Julián Fernández (born 18 July 1989) is an

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footballer that plays as

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for Italian

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club

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Club career

Product of

Atlético Rafaela Atlético, Spanish for ''athletics'', or Athletico in English, may refer to: Sports Teams Athletico * Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy * Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic ...

youth ranks, in 2008, Fernández was promoted to the first-adult team. His well performances at Rafaela allowed him be considered in Argentina U-20's 23-man squad for

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. After his participation for their youth national team, in July, he joined

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where the defender won the Torneo Clausura 2010 title, which was his first professional honour. However, after fail to play at

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-based team, he returned to Rafaela in mid-2011. On 21 January 2012, Fernández moved Chilean club

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. He debuted against Rangers in a 2–0 away loss at

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and his first goal came on 11 February in a 1–1 away draw too with

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, which was his first goal in his third game in the tournament, having an impressive season start. On 29 July, Fernández again scored in the tournament, reaching his second goal in a 2–1 home loss with O'Higgins. However, after his impressive start at

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, the team was gradually deterioring their game to such an extent of relegate to the second-tier, so that he was released. On 29 October 2019 it was reported that Fernández had joined Italian

club

. However, the deal wasn't confirmed until January 2020, where his finale documents arrived before he officially could sign with Messina.

International career

On 11 January 2009, Fernández was named by the coach

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into the 23-man squad of

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for

, where internationally debuted on 19 January in a 1–1 with

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(host nation of the youth championship) at Maturín, where appeared as a starter. In principle Batista frequently put him in the starting lineup, but lost the post after a success challenge of Federico Fernández during a tournament, where Argentina failed to qualify to the

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held in

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Honours

Club

;Argentinos Juniors *

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(1): 2010 Clausura

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Julián Fernández
at Football-Lineups {{DEFAULTSORT:Fernandez, Julian 1989 births Living people Argentine men's footballers Argentina men's under-20 international footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Atlético de Rafaela footballers Argentinos Juniors footballers Deportes La Serena footballers Talleres de Córdoba footballers Chacarita Juniors footballers Real C.D. España players Chaco For Ever footballers Sportivo Belgrano footballers Gimnasia y Esgrima de Mendoza footballers L.D.U. Loja footballers SSD FC Messina players Chilean Primera División players Argentine Primera División players Primera Nacional players Primera B Metropolitana players Ecuadorian Serie B players Serie D players Men's association football central defenders Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Ecuador Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Footballers from Córdoba Province, Argentina