Mariano Antonio Fernández Farina (born 2 September 1978) is a former Argentine footballer. Fernández spent over 10 seasons in

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nations, especially in Italian lower divisions. Fernández also holds Spanish nationality.

Biography

Born in

Lanús Lanús () is the capital of Lanús Partido, Buenos Aires Province in Argentina. It lies just south of the capital city Buenos Aires, in the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area. The city has a population of 212,152 (), and the Partido de Lan� ...

, within the

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, Fernández started his professional career at

Club Atlético Lanús Club Atlético Lanús () is an Argentina, Argentine sports club from the Lanús district of Greater Buenos Aires. Founded in 1915, the club's main sports are association football, football and basketball. In both sports, Lanús plays in Argentin ...

. Since 2001–02 season he left Argentina for Europe, firstly for Austrian club

Sturm Graz Sportklub Sturm Graz is an Austrian association football club, based in Graz, Styria, playing in the Austrian Football Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1909. Its colours are black and white. In its history, Sturm Graz has won the Austrian f ...

. In 2002–03 season he played for Portuguese Premier League club

Beira-Mar Sport Clube Beira-Mar () is a Portuguese sports club based in Aveiro, Portugal. Its football team currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, the fourth national level, having gained promotion by winning the Aveiro FA First Division 2018/19 ...

. In 2003, he was signed by Italian ''

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'' club

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, but on loan from Fénix, believed to be a proxy for the third parties owner. In 2004–05 season he was signed by

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club

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. However, he only played 6 games. In 2005–06 season he joined ''

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'' club Córdoba. Fernández returned to Argentina for Nueva Chicago. He only played 8 games in 2006–07 ''Primera División'', all in the first half of the season (''Apertura'' 2006). He was signed by Romanian

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club

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2007–08 Liga I The 2007–08 Liga I was the ninety season of Liga I, the top-level football league of Romania. Season began on 27 July 2007 and ended on 7 May 2008. CFR Cluj became champions, winning their first trophy and ending a 17-year-long reign of Buchar ...

but again only played a handful games, with 4 more games for Dinamo II. Fernández also played as an unused bench in

2007–08 UEFA Cup The 2007–08 UEFA Cup was the 37th edition of the UEFA Cup, UEFA's second-tier club football tournament. The final was played at the City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester, England on 14 May 2008 between Rangers of Scotland and Zenit Saint Pet ...

First Round.

Italian ''Lega Pro''

In January 2008 Fernández returned to Italy and spent rest of his career in Italian third and fourth division (''

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''). At first he was signed by

Cisco Roma Atletico Roma Football Club was an Italian football club based in Rome, Italy. The club was founded as Nuova Tor Sapienza Calcio, which was renamed to Cisco Tor Sapienza in 1998. Under several merger, the club was subsequent known as A.S. Cis ...

, then with

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in 2008–09 season. In July 2009 he was signed by

Sorrento Sorrento (, ; nap, Surriento ; la, Surrentum) is a town overlooking the Bay of Naples in Southern Italy. A popular tourist destination, Sorrento is located on the Sorrentine Peninsula at the south-eastern terminus of the Circumvesuviana rail ...

. In August 2010 he left for Casale. In January 2011 he was signed by

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but the club bankrupted at the end of season. On 31 August 2011 he was signed by third division club Siracusa to replace Giovanni Iodice who moved to

Casale Monferrato Casale Monferrato () is a town in the Piedmont region of Italy, in the province of Alessandria. It is situated about east of Turin on the right bank of the Po, where the river runs at the foot of the Montferrat hills. Beyond the river lies the v ...

References

External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fernandez, Mariano Argentine footballers Club Atlético Lanús footballers Club Atlético Belgrano footballers SK Sturm Graz players S.C. Beira-Mar players Torino F.C. players Real Murcia players Córdoba CF players Nueva Chicago footballers FC Dinamo București players Atletico Roma F.C. players S.S.D. Città di Gela players A.S.D. Sorrento players Casale F.B.C. players Cosenza Calcio players U.S. Siracusa players Paganese Calcio 1926 players F.C. Matera players Argentine Primera División players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Primeira Liga players Serie B players Liga I players Liga II players Argentine expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Austria Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Italy Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Romania Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Austria Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Romania Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Association football defenders Sportspeople from Lanús 1978 births Living people