Born in São Paulo, Abreu played youth football for four clubs, two of them abroad and the last being
Torino FC. In 2003, aged not yet 19, he moved to Spain and signed for
Racing de Santander, being registered with
the B-side for the vast majority of his four-year spell; on 17 June 2007, the final day of
the season, he played his only
La Liga game, which consisted of five minutes in a 0–2 home loss against
Real Betis. For the
2007–08 campaign, Abreu joined another
reserve team in the country and the
third division,
Atlético Madrid B. In the 2009 summer he signed with
NK Olimpija Ljubljana in the
Slovenian PrvaLiga, moving in quick succession to
Olympiakos Nicosia (Cyprus) and
IFK Mariehamn (Finland's
Veikkausliiga). On 7 January 2012, Abreu changed clubs and countries again, reuniting with countryman and former Santander teammate
Arthuro at Malaysia's
Johor Darul Takzim FC. ==References==