Fabrice Fernandes

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Fabrice Fernandes
Personal information
Full name Fabrice Fernandes [1]
Date of birth (1979-10-29) 29 October 1979 (age 43) [1]
Place of birth Aubervilliers, [1] France
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) [2]
Position(s) Winger
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1998–2001 Rennes 33 (3)
2000–2001 → Fulham (loan) 29 (2)
2001 → Rangers (loan) 4 (1)
2001 → Marseille (loan) 4 (0)
2001–2005 Southampton 91 (5)
2005–2006 Bolton Wanderers 1 (0)
2006–2007 Beitar Jerusalem 20 (2)
2007–2008 Dinamo București 7 (0)
2008 Le Havre 0 (0)
Total189(13)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fabrice Fernandes (born 29 October 1979 in Aubervilliers) is a French former footballer who played for several clubs, most particularly Southampton.

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Playing career

Fabrice Fernandes spent three years at the INF Clairefontaine academy, before moving to Rennes in 1996. [3]

He first joined an English team in 2000, after signing a season-long loan deal at Fulham where he helped them get promoted to the Premier League. He played for the France national under-21 football team, impressing the likes of Rangers in the process, for whom he joined on loan in March 2001, [4] scoring on his debut for the club, from 20 yards out against Motherwell. [5]

In December 2001, he moved to Southampton, [6] making his debut in a defeat to Leeds United, [7] and played in many games during the season, despite sometimes being hit with injury. He picked up an FA Cup runners-up medal in season 2002–03, [8] and had a solid 2003–04, at the end of which he was offered a new contract to run to 2006.

However, after Southampton were relegated to the Championship under manager Harry Redknapp at the end of the 2004–05 season, Fernandes negotiated for release from his contract. The Saints needed to reduce their payroll and engaged the services of agent Willie McKay to find a new club for him. Allegedly, McKay was paid a fee of £30,000 by Southampton for his services. This transfer was amongst those being scrutinised by the Stevens enquiry into corruption in English football. [9]

Sam Allardyce snapped him up for free at the end of August 2005 [10] and he made his debut for Bolton in their first ever UEFA Cup game against Lokomotiv Plovdiv at the Reebok Stadium. [11] He appeared once in the league for Bolton, as a substitute in a 5–1 defeat to Chelsea. [12]

In February 2006 Fernandes moved to play in Israel for Beitar Jerusalem, the club owned by Arcadi Gaydamak, the father of Portsmouth owner Alexandre Gaydamak. [13] After leaving the Jerusalem club he has had trial spells with Stoke City and Dunfermline Athletic.

In January 2007, he joined Dinamo Bucharest (Romania) in the Romanian First League, but was released a year later. [14] From there he joined Le Havre.

Honours

Fulham

Beitar Jerusalem

Southampton

Dinamo Bucuresti

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  2. ↑ "Fabrice Fernandes". Ligue de Football Professionnel. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  3. ↑ https://www.fff.fr/equipe-nationale/joueur/9910-fernandes-fabrice/fiche.html
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  5. ↑ "Fab Rangers debut at Fir Park". BBC Sport. 17 March 2001. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
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  7. ↑ "Leeds steal late win". BBC Sport. 29 December 2001. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  8. ↑ "Arsenal retain FA Cup". BBC. 17 May 2003. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
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