FABIO: NATIONAL TEAM CAREER UNVEILED

Fabio da Silva started his Brazilian national team career at the Under-17 level and he went on to captain the team to the 2007 FIFA u-17 World Cup tournament in South Korea. Fabio da Silva was thehighest scorer at the tournament in South Korea for the Brazilian team with three goals.

Brazil started their campaign in South Korea with the Group B clash with New Zealand. Fabio da Silva was one of the scorers as Brazil hit New Zealand for seven without any reply from them. He scored the fourth goal of the game five minutes into the second half.The Brazilians then thumped North Korea 6-1 with Fabio getting two of the goals. The ex-Fluminense of Brazil player scored the opener and the third goal as he led his country to a second successive big win in the group. For their final group game, Brazil came unstuck against the English team as they were beaten 2-1 despite taking the lead through Tales on 19 minutes. Henri Lansbury and Jordan Spence scored the final minute of the first half and second half respectively to win the game.

The Brazilians had already qualified at the end of their second group game and the loss had no effect on their knockout stage qualification from Group B. Though, they could have had a more favourable round of 16 fixture if they drew with or beat England to take top spot.

In the round of 16, Brazil faced Ghana and that was their last game at the tournament. Isaac Donkor scored the only goal of the game in the second half to eliminate the Brazilians from the tournament.

Fabio da Silva scored ten goals in 13 appearances for the Brazil Under-17 team. He went on to make two caps for the senior team. His first senior team appearance came against Costa Rica on October 7, 2011 before he made his second team appearance against Mexico on October 11, 2011.