Who is Fábio Carvalho? Read about his early life, parents, siblings, education, career, girlfriend, salary and net worth. You will also learn about how his mother is connected to Cristiano Ronaldo.
Who is Fábio Carvalho?
Fábio Carvalho is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for English Premier League club, Brentford. The Fulham academy product has previously represented England at youth levels before switching international allegiance to Portugal.
| Full name | Fábio Leandro Freitas Gouveia Carvalho |
| Date of birth Place of birth | 30 August 2002 Torres Vedras, Portugal |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
| Height | 1.70 m |
| Current club | Brentford |
| Contract | Until June 2029 |
| Preferred foot | Right |
| Senior career | Fulham 2020- 22 Liverpool 2022- 24 RB Leipzig –loan 2023 Hull City –loan 2024 |
Fábio Carvalho biography.
Fábio Leandro Freitas Gouveia Carvalho was born on the 30th day of August 2002 to his father Victor Carvalho and mother Freitas Gouveia in Torres Vedras, Portugal.
His early life of childhood was filled with dreams of becoming a professional footballer. Growing up, he grew in a place called Chelas where they had relocated to shortly after his birth as his father wanted to be close to his extended family members as his relatives lived in Chelas, a town located near to Lisbon. Being the second born in the family of three, he was raised together with his other siblings before his parents relocated to England when he was at age of 11.
Education
When the time got right, his parents saw the need of taking their son to school as they valued education to be important just like football. During their stay in Portugal, he attended a school not so close to Benfica since he was already enrolled to the club, his parents requested transport services from the club as it was expensive to commute by public transport daily. The club made sure he got adequate transport services to his school and back to the club’s academy.
When his parents moved to London in England, Carvalho continued with his education and football at his London school.
Parents and Family origin.
The footballer’s dad, Victor Carvalho is from Angola a South African country. He is a skilled plumber. His mum Freitas Gouveia is from an island called Madeira in Portugal which is also the birth place to football GOAT Cristiano Ronaldo.
Fábio Carvalho is not from a rich family and initially his parents could only afford to live at Torres Vedras, a historically marginalised area in Portugal but after some years later their parents moved and were able to live a middle class life in Chelas and London.
Nationality
Everyone knows that Carvalho holds Portuguese and British nationality. However, our research reveals he holds three nationalities; Angolan through his dad, Portuguese and British.
Fábio Carvalho – Career build up.
Carvalho’s football foundation can be traced back to Chelas in Portugal as it is the environment that started shaping his football career. Growing up as a street football player he felt the urge of doing something formal like belonging to a team and joined Olivais Sul in 2009 which led to his discovery by Benfica scouts in 2010. They referred to him as a rare diamond and a magician.
He joined Benfica at age of seven in 2010 but he couldn’t stay long as in 2013 his parents relocated to London, England. This is the year Portugal was going through financial crisis where economy crumbled forcing some citizens to seek foreign help. Carvalho played football only at school and one day a teacher took him to Fulham but he was unsuccessful. After the Fulham disappointment, the teacher once again requested to his parents that he can take Carvalho to a football academy which could easily accept him, Balham, where he was successfully enrolled.
In less than a year after joining Balham, his popularity exploded after he helped them win a trophy and pleas from several top clubs in England came requesting for Fábio Carvalho. Chelsea had the greatest push to capture the youngster ahead of Fulham, Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United. The move to Chelsea collapsed as the club failed to guarantee school transport services of the kid and Fulham noticed that and took the opportunity to guarantee the transport.
Fábio Carvalho -Fulham
Fábio joined Fulham academy in 2015 and rose through the youth system of Fulham and five years later in May 2020, he brought joy to his parents as he signed his first professional contract which was a two year deal.
He made his debut on 23 September 2020 when he came on as a substitute in a 2-0 EFL cup victory against Sheffield Wednesday. His first goal for the first team came on 15 May 2021 in a 3-1 defeat to Southampton. He was instrumental to Fulham team as his impressive stats helped the club gain promotion back to Premier League in the 2021-22 season. Carvalho made a total of 40 appearances for Fulham scoring 11 goals.
After the club gained Premier League promotion and was set for 2022-23 season, Carvalho refused to extend his contract as he felt the need to prove himself elsewhere and Liverpool came on with a good offer that was irresistible to both the club and the player.
Fábio Carvalho -Liverpool
Carvalho was officially unveiled on 3 July 2022 after his transfer was made official on 1 July. The transfer fee was £5M potentially rising up to £7.7M with add-ons. Fábio signed a five year contract with the club.
After his debut with the club he scored his first goal with the club on 27 August 2022 in a 9-0 win against AFC Bournemouth in the Premier League. Liverpool felt the urge to send Carvalho on loan to get more playing time as the competition at the club was high with big names like Luiz Diaz and Diogo Jota dominating the right wing.
Loan to RB Leipzig
On 30 June 2023, Carvalho joined Bundesliga club, RB Leipzig on a season-long loan. He made his debut on 12 August in the DFL SuperCup match against Bayern Munich which saw Leipzig cruising 3-0 past Bayern giving Carvalho the first silverware with the club. His loan at the club was ended on 31 December 2023 and he returned to Liverpool.
Loan to Hull City
Carvalho joined EFL Championship club Hull City on 10 January 2024 on loan until the end of the 2023-24 season. He debuted on 12 January against Norwich and scored his first goal on 19 January against Sunderland. He ended the season strong where he scored five goals in seven games winning the EFL Young Player of the month in the second occasion.
Fábio Carvalho -Brentford
Brentford completed the signing of Carvalho on 12 August 2024. The transfer fee was reported to be £22.5M with £5M add-ons. Carvalho signed a five year contract with an option to extend a further year.
He debuted on 18 August in a 2-1 victory against Crystal Palace.
International Career.
Fábio Carvalho has represented England up to the under-18 before he decided to change his international allegiance to Portugal.
On 17 March 2022 he was called to the Portugal under-21 team ahead of European Championship qualifiers against Iceland and Greece. On October 2022 he was included in the preliminary squad for 2022 FIFA World Cup but was not selected for the final squad.
About his siblings.
Fábio Carvalho has one older brother a and a younger sister. His older brother who was born in 1999 is also a footballer although he is yet to be in spotlight. His sister is three years younger.
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Playing style
The versatile player can play as a winger or an attacking midfielder. He is right footed.
His Girlfriend
Fábio Carvalho is currently single as of 2024.
Net worth
The footballer has an estimated net worth of $5 million as of 2024.
