Eduardo Moreira Fernandes (born August 21, 1977), better known as Vargas Fernandes is a Capeverdean

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who played as a

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Career

His first club was

Sporting Clube da Praia Sporting Clube da Praia, short form: Sporting Praia ( Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK as well as Badiu: ''Sporting Klubi di Praia'') is a professional football club that plays in the Santiago South Premier Division in Cape Verde. It is bas ...

in his native country, he would lead to win the 1998 regionals. In 2000, he played in Portugal, starting in

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in the Portuguese SuperLiga. He played as a midfielder there with different clubs, in the 2004-05 season, he played with

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which was in the lower

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(Honour League). With the club, Vargas Fernandes reached in the second tier Segunda Liga, but released him due to financial problems. He was one of the first Capeverdeans to play with a Finnish club up north in Tampere and played with

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which was in the Second Division, he scored two goals, a season later he spend the next four seasons in Portugal, after his return, he played in

Moreirense Moreirense Futebol Clube is a Portuguese professional football club based in Moreira de Cónegos, Guimarães Municipality, in Minho. Founded on 1 November 1938, it plays in the Liga Portugal 2, holding home games at Parque de Jogos Comendador Joa ...

Portimonense Portimonense Sporting Clube is a Portuguese sports club based in Portimão. Founded on 14 August 1914, it is most notable for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football. It al ...

, Gondomar and Olvieirense, of the goals he scored, he only scored a goal with Portimonense, each in the Segunda Liga. In 2009, he became the first Capeverdean to play with an Azeri club,

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, early in the season,

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was coach. After the end of the season, the club was eleventh and was relegated into the national Second Division, he scored not a single goal there. Vargas returned to his home country to play with

in 2010 for the next five seasons, he would become one of the oldest players in the club that played. During that time, his achievement was the 2012 national championships, the club's ninth and recent title. His next two successes were regional titles won in 2013 and 2014.

Career statistics

International

''Statistics accurate as of match played 9 September 2007''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vargas Fernandes 1977 births Living people Footballers from Praia Footballers from Santiago, Cape Verde Cape Verdean men's footballers Cape Verdean expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Sporting Clube da Praia players Cape Verdean National Championships players Gil Vicente F.C. players Lusitânia F.C. players F.C. Alverca players Primeira Liga players Moreirense F.C. players Portimonense S.C. players Gondomar S.C. players U.D. Oliveirense players FK Standard Sumgayit players Liga Portugal 2 players Cape Verdean expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Cape Verdean expatriate sportspeople in Finland Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan Cape Verde men's international footballers