Raúl Fernández Valverde

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Raúl Fernández
Personal information
Full name Raúl Fernández Valverde
Date of birth January 31, 1986 (1986-01-31) (age 22)
Place of birth    Lima, Peru
Height 1.84 m (6 ft +12 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Universitario de Deportes
Number 1
Youth clubs
2000-2007 Universitario de Deportes
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2007-present Universitario de Deportes 32 (0)   
National team2
2008 Peru 1 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 16:52, 6 April 2008 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 16:52, 6 April 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Raúl Fernández Valverde (born 31 January 1986 in Lima, Peru) is a professional Peruvian football player who currently plays for Universitario de Deportes. He started to play for the youth team of Universitario de Deportes and made his way to the first-team.

After Juan Flores signed with Cienciano for the 2007 season, José Carvallo took over as Universitario's starting goalkeeper. Jose Carvallo gained the team's trust because of his goalkeeping skills. However, during the Clausura 2007, the coach Julio Gomez decided to give Raul Fernandez a chance to start. He made his debut on September 22, 2007 playing against Total Clean and gained Gomez's trust because of his style of goalkeeping. Raul Fernandez became the starting goalkeeper of Universitario after that game.

He was called up to play for the Peru national football team by Jose del Solar for a friendly match against Costa Rica.