Tamer Fernandes

Tamer Fernandes

Personal information
Full name	Tamer Hasan Fernandes [1]
Date of birth	(1974-12-07) 7 December 1974 (age 50)
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*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–1998	Brentford	12	(0)
1993	→ Wealdstone (loan)
1997	→ Peterborough United (loan)	0	(0)
1998–1999	Colchester United	8	(0)
	Hemel Hempstead Town
International career
1992	England Youth	1	(0)
* 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.

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] [12]}

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

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Brentford	1992–93 [13]	First Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1993–94 [13]	Second Division	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	1994–95 [13]	Second Division	4	0	0	0	0	0	1 [a]	0	5	0
	1995–96 [13]	Second Division	5	0	2	0	0	0	1 [a]	0	8	0
	1996–97 [14]	Second Division	2	0	0	0	0	0	1 [a]	0	2	0
	1997–98 [7]	Second Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		12	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	17	0
Colchester United	1998–99 [9]	Second Division	8	0	—		—		—		8	0
Career total			20	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	24	0

1. Appearance in Football League Trophy

References

1. "Tamer Fernandes". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
2. Tamer Fernandes at Soccerbase
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. Croxford, Lane & Waterman 2013, p. 409.
5. Croxford, Lane & Waterman 2013, p. 263.
6. "Tamer Fernandes – Players – Colchester United". ColuData. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
7. "Games played by Tamer Fernandes in 1997/1998". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
8. "Colchester United Home Page for the 1997–1998 season". Statto.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
9. "Games played by Tamer Fernandes in 1998/1999". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
10. "Soccer: Tamer aims to stake his claim". Gazette. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
11. Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Yore Publications. p. 46. ISBN   1-874427-57-7.
12. "England Matches – Youth/Under-18's 1990–2000". www.englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
13. Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2013). The Big Brentford Book Of The Nineties. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. pp. 478–483. ISBN   9781906796723.
14. "Games played by Tamer Fernandes in 1996/1997". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 October 2017.

External links

• Tamer Fernandes at Soccerbase