Santiago Fernández (footballer, born 1985)

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Santiago Fernández
Personal information
Full name Santiago Fernández Fernández
Date of birth (1985-03-07) 7 March 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Mexico City, Mexico
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003 América 9 (1)
2004–2005
Barcelona B
 10 (0)
2006–2007 América 35 (3)
2008–2009 Toluca 21 (4)
2009 Puebla 6 (0)
Total 81 (8)
International career
2005 Mexico U20 3 (0)
2006 Mexico U23 6 (1)
2007 Mexico[1] 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Santiago Fernández Fernández (born 7 March 1985) is a Mexican former football forward who last played for Club Puebla in Liga MX. Once hailed as one of Club América's (and Mexico's) top footballing prospects, Fernández disappeared from the sport after a brief spell in FC Barcelona's youth squad, only to resurface a few years later for América.

Club career

His talent was soon recognized by coach

Club Atlas
.

Soon after, Dutch coach

FC Barcelona B
to play the 2004–05 season.

At FC Barcelona, Fernández had limited play time. In 2006, after a postseason loss to Tigres UANL in the Apertura 2005 tournament and a disappointing start to the Clausura 2006 season, Manuel Lapuente made his way back into the head coaching position at América. Immediately, Lapuente sought out Fernández and convinced the young striker to play once more for América. Santiago showed no signs of rust, scoring in a CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinal match against Jamaica's Portmore United, which América won 5–2. Fernández also participated in the Mexico league's Clausura 2006 season for the Águilas.

After the off-season shakeup that saw strikers

Vicente Matías Vuoso and Salvador Cabañas join the team, Fernández was primed to secure a regular spot in the team's lineup, under new coach Luis Fernando Tena. América under the leadership of Tena suffered; he was fired. Fernández saw little playing time, although coming off the bench most games. With new coach Daniel Brailovsky, Fernández played less. The media reported that there was a feud between the two. Before the 2008 Clasura started, Fernández left to Toluca.[3]

Santiago joined Club Puebla for the 2009 season, in hopes of helping the team win the league, but six months later he announced that his football career was over.[4]

International career

Fernández was selected to represent his country at the

2005 Under-20 World Cup
qualifying tournament, in which Mexico failed to advance to the main event, suffering two defeats and drawing once.

He is known for his role at the

Luis Angel Landín and César Villaluz
, missed easy goals. Santiago missed a shot from nearly 2 meters from goal with no keeper and was unable to get to the ball several times in crosses from his teammates.

References

  1. ^ Santiago Fernández at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ^ Santiago Fernández – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Ficha del jugador - ESMAS.com
  4. ^ 2009 Players In The News
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