Brazil keeper Fabio breaks Shilton’s world record for most games

Brazil’s Fabio has surpassed erstwhile England keeper Peter Shilton’s grounds for the astir appearances successful men’s football.

Fluminense goalkeeper Fabio connected Tuesday claimed the grounds for the astir competitory appearances successful men’s shot erstwhile the Brazilian played for a 1,391st time.

The 44-year-old connected Saturday equalled the landmark held by erstwhile England stopper Peter Shilton and Fabio has present gone 1 amended pursuing a 2-0 triumph implicit Colombia’s America de Cali astatine the Maracana successful Rio de Janeiro.

Fluminense and Brazilian media accidental Fabio present stands unsocial successful shot history, though neither FIFA nor determination assemblage CONMEBOL has declared it a record.

“Sometimes we don’t realise the value of specified a important accomplishment arsenic breaking this record, which has stood for galore years,” Fabio, who has spent his full vocation successful Brazil, said pursuing his cleanable expanse successful the Copa Sudamericana last-16 2nd leg.

Diego Maradona of Argentina handles the shot past Peter Shilton of England to people the opening extremity of the 1986 World Cup quarterfinal astatine the Azteca Stadium successful Mexico City, Mexico [Bongarts/Getty Images]

The location fans chanted, “Fabio is the champion goalkeeper successful Brazil,” and helium received a commemorative plaque to people the achievement.

“No 1 plays truthful galore matches without a level of professionalism similar his,” said Fluminense manager Renato Gaucho.

“He’ll undoubtedly proceed to play for a agelong time.

“It volition beryllium hard for different subordinate to surpass his record.”

Fabio won the Copa Libertadores with Fluminense successful 2023 and was portion of the broadside that reached the semifinals of the Club World Cup successful the United States this summer.

They were lone stopped by eventual champions, Chelsea.

Fabio during the warm-up earlier the 2023 Copa Libertadores last [Sergio Moraes/Reuters]

He made 976 appearances for Cruzeiro betwixt 2005 and 2022, aft playing 30 times for Uniao Bandeirante and different 150 games for Vasco da Gama.

His grounds outing against America de Cali was his 235th lucifer for Fluminense.

Fabio began his vocation successful 1997, the twelvemonth that Shilton retired, the second being famed successful peculiar for being beaten to a transverse by Argentina’s Diego Maradona successful the infamous ‘Hand of God’ extremity successful the quarterfinal of the 1986 World Cup successful Mexico.

Shilton considers his full fig of appearances to beryllium 1,387, but Guinness World Records puts the fig astatine 1,390.

Fabio, right, watches arsenic Fluminense’s Nino and Felipe Melo assistance the trophy arsenic they observe with teammates aft winning the Copa Libertadores successful 2023 [Sergio Moraes/Reuters]

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