Fabrice Fernandes

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Fabrice Fernandes
Full name	Fabrice fernandes
Date of birth	29 October 1979 (1979-10-29) (age 28)
Place of birth	Aubervilliers, France
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Le Havre
Number	27
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998–2001 2000–2001 2001 2001 2001–2005 2005–2006 2006–2007 2007 2008–	Stade Rennais Fulham Rangers Olympique de Marseille Southampton Bolton Wanderers Beitar Jerusalem Dinamo Bucureşti Le Havre	34 0(3) 29 0(2) 04 0(1) 04 0(0) 91 0(5) 01 0(0) 0- 0(-) 07 0(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 05:32, 17 February 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

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

[edit] Playing career

He first joined an English team in 2000, after signing a season-long loan deal at Fulham. He played for the Under-21 French national team, impressing the likes of Rangers in the process, for whom he joined on loan in March 2001, scoring on his debut for the club, from 35 yards out against Motherwell.

In December 2001, he moved to Southampton, making his debut in a defeat to Leeds United, 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, 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 is amongst those being scrutinised by the Stevens enquiry into corruption in English football. [1]

Sam Allardyce snapped him up for free at the end of August 2005 and he made his debut for Bolton in their first ever UEFA Cup game against Lokomotiv Plovdiv at the Reebok Stadium.

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. After leaving the Jerusalem club he has had trial spells with Stoke City and Dunfermline Athletic.

In 2007 he was playing for Dinamo Bucharest (Romania) in the Romanian First League, but has been released and is currently without a contract.