Fernando Alves dos Santos (born 23 March 1979), sometimes known mononymously as Fernando, is a former footballer who played as a defender. Born in Brazil, he represented Equatorial Guinea at international level.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fernando Alves dos Santos | ||
| Date of birth | 23 March 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003 | Tombense | ||
| 2004–2005 | Estrela do Norte | ||
| 2006 | Americano | 2 | (0) |
| 2006 | Social | ||
| 2007–2008 | Tupi | 3 | (0) |
| 2009 | Democrata | ||
| 2009 | Juazeirense | ||
| 2009 | Villa Nova | ||
| 2010 | Vitória da Conquista | ||
| 2010 | Maranhão | ||
| 2010–2011 | Uberlândia | ||
| 2011 | Oeste | 5 | (0) |
| 2012 | Uberlândia | ||
| 2012 | Aracruz | 8 | (0) |
| 2012 | Minas Futebol | ||
| 2013 | Estrela do Norte[2] | ||
| 2013 | Novo Esporte | ||
| 2014 | Independente Tucuruí | ||
| 2015 | Social | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2007 | Equatorial Guinea[1] | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 August 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 June 2007 | |||
Club career
editFernando played for Tombense (2003), Estrela do Norte (2004–05), Social (2006) when the team won the access to the Campeonato Mineiro's First Division, and for Tupi in the winning seasons of the club on 2007 and 2008.[3] He then played for Democrata and Juazeirense.[4]
International career
editFernando was one of the Brazilian-born naturalised Equatoguinean players by the Brazilian Antônio Dumas (Equatorial Guinea's former coach).
Through of his naturalisation, he has been international for the Equatoguinean national team on 25 March 2007 in an Africa Cup of Nations 2008 Qualifying match against Rwanda, in Malabo, that his national team won 3–1.[5]
Also he was called for other Africa Cup of Nations 2008 Qualifying match, against Rwanda in Kigali on 2 June 2007.[6]
Honours
editClub
edit- Taça Minas Gerais: 2008
References
edit- ^ "2007 Equatoguinean Squad". Archived from the original on 13 July 2011.
- ^ "Estrela contrata o zagueiro Fernando Alves, ex-seleção de Guiné Equatorial". 7 December 2012.
- ^ Villa Nova Atlético Clube Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
- ^ CBF (in Portuguese) Archived 15 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Equatoguinean line-up against Rwanda on 25 March 2007 (Fernando is the last of the top row, from left to right) Archived 13 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Equatoguineans players called for the match against Rwanda, in Kigali, on 2 June 2007 Archived 9 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
