Daniel Fernandes (footballer)

Not to be confused with Daniel Heuer Fernandes.

Daniel Fernandes
Fernandes with Twente in 2012
Personal information
Full name Daniel Márcio Fernandes[1]
Date of birth (1983-09-25) 25 September 1983 (age 40)[1]
Place of birth Edmonton, Canada[1]
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Vancouver Olympics
2000–2001 Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2002 Porto B 0 (0)
2002–2003 Celta B 0 (0)
2003 → Jahn Regensburg II (loan) 12 (0)
2004–2008 PAOK 90 (0)
2008–2011 VfL Bochum 32 (0)
2010 → Iraklis (loan) 10 (0)
2010–2011 → Panathinaikos (loan) 0 (0)
2011 → Panserraikos (loan) 7 (0)
2011 CFR Cluj 2 (0)
2012–2016 Twente 0 (0)
2013–2014 → OFI (loan) 21 (0)
2014–2015 → Panthrakikos (loan) 4 (0)
2015 → San Antonio Scorpions (loan) 14 (0)
2016 Rayo OKC 31 (0)
2017 Lillestrøm 3 (0)
2018–2020 Farense 18 (0)
2020–2021 Tarxien Rainbows 16 (0)
2021–2022 Birkirkara 15 (0)
2022 Gudja United 0 (0)
International career
2002–2003 Canada U20 6 (0)
2006 Portugal U21 2 (0)
2007–2009 Portugal 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:10, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

Daniel Márcio Fernandes (born 25 September 1983) is a former professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.

He moved frequently in his club career, representing teams in Portugal, Spain, Germany, Greece, Romania, the Netherlands, the United States, Norway and Malta.

Internationally, Fernandes played for Canada at under-20 level before switching allegiance to Portugal, and was called up for their senior team at the 2010 World Cup.

Early life

The son of a Portuguese father and a Czechoslovakian mother,[2] Fernandes was born in Edmonton, Alberta,[3] being raised in East Vancouver, British Columbia. His first club was the Vancouver Olympics.

Club career

Early days

In 2000, aged 17, Fernandes returned to the land of his father and joined FC Porto's youth system.[4] In his first two years as a senior he only managed to appear for the reserves, his second team being Celta de Vigo B in Spain.

In January 2003, the Galicians loaned Fernandes to 2. Bundesliga side SSV Jahn Regensburg, but again failed to appear officially for the main squad, returning in June to Celta and being released from contract.[5]

PAOK

After a successful trial, Fernandes signed with PAOK FC, totalling four Super League Greece games in his first two seasons. In 2005, the team's general manager – and former player – Giorgos Kostikos took over after coach Nikos Karageorgiou was dismissed following a bad string of results. He immediately replaced ageing Kyriakos Tohouroglou in his starting XI with the Portuguese.

Despite many problems both inside and outside the pitch, PAOK managed to finish in sixth place in the 2005–06 campaign, with Fernandes making 27 appearances as the Thessaloniki club qualified for the UEFA Cup, only to be disqualified shortly after for irregularities. He remained first choice for the remainder of his spell.

VfL Bochum

On 23 May 2008, after extensive negotiations, PAOK accepted an offer from VfL Bochum, who signed Fernandes for a fee of approximately €1.2 million, with the player reuniting at the German side with former teammate Marcin Mięciel.

Fernandes made his Bundesliga debut on 16 August 2008, in a 1–0 away loss against Karlsruher SC.[6] He only missed three league matches in his first season, as the North Rhine-Westphalia team retained their top-division status after finishing 14th.

In 2009–10, Fernandes was relegated to the bench by Philipp Heerwagen[7] and, on 18 January 2010, he was loaned to Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C. until the end of the campaign.[8] In the summer, he signed on loan with another Greek side, Panathinaikos FC, who retained an option to buy.[9]

Fernandes moved to Panserraikos F.C. in January 2011, again on loan.[10] He appeared sparingly as the team were relegated from the top tier, and was released by Bochum in June.

Cluj and Twente

On 16 August 2011, Fernandes joined Romania's CFR Cluj.[11] He was released after five months, in which he played just two games.[12]

Fernandes moved teams and countries again on 17 January 2012, signing a two-year contract with FC Twente in the Eredivisie and competing with Nikolay Mihaylov for the no.1 position.[13] He spent the following seasons on loan, with OFI Crete FC[14] and Panthrakikos FC.[15]

North America

On 3 August 2015, Fernandes moved to the San Antonio Scorpions on loan from Twente.[16][17] After the former ceased operations following the 2015 NASL season, he joined manager Alen Marcina as both signed with Rayo OKC on 2 February 2016.[18]

Return to Europe

For the second consecutive time, Fernandes' American club folded, and he signed for Norwegian Eliteserien team Lillestrøm SK on a one-year deal in January 2017.[19][20] In May he failed a doping test when he tested positive for dextroamphetamine, and was frozen out of the squad while his representatives appealed on the basis that the drug was prescribed medicine for his attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and worthy of a medical exemption.[21]

On 1 July 2018, the 34-year-old Fernandes returned to Portuguese club football for the first time in 16 years, joining S.C. Farense for their upcoming season back in LigaPro.[22] He made his debut for the Algarveans – his first professional appearance in the country – on 11 August, in a 1–0 home win over F.C. Famalicão.[23]

Fernandes' side achieved promotion to the Primeira Liga at the end of the following campaign, but he played no league matches in the process.[24] In August 2020, he signed a one-year contract with Tarxien Rainbows F.C. of the Maltese Premier League.[25] At its conclusion, he joined Birkirkara F.C. in the same league.[26]

International career

Fernandes won caps for Canada at under-20 level.[3][27] He then changed to play for the country of his father, Portugal, and made his under-21 debut in 2006.[28]

Fernandes received his first senior call-up in November 2006,[29] as third goalkeeper behind Ricardo and Quim. In May of the following year, he was selected for a UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier against Belgium and a friendly with Kuwait,[30] making his debut in the latter after replacing Quim in the 66th minute of a 1–1 draw.[31]

On 11 February 2009, Fernandes played his second international match, substituting Eduardo at the hour-mark of a 1–0 win against Finland.[32] In May 2010 he was named in the 23-man squad for that year's FIFA World Cup,[33][34] but did not appear in the tournament held in South Africa.

Career statistics

Club

As of 26 February 2021[35]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Porto B 2001–02 Segunda Divisão 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celta B 2002–03 Segunda División B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jahn Regensburg 2003–04 2. Bundesliga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PAOK 2004–05 Super League Greece 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2005–06 27 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 33 0
2006–07 29 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 32 0
2007–08 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0
Total 90 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 100 0
VfL Bochum 2008–09 Bundesliga 31 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 33 0
2009–10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 32 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 34 0
Iraklis (loan) 2009–10 Super League Greece 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Panserraikos (loan) 2010–11 Super League Greece 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Panathinaikos (loan) 2010–11 Super League Greece 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CFR Cluj 2011–12 Liga I 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Twente 2011–12 Eredivisie 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
2012–13 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 5 0
Total 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 6 0
OFI (loan) 2013–14 Super League Greece 21 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 28 0
Panthrakikos (loan) 2013–14 Super League Greece 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
San Antonio Scorpions (loan) 2015 North American Soccer League 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
Rayo OKC 2016 North American Soccer League 31 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 32 0
Lillestrøm 2017 Eliteserien 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Farense 2018–19 LigaPro 18 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19 0
2019–20 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Total 18 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 22 0
Tarxien Rainbows 2020–21 Maltese Premier League 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
Career total 246 0 18 0 6 0 6 0 276 0

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[36]
National team Year Apps Goals
Portugal 2007 1 0
2009 1 0
Total 2 0

Honours

CFR Cluj

Individual

References

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