Marco Fabián
Mexican footballer (born 1989) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Marco Jhonfai Fabián de la Mora (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmaɾko faˈβjan]; born 21 July 1989) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Rànger's. He is an Olympic gold medalist.[4]
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Full name | Marco Jhonfai Fabián de la Mora[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1989-07-21) 21 July 1989 (age 35) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Rànger's | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1997–2007 | Guadalajara | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2009 | Tapatío[3] | 15 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2007–2015 | Guadalajara | 193 | (48) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | → Cruz Azul (loan) | 31 | (8) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2018 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 43 | (8) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | Philadelphia Union | 23 | (7) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | Al-Sadd | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | Juárez | 24 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | Mazatlán | 30 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | UE Santa Coloma | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2023–2024 | Empire Strykers (indoor) | 19 | (29) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2024– | Rànger's | 4 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Mexico | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Mexico U23 | 20 | (15) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2012–2019 | Mexico | 43 | (9) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 December 2023 |
Fabián is a graduate of C.D. Guadalajara's youth academy, and made his senior team debut during the 2007 Apertura. Fabián took part in the Copa Libertadores in 2010 as Guadalajara finished runners-up.[5] He spent time on loan with Cruz Azul in 2014 before returning to Guadalajara.
Fabián represented Mexico in several youth categories before reaching a full cap with the senior team. He was in the initial roster for the 2011 Copa América, but was expelled from the team and suspended for six months along with six other players, for breaking disciplinary codes at their concentration hotel in Quito. In 2012, as a competitor of the Mexico U-23 national team, Fabián helped Mexico qualify to the 2012 Summer Olympics and win the 2012 Toulon Tournament, where he was the top scorer. Fabián was part of Mexico's roster who won the Olympic gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London after defeating Brazil in the final. He would also go on to participate in the 2011 and 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup, the 2015 Copa América, the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, the 2014 and the 2018 FIFA World Cup.