Fernando Brassard
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fernando José Alves Brassard | ||
| Date of birth | 11 April 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Lourenço Marques, Mozambique | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1983–1990 | Benfica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1991 | Louletano | 0 | (0) |
| 1991–1992 | Marítimo | 6 | (0) |
| 1992–1993 | Gil Vicente | 33 | (0) |
| 1993–1994 | Vitória Guimarães | 19 | (0) |
| 1994–1995 | Gil Vicente | 18 | (0) |
| 1995–1997 | Benfica | 2 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | Varzim | 34 | (0) |
| 1998–2001 | Vitória Setúbal | 26 | (0) |
| Total | 138 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1991 | Portugal U20 | 9 | (0) |
| 1992–1994 | Portugal U21 | 28 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Fernando José Alves Brassard (born 11 April 1972) is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Football career
Born in Lourenço Marques, Portuguese Mozambique, Brassard emerged through S.L. Benfica's youth ranks, but was soon deemed surplus to requirements, making his professional debuts with lowly Louletano DC. In the following years he played with C.S. Marítimo, Gil Vicente FC (two spells) and Vitória de Guimarães.
In the 1995 summer, Brassard returned to Benfica for two unassuming seasons, as he had to settle with battling for backup status behind Belgian Michel Preud'homme. He then played one year with Varzim SC – starting but seeing his club be relegated from the Primeira Liga – closing out his Vitória de Setúbal at only 29, being again second-choice during three years.
Brassard was in the squad for both of Portugal winning teams in the FIFA U-20 World Cup, in 1989 and 1991, being part of the dubbed Golden Generation. He, his then teammate João Vieira Pinto and Argentinian Sergio Agüero (who won in 2005 and 2007) are the only players in the world to win the tournament twice, although Brassard did not play one second in 1989.[1][2]
In 2003, shortly after his professional retirement, Brassard joined the senior national team's coaching staff, working with the goalkeepers for several years.
Honours
Club
- Benfica
Country
References
- ↑ "Geração de ouro faz 20 anos" [Golden generation celebrates 20th birthday]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 20 August 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ↑ "Riade, 25 anos: como foi e onde estão os campeões" [Riyadh, 25 anos: how did it go and where are the champions] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 3 March 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
External links
- Fernando Brassard at TheFinalBall.com
- Fernando Brassard at ForaDeJogo
- National team data (in Portuguese)
- Fernando Brassard – FIFA competition record