Roberto Júnior Fernández

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Roberto Júnior Fernández
Gatito Fernández (Cerro Porteño) .png
Fernández (2014)
Personnel
Surname Roberto Júnior Fernández Torres
birthday March 29, 1988
place of birth Asunción ,  Paraguay
size 191 cm
position goalkeeper
Juniors
Years station
2006 Club Cerro Porteño
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2007-2009 Club Cerro Porteño 22 (0)
2009-2010 Estudiantes de La Plata
2010-2011 →  Racing Club  (loan) 15 (0)
2011–2012 →  FC Utrecht  (loan) 13 (0)
2012-2014 Club Cerro Porteño 53 (0)
2014-2015 EC Vitória 39 (0)
2016 Figueirense FC 44 (0)
2017– Botafogo FR 95 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2007 Paraguay U-20 4 (0)
2011– Paraguay 16 (0)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: end of season 2019

2 As of June 28, 2019

Roberto Júnior Fernández , also called Gatito Fernández , full name Roberto Júnior Fernández Torres , (born March 29, 1988 in Asunción ) is a Paraguayan football player .

Career

society

The 1.91 meter tall goalkeeper Fernández played in 2006 in the youth division of Club Cerro Porteño . From 2007 to 2009 he was part of the professional team. In the 2009 season he came there to 22 first division appearances. In 2009, his club won the Torneo Apertura of the Primera División . In July 2009, Júnior Fernández moved to Argentina to Estudiantes de La Plata . In mid-July 2010 he joined the Racing Club from Avellaneda in Argentina, trained by Miguel Angel Russo , on a loan deal . For the club, where he played a total of 15 top division games, he made his debut in the championship in a 1-0 home win on August 8, 2010 against the All Boys . In early August 2011 he was loaned to FC Utrecht in the Netherlands .

Shortly after his arrival at Utrecht , the player suffered an injury to the medial meniscus , so that he missed the start of the season. He played his first game in the Eredivisie on October 22, 2011 against SC Heerenveen . Against Utrecht he won back payment of his salary. He had had to undertake to cede part of his official salary to a third party, who returned the money to Utrecht . The club wanted to circumvent the legal minimum wage for foreign players. After the end of the season he returned to Paraguay and rejoined his old youth club Cerro Porteño .

At Cerro Porteño, Júnior Fernández made his debut at international club level. In the Copa Sudamericana 2012 he played on August 30, 2012 against AC Mineros de Guayana . Júnior Fernández stayed at the club until 2014, when he went to Brazil for EC Vitória . His first game in the top Brazilian division played Júnior Fernández on August 24, 2014. In the game against Figueirense FC , he was substituted on after half-time for Wilson . At the end of the season he had to relegate to the B series with the club as seventeenth in the table . Vitória succeeded in direct promotion, but Júnior Fernández switched to league rivals Figueirense FC at the start of the 2016 season. After his club had to relegate at the end of the 2016 season , Júnior Fernández moved to promoted Botafogo FR in November 2016 .

National team

With the U-20 selection , Júnior Fernández took part in the U-20 South American Football Championship in 2007 . With the A selection of the national team, he has played four games so far. He was also part of the team that was runner-up at the 2011 Copa America , but was not used here. He acted as the goalkeeper at the Copa America 2019 .

Trivia

His father is the former national soccer player Roberto Fernández .

successes

Club Cerro Porteño

Botafogo

National team

Awards

Botafogo

Web links

Commons : Roberto Junior Fernández  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Profile on soccerway.com , accessed September 20, 2016
  2. ↑ Profile on fussballzz.de , accessed on September 20, 2016
  3. ↑ De "La Gata" al "Gatito": Junior se va a Estudiantes (Spanish) on ultimahora.com from July 24, 2009, accessed on September 20, 2016
  4. ↑ Llegó el arquero Fernández a Racing (Spanish) on espndeportes.espn.com from July 16, 2010, accessed on September 20, 2016
  5. ↑ Racing Club vs. All Boys 1 - 0 on soccerway.com, accessed September 20, 2016
  6. ^ Injury and end at Utrecht , report from April 17, 2012 on duic.nl, page on Dutch, accessed on September 19, 2016
  7. ↑ First Eredivisie game on worldfootball.net
  8. ↑ Lawsuit against Utrecht , report of June 12, 2013 on fcufans.nl, page in Dutch, accessed on September 19, 2016
  9. ↑ Commitment by Cerro Porteño, report of July 24, 2012 on paraguay.com, page on spani., Accessed on September 19, 2016
  10. ↑ First international game on worldfootball.net
  11. ↑ Commitment by EC Vitória , report of July 28, 2014 on bahianoticias.com.br, page in portug., Accessed on September 19, 2016
  12. ↑ First game in Series A , on worldfootball.net
  13. ↑ Commitment by Figueirense FC , report of January 16, 2016 on globoesporte.globo.com, page in portug., Accessed on September 19, 2016
  14. ↑ Commitment by Botafogo , report on conmebol.com of November 30, 2016, page in Spanish, accessed on January 26, 2017
  15. ↑ U-20 selection games 2007 on worldfootball.net
  16. ↑ Copa América 2011 squad on fussballzz.de
  17. ↑ Best goalkeeper Copa do Brasil 2017, report on globoesporte.globo.com from September 28, 2017, page in portug., Accessed on December 15, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Fernández, Roberto Júnior
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fernández Torres, Roberto Júnior
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Paraguayan soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Asunción , Paraguay