In Brazil they rub their hands with the possibility that Fabio, star of Fluminense, can overcome a record dating from 1997. It was the time when Peter Shilton decided to hang his boots after having achieved a Stratospheric figure of official matches played. A figure that has been discussed on social networks and where the Brazilian medium 'Globo.com'He has had to enter to give the exact amount of games that English played before retiring.
The capital challenge of Fabio
Fabio will not reach the highest figure of official matches played this night when he jumps, if he does, against the Basque range in the Baseno series of Brazil. A rumor that circulated through social networks and that have had to deny the Brazilian means themselves that took the opportunity to clarify the real figure to which it must reach to achieve this milestone. An amount of meetings that Peter Shilton himself, who is now 75 years old, is a holder of this record. And it's not for less, since He played professionally from 1966 to 1997.
In that period, the goalkeeper went through up to 11 clubs: Leicester City, Stoke City, Nottingham Forest, Southampton, Derby Country, Plymouth Argyle, Wimbledon FC, Bolton Wanderers, Coventry City, West Ham United y Leyton Orient. A list to be added the games that played with the selection of England and in which if the official friendlies are also accounted for, the number of games played is triggered until the 1390 meetings throughout his career.
Peter Shilton in a match with the England team
In fact, although a long time ago, the number of games played is clearer than those played Flabio in his career. The player who has gone through Fluminense, Cruzeiro y Vascoknow their number of meetings played in all these teams, it is not in the Atletico-PRwhich reported that the goalkeeper never played professionally at the club, and with the Unión Bandeirantewhose records are more complex. Even so, it has been Fluminense himself who has had to complete the information until clarifying that he has played 1371 matches.
The confusion that makes the record supposedly break in Fluminense – Vasco, are the 16 Atlético -PR parties that They are wrongly counted as professionals and that correspond to their stage with the youth team When he was still formative football. A figure that stays as follows for Fabio deivson Lopes Maciel that It has been active since 1997:
- Unión Bandeirante: 30 parties
- Basque: 150 games
- Cruise: 976 parties
- Fluminense: 215 parties
- Total: 1371 games
Fabio in an encounter with El Fluminense
Only 19 games have
Mathematics in this case are clear. If you want to enter the book Guiness of the records and in the history of football You must play 19 games to match Peter Shilton and a total of 20 if he wants to overcome him. A record that, therefore, could break this same season but for which You must wait until the second half of this course to do so, provided that most of the expected matches can play.
