Tamer Fernandes

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Tamer Fernandes
Personal information
Full name Tamer Hasan Fernandes [1]
Date of birth (1974-12-07) 7 December 1974 (age 48)
Place of birth Paddington, England
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) [2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Wealdstone
0000–1993 Brentford
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1993–1998 Brentford 12 (0)
1993Wealdstone (loan)
1997Peterborough United (loan) 0 (0)
1998–1999 Colchester United 8 (0)
Hemel Hempstead Town
International career
1992 England Youth
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tamer Hasan Fernandes (born 7 December 1974) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Brentford and Colchester United.

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Club career

Beginning his career under the name Tamer Aouf, [3] Fernandes began his career in the youth system at Brentford and signed his first professional contract at the end of the 1992–93 season. [4] Over the course of the following five seasons he served as backup to Kevin Dearden and made just 17 appearances before agreeing a settlement to his contract and leaving Griffin Park in January 1998. [2] [5] He immediately joined Third Division high-flyers Colchester United, [6] but failed to make an appearance during what remained of a 1997–98 season that saw the club win promotion to the Second Division via the playoffs. [7] [8] He made a breakthrough into the first team and made 8 appearances during the second half of the 1998–99 season, [9] [10] but was released in May 1999 and dropped into non-League football to join Isthmian League Second Division club Hemel Hempstead Town. [4]

International career

Fernandes was capped by England Youth. [11]

Personal life

Fernandes began his career under the name Tamer Aouf, before changing his name to Tamer Fernandes prior to the beginning of the 1993–94 season. [4]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brentford 1992–93 [12] First Division 0000000000
1993–94 [12] Second Division 1000000010
1994–95 [12] 4000001 [lower-alpha 1] 050
1995–96 [12] 5020001 [lower-alpha 1] 080
1996–97 [13] 2000001 [lower-alpha 1] 020
1997–98 [7] 0000000000
Total120200030170
Colchester United 1998–99 [9] Second Division8080
Career total200200020240
  1. 1 2 3 Appearance in Football League Trophy

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References

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  3. Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. pp. 55–56. ISBN   0955294916.
  4. 1 2 3 Croxford, Lane & Waterman 2013, p. 409.
  5. Croxford, Lane & Waterman 2013, p. 263.
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