gave me this gift,” Fabio told ‘Globe’ when asked about the record. “I have to thank everyone who has been part of my life: my father, my mother, my sisters, my friends, my wife … I try to be a good person. The important thing is to help my classmates. I am grateful, but without God nothing would be possible. They are difficult games and we face very strong teams. We always fight to achieve our goal, which are the titles.”
Shilton, during an England-Poland of the 86 World Cup
Fabio will surpass Shilton on Tuesday if he plays when Fluminense receives América from Cali in Colombia in the second round of the round of 16 of the South American Cup. However, it is unlikely to stay there, since he is a regular holder in Fluminense. The former English goalkeeper Shilton recognized in 2023 that Fabio was getting closer to breaking his record and said he would be the first to congratulate the Brazilian if he did.
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Shilton, who played between 1966 and 1997, is recognized as the holder of the record of male professional matches, although the total figure is controversial. The Guinness book of the records and several statistics websites indicate that the figure is 1,390, but Shilton himself, in his X account, records it as 1,387. The discrepancy is because the Guinness book includes 16 unofficial games that Shilton does not include, while he includes 13 games that played with the English Sub-23 team that are not normally counted.
Peter Shilton was under sticks the day Maradona scored the famous goal ‘with the hand of God’ in an England-Argentina match of the 86 World Cup.
