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Fernando Alves (footballer, born 1979)

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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Alves and the second or paternal family name is dos Santos.

Fernando Alves
Personal information
Full name Fernando Alves dos Santos
Date of birth (1979-03-23) 23 March 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003 Tombense
2004–2005 Estrela do Norte
2006 Americano 2 (0)
2006 Social
2007–2008 Tupi 3 (0)
2009 Democrata
2009 Juazeirense
2009 Villa Nova
2010 Vitória da Conquista
2010 Maranhão
2010–2011 Uberlândia
2011 Oeste 5 (0)
2012 Uberlândia
2012 Aracruz 8 (0)
2012 Minas Futebol [pt]
2013 Estrela do Norte[2]
2013 Novo Esporte [pt]
2014 Independente Tucuruí
2015 Social
International career‡
2007 Equatorial Guinea[1] 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 August 2012
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 June 2007

Fernando Alves dos Santos (born 23 March 1979), sometimes known mononymously as Fernando, is a former footballer who played as a defender. Born in Brazil, he represented Equatorial Guinea at international level.

Club career

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Fernando played for Tombense (2003), Estrela do Norte (2004–05), Social (2006) when the team won the access to the Campeonato Mineiro's First Division, and for Tupi in the winning seasons of the club on 2007 and 2008.[3] He then played for Democrata and Juazeirense.[4]

International career

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Fernando was one of the Brazilian-born naturalised Equatoguinean players by the Brazilian Antônio Dumas (Equatorial Guinea's former coach).

Through of his naturalisation, he has been international for the Equatoguinean national team on 25 March 2007 in an Africa Cup of Nations 2008 Qualifying match against Rwanda, in Malabo, that his national team won 3–1.[5]
Also he was called for other Africa Cup of Nations 2008 Qualifying match, against Rwanda in Kigali on 2 June 2007.[6]

Honours

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Club

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Tupi

References

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  1. ^ "2007 Equatoguinean Squad". Archived from the original on 13 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Estrela contrata o zagueiro Fernando Alves, ex-seleção de Guiné Equatorial". 7 December 2012.
  3. ^ Villa Nova Atlético Clube Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
  4. ^ CBF (in Portuguese) Archived 15 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Equatoguinean line-up against Rwanda on 25 March 2007 (Fernando is the last of the top row, from left to right) Archived 13 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Equatoguineans players called for the match against Rwanda, in Kigali, on 2 June 2007 Archived 9 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
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