Gastón Fernández
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 Fernández with Estudiantes in 2010 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gastón Nicolás Fernández | ||
| Date of birth | 12 October 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Lanús, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| River Plate | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2006 | River Plate | 50 | (6) |
| 2003–2004 | → Racing Club (loan) | 25 | (7) |
| 2006 | → Monterrey (loan) | 28 | (8) |
| 2007 |
San Lorenzo | 30 | (10) |
| 2008–2010 |
UANL | 23 | (11) |
| 2008–2009 | → Estudiantes (loan) | 27 | (3) |
| 2010–2014 | Estudiantes | 93 | (21) |
| 2014–2015 | Portland Timbers | 53 | (9) |
| 2015 | → Portland Timbers 2 (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Estudiantes | 26 | (9) |
| 2016 | Universidad de Chile | 19 | (7) |
| 2017 |
Grêmio | 11 | (0) |
| 2017–2020 | Estudiantes | 48 | (4) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Gastón Nicolás Fernández (born 12 October 1983) is an Argentine former professional
footballer who played as a forward. He spent most of his senior club career in Argentine Primera División side Estudiantes
.
Club career
Nicknamed La Gata (The Cat), Fernández began his professional career with
Monterrey
. When the contract was finished, Monterrey declined to pay the nearly two million dollars to permanently buy Gastón, thus prompting him to return to River Plate in December 2006.
However,
Tigres de la UANL
.
In 2008, Fernández returned to Argentina to play for
Chicago Fire. In January 2010, Tigres released the Argentine winger upon his request, and Fernández returned to Estudiantes.[1]
Upon his return, Fernández helped lead Estudiantes to the 2010 Apertura tournament title.
On January 15, 2014, Fernández signed with
Chicago Fire
to force another draw.
On August 3, 2015 MLS announced that Fernández and the Timbers had mutually agreed to part ways.[3]
International career
Gastón Fernández has played for several of Argentina's youth teams.
Honours
- River Plate
- San Lorenzo
- Tigres
- Estudiantes
- Grêmio
- Portland Timbers
References
- ^ Fernández leaves Tigres
- ^ "Timbers sign Fernández". Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ^ "Portland Timbers and attacker Gaston Fernandez mutually agree to part ways". Archived from the original on 5 August 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- ^ McCauley, Kim (6 December 2015). "Goals, screw-ups, stats and more: Everything great from the MLS Cup Final". SBNation.com.
External links
- Statistics Archived 28 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine at Guardian Stats Centre
- Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI (in Spanish)
- Gastón Fernández at Soccerway