Liverpool Fábio Aurélio

aurélio liverpool in august 2011.

with six-year contract having expired, aurélio left valencia join english premier league side liverpool on bosman free transfer in july 2006, becoming first brazilian sign club. cited chance rejoin former manager rafael benítez key factor in decision, telling liverpool echo:

going new club in trainer knows me, see if can conquer objectives have set myself. important moments had in career titles [with valencia] , benítez. trusted me , continues trust me , value more.

on 5 july, transfer confirmed liverpool.

aurélio made debut club in fa community shield victory on chelsea on 13 august , played key part in liverpool s squad during first season, notably providing 2 assists peter crouch , daniel agger in 4–1 win on fellow title contenders arsenal on 31 march 2007. aurélio, however, suffered setback injured achilles tendon on 3 april in uefa champions league first leg tie against psv. missed remainder of liverpool s 2006–07 season, meaning played 25 games in first year on merseyside. returned action following season on 18 september, coming on late substitute in 1–1 draw against porto in champions league group phase.

aurélio scored first goal liverpool on 2 march 2008 in premier league match win against bolton wanderers @ reebok stadium. final score 3–1, aurélio scoring liverpool s third volley xabi alonso corner. aurélio scored again on 7 february 2009 against portsmouth @ fratton park free-kick bottom corner, getting team on level terms , helping liverpool towards 3–2 victory. next goal third in 4–1 victory on perennial rivals manchester united in march 2009.

aurélio went on establish himself liverpool s first choice left-back again beset injury. in team s 1–1 draw chelsea in champions league semi-final first leg clash. aurélio tore adductor muscle after forceful impact joe cole , result ruled out rest of season. in summer of 2009, while returning injury, injured playing beach football children. returned month season.

rafael benítez confirmed on 25 may 2010 aurélio leave liverpool after rejecting pay-as-you-play offer. following change of manager, on 1 august 2010, aurelio re-signed liverpool on two-year deal. made first appearance in second spell club in pre-season game against borussia mönchengladbach day after re-signing, coming on substitute , wearing captain s armband closing stages of match. new liverpool manager roy hodgson declared delight @ being able re-sign aurélio and, during interview club s t.v channel, said, quite surprised when found out fit , hadn t been offered new contract, think bit of obvious thing do. said, rather move barclays premier league club why don t stay us? aurélio opted give number 12 shirt wore prior re-signing club in july , chose number 6 shirt instead because 1 had worn when playing in brazil; number 12 shirt passed dani pacheco.

of first 4 games in 2010–11 season, 3 came in uefa europa league. picked achilles injury before making comeback substitute against west ham united on 20 november 2010, in match liverpool won 3–0. aurélio played in liverpool s fa cup third round match resuled in 1–0 loss against manchester united @ old trafford on 9 january 2011. kenny dalglish s first match in charge of liverpool. on 11 april 2011, aurélio returned injury play in liverpool s 3–0 home win on manchester city. on 17 april 2011, started @ left against arsenal @ emirates stadium, picked hamstring injury , replaced youngster jack robinson. aurélio started liverpool s last game of 2010–11 season , liverpool s final game of pre-season against former club valencia @ anfield, liverpool won 2–0. started first game of 2011–12 season 5–1 win against league 1 oldham athletic in fa cup tie. played 70 minutes before being replaced jon flanagan. made substitute appearance liverpool against wolverhampton wanderers.

on 12 may 2012, liverpool manager kenny dalglish revealed aurélio s contract coming end , leaving liverpool @ end of 2011–12 season after 6 seasons @ club.