Leandro Fernández (footballer, born 1983)
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 Fernández with Dynamo Moscow in 2012 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Leandro Sebastián Fernández | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 30 January 1983 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rosario, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Newell's Old Boys | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Newell's Old Boys | 44 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | River Plate | 19 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2014 | Dynamo Moscow | 207 | (15) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2017 | Newell's Old Boys | 40 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Danubio | 19 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 329 | (16) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Argentina U20 | 7 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Argentina U23 | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Argentina | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Leandro Sebastián Fernández (born 30 January 1983) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a defender and was part of the gold medal Argentine team at the 2004 Summer Olympics. At the Olympics he was not initially part of the squad but was called up for the gold medal game to cover for the injured Nicolás Burdisso.[1][2] He also got 4th place in 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship, and was part of the Argentina squad that were runners up in the 2004 Copa América.
Fernández started his professional career at the age of 15 when he joined Newell's Old Boys. In 2005, he transferred to the River Plate. Fernández joined Dynamo Moscow, Russian Premier League football club in 2006 and soon became one of this club fans' favorite and was voted "best Player of the Year" by Dynamo Moscow supporters.
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]Newell's Old Boys
International
[edit]- Gold Medal at the Summer Olympics: 2004 Athens
- Copa América runner-up: 2004
Individual
[edit]- Dynamo Moscow player of the year: 2005–06
References
[edit]- ^ "Italy - Argentina". fifa.com. 24 August 2004. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ^ "Argentina - Paraguay". fifa.com. 28 August 2004. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
External links
[edit]- Leandro Fernández at BDFA (in Spanish)
- Statistics at Irish Times at the Wayback Machine (archived 27 June 2009)
- Leandro Fernández – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Leandro Fernández at Soccerway
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- Footballers from Rosario, Santa Fe
- Argentine men's footballers
- Newell's Old Boys footballers
- Club Atlético River Plate footballers
- FC Dynamo Moscow players
- Argentina men's under-20 international footballers
- Argentina men's international footballers
- Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers for Argentina
- Olympic gold medalists for Argentina
- 2004 Copa América players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
- Argentine Primera División players
- Argentine expatriate men's footballers
- Russian Premier League players
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- Olympic medalists in football
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