Óscar Fernández González, simply known as Óscar (born 16 May 1995), is a Spanish

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who plays for Logroñés. Mainly a

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, he can also play as a

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Football career

Born in Renedo de Piélagos,

Cantabria Cantabria (, also , , Cantabrian: ) is an autonomous community in northern Spain with Santander as its capital city. It is called a ''comunidad histórica'', a historic community, in its current Statute of Autonomy. It is bordered on the east ...

, Óscar graduated from local CA Perines. On 8 July 2014 he moved to

Racing de Santander Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. (), also known as Racing de Santander () or simply Racing, is a football club based in Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system ...

, being initially assigned to the reserves in the

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

. Late in the month, Óscar was called up by manager Paco Fernández to make the pre-season with the main squad. On 24 August 2014 he played his first match as a professional, replacing

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in the 85th minute of a 0–1 away loss against

Girona FC Girona Futbol Club, S.A.D. is a professional football club based in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Founded on 23 July 1930, it plays in La Liga, to which they gained promotion in the 2022 Segunda División play-offs. Girona holds its home matches at ...

in the

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. Óscar only featured in one more match for the first team during the season, a 1–2 home loss against

CD Leganés Club Deportivo Leganés, S.A.D. is a football club based in Leganés, Community of Madrid, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system. It was founded on 23 June 1928. It holds home games at ...

on 21 February 2015; his side subsequently suffered relegation. He was definitely promoted to the main squad the following July, and scored a brace in a 2–0

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home win against

Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa (), better known as Cultural Leonesa or La Cultural, is a Spanish football team based in León, in the autonomous community of Castile and Leon. Founded on 5 August 1923, it currently plays in Primera División RFE ...

on 20 March 2016. On 17 July 2018,

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Óscar signed a two-year deal with

AD Alcorcón Agrupación Deportiva Alcorcón S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Alcorcón, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Founded in 1971, it currently plays in Primera Federación – Group 1, holding home matches at the Municipal de Santo ...

, but was immediately loaned to

CF Fuenlabrada Club de Fútbol Fuenlabrada, S.A.D. is a football club based in Fuenlabrada, Community of Madrid, Spain, that currently competes in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, the third tier of the Spanish league system. It was founded in 1975. It holds ...

for one year. The following 9 January, he moved to fellow third division side

CD Castellón Club Deportivo Castellón, S.A.D. is a professional Spanish football team based in Castellón de la Plana, in the Valencian Community. Founded on 20 July 1922, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at ''No ...

, on loan until June. On 25 July 2019, Fernández signed for third division side

Barakaldo CF Barakaldo Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Barakaldo, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Founded in 1917 it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 4, holding home matches at '' Lasesarre'', with a capacity ...

after terminating his contract with the ''Alfareros''. After seven months at

CD Don Benito Club Deportivo Don Benito is a Spanish football team based in Don Benito, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 1928 it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 4, holding home matches at ''Estadio Vicente Sanz'', with a capacit ...

from January to July 2020, Fernández moved to

Pontevedra CF Pontevedra Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team in Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia. Founded on 16 October 1941 it currently plays in Primera División RFEF, Primera ...

on a deal until June 2021.Imanol García y Óscar Fernández ya son del Pontevedra CF
diariodepontevedra.es, 30 July 2020

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Oscar Fernandez 1995 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Cantabria Men's association football wingers Men's association football forwards Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Rayo Cantabria players Racing de Santander players AD Alcorcón footballers CF Fuenlabrada footballers CD Castellón footballers Barakaldo CF footballers CD Don Benito players Pontevedra CF footballers Racing Rioja CF players