José Carlos Fernández González (, born 24 January 1971) is a

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retired

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goalkeeper who is currently active as

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of Bolivian club Bolívar.

Club career

Early career

Fernández developed his football skills at Tahuichi Academy, where he received a full scholarship to go to the United States and play while in college. After he finished school, he pursued a career as a professional goalkeeper.

International success at Cali

In his home country, Fernández played for important teams such as

Oriente Petrolero Club Deportivo Oriente Petrolero () is a Bolivian football club based in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. They play at the 38,000-capacity Estadio Tahuichi Aguilera. Oriente have been Bolivian champions five times, Copa Aerosur winners two ti ...

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and Bolívar. He also went abroad to play for

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in Spain, Jaguares and

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in Mexico,

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in the MLS,

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and

Deportivo Cali Asociación Deportivo Cali, best known as Deportivo Cali, is a Colombian sports club based in Cali, most notable for its football team, which currently competes in the Categoría Primera A. Deportivo Cali is one of the most successful footba ...

from Colombia.

Deportes Melipilla

Late career

International career

He has been capped for the Bolivia national team on 26 occasions, having participated in

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and

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

among the most important tournaments he took part in. He represented his country in 9

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matches and at the

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Honours

Club

;Blooming * Primera División (2):

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...

;Bolívar * Primera División (1):

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

* Torneo de Apertura (1):

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

;Deportivo Cali * Torneo Finalización (1):

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

;Oriente Petrolero * Torneo de Clausura (1): 2010

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fernandez, Jose Carlos 1971 births Living people Sportspeople from Santa Cruz de la Sierra Bolivian footballers Association football goalkeepers Bolivia international footballers 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup players 1999 Copa América players 2004 Copa América players FIU Panthers men's soccer players Bolivian Primera División players Categoría Primera A players Oriente Petrolero players Club Destroyers players Club Blooming players Córdoba CF players Chiapas F.C. footballers New England Revolution players C.D. Veracruz footballers Club Bolívar players Independiente Santa Fe footballers Deportivo Cali footballers Universidad de Chile footballers Universitario de Sucre footballers Deportes Melipilla footballers José Gálvez FBC footballers Deportivo Italia players Bolivian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Mexico Expatriate soccer players in the United States Expatriate footballers in Colombia Expatriate footballers in Chile Expatriate footballers in Peru Expatriate footballers in Venezuela Bolivian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Bolivian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Bolivian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Bolivian expatriate sportspeople in Colombia Bolivian expatriate sportspeople in Chile Bolivian expatriate sportspeople in Peru Bolivian expatriate sportspeople in Venezuela Major League Soccer players