Fernando Richarte Martínez (born 12 December 1991) is a Mexican professional

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Fundidores de Monterrey Fundidores de Monterrey (English: ''Monterrey Smelters''), officially Fundidores, are an American football team based in Monterrey, Mexico. The Fundidores compete in the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (LFA), the top American football leagu ...

of the

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(LFA). He played

college football College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States. Unlike most ...

at UANL and had a brief participation in the

Canadian Football League The Canadian Football League (CFL; french: Ligue canadienne de football—LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football. The league consists of nine teams, each located in a ci ...

(CFL) with the BC Lions.

College career

Born in

Monterrey Monterrey ( , ) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León, Mexico, and the third largest city in Mexico behind Guadalajara and Mexico City. Located at the foothills of the Sierra Madre Oriental, the city is anchor ...

Nuevo León Nuevo León () is a state in the northeast region of Mexico. The state was named after the New Kingdom of León, an administrative territory from the Viceroyalty of New Spain, itself was named after the historic Spanish Kingdom of León. With a ...

, Richarte played

for the Auténticos Tigres UANL of the

Autonomous University of Nuevo León The Autonomous University of Nuevo León ( es, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, UANL) is a public university with seven campuses across the northern Mexican state of Nuevo León. Founded as University of Nuevo León on 25 September 1933, i ...

, where he earned a degree in Law.

Professional career

Richarte played for the Dinos de Saltillo of the

(LFA) from 2017 to

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. In January 2019, Richarte was picked by the BC Lions in the CFL–LFA Draft; he was the team's second selection and the sixteenth overall pick. Richarte joined the BC Lions, alongside fellow countryman

Gerardo Álvarez Gerardo Elías Álvarez Ovalle (born 15 September 1988) is a Mexican professional gridiron football wide receiver for the Dinos de Saltillo of the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (LFA). Álvarez played college football at UAC and ...

. He made his CFL debut on 10 August against the

Hamilton Tiger-Cats The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a professional Canadian football team based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. They are currently members of the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). The Tiger-Cats play their home games at Tim Hortons Fiel ...

and played in six more games. Richarte joined the

ahead of the 2021 season.

References

External links

BC Lions profile
1991 births Living people BC Lions players Sportspeople from Monterrey Mexican players of American football Mexican players of Canadian football American football wide receivers Mexican expatriate sportspeople in Canada Canadian football wide receivers Auténticos Tigres UANL players Dinos de Saltillo players Fundidores de Monterrey players {{Canadianfootball-widereceiver-stub