Fernando Lucas Martins (born 3 March 1992), more commonly known as Fernando, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Al-Jazira as

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Club career

Shakhtar Donetsk

On 13 June 2013, Fernando signed a five-year contract with Shakhtar Donetsk. The transfer fee was reported to be €11 million.

Sampdoria

On 6 July 2015, Fernando was signed by Serie A club

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for €8 million. He made 33 league appearances, scoring four goals, for the club.

Spartak Moscow

On 19 July 2016, Sampdoria confirmed that Fernando had been sold to Russian club Spartak Moscow for around €12 million.

Beijing Sinobo Guoan

On 30 July 2019, Spartak Moscow confirmed that Fernando left for

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side

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. Beijing announced that he joined the team on loan a day later to help provide cover for sidelined Jonathan Viera.

Antalyaspor

On 17 January 2022, Fernando signed with Turkish club

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Al Jazira

On 5 August 2023, Fernando signed with Emirati club Al-Jazira.

International career

In 2012, Fernando was called up by

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for matches against

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on 12 October and

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on 16 October. Fernando was part of the 23 players called by coach

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to play in the

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on home soil.

Personal life

Fernando became known for the "Robson case", in which he asked his driver Robson Oliveira to take a

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-based medicine for his father-in-law in Russia, in February 2019. However, the medicine is prohibited by Russian law, and the driver was arrested for international drug trafficking. Fernando never helped the driver. Facing a maximum of 12 years, Oliveira was sentenced to three years in prison in December 2020, followed by deportation.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Grêmio *

Campeonato Gaúcho The Campeonato Gaúcho (English: Gaúcho Championship), officially named as Campeonato Gaúcho de Futebol Série A and commonly known as the Gauchão or the Gauchão Ipiranga (company), Ipiranga for sponsorship reasons, is the top-flight profess ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

Shakhtar Donetsk * Ukrainian League: 2013–14 * Ukrainian Super Cup:

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Spartak Moscow *

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: 2016–17 * Russian Super Cup:

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

Brazil U17 * South American Under-17 Football Championship:

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

Brazil U20 * South American Youth Championship:

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

FIFA U-20 World Cup The FIFA U-20 World Cup is the biennial football world championship tournament for FIFA members' men's national teams with players under the age of 20. The competition has been staged every two years since the inaugural tournament in 1977 when i ...

Brazil *

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2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

References

External links

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Fernando
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