Fernando playing for Porto |
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Full name | Fernando Francisco Reges | ||
Date of birth | July 25, 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Alto Paraíso, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
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Current club | Porto | ||
Number | 25 | ||
Youth career | |||
Vila Nova | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
2005–2007 | Vila Nova | 57 | (3) |
2007– | Porto | 77 | (0) |
2007–2008 | → Estrela Amadora (loan) | 26 | (1) |
National team | |||
2007 | Brazil U20 | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 November 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
Fernando Francisco Reges (born 25 July 1987 in Alto Paraíso de Goiás), simply Fernando, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for F.C. Porto in Portugal, as a defensive midfielder.
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In June 2007, Fernando signed a five-year contract with F.C. Porto directly from the Brazilian third division, having started his career at Vila Nova Futebol Clube.[1] However, he spent his first year in Portugal loaned to C.F. Estrela da Amadora, where he was first-choice.
In 2008–09, returned to Porto, Fernando was an everpresent midfield fixture alongside established Raul Meireles and Lucho González, as the northerners achieved a fourth-consecutive league accolade.
Fernando was in Brazil U-20's squad at the 2007 South American Youth Championship, which the nation won, but was not included for the subsequent competition in the category, the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
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