Miguel Fernández Fernández (born 12 August 2000) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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. He made his

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debut for Cornellà in 2018 before joining English club

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the following year. He returned to the Segunda B in 2021

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. Released by Birmingham at the end of the 2020–21 season, he then spent six months with Huesca B and six months with

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before joining AE Prat.

Club career

Fernández was born in 2000 in

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, in the

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. He came through the Escola de Fútbol Gavà from 2008 until 2013, when he joined Cornellà. He played and scored in the early rounds of the 2018–19 Copa Federación; the goals included an 88th-minute "wondergoal" into the top corner against

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in the round of 16. After sitting through four

matches as an unused substitute, manager Xavi Calm gave him his league debut on 22 December 2018; he replaced Carlos Esteve in the 90th minute of a 3–1 win at home to

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. As part of the relationship between Cornellà and

, Fernández trained with the English Championship club in January 2019 and again during the close season. In August, he was given a six-month contract with the intention of continuing his development under Calm, who was appointed head coach of Birmingham's under-23 team in July. He scored seven

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goals during the initial six months, making him joint top scorer (with Odin Bailey), and was rewarded with a new contract to run until the end of the 2019–20 season, with an option for the club to extend it for a further year. Before that season resumed after a three-month suspension due to the

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, the club took up their option to extend his contract and Fernández was given a first-team

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. He was named among the substitutes for the match at home to

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on 15 July, and remained unused, but made his

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debut in the last match of the season, coming on in

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of a 3–1 defeat at home to Derby County which left Birmingham in 21st position, one point above the relegation places. By the end of January 2021, Fernández had five goals from 12 appearances for Birmingham's under-23s but no matchday involvement with the first team. On 1 February, he returned to Spanish football with Segunda B club

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, on loan until 30 June. He made his debut as a late substitute in a goalless draw away to Pontevedra on 10 February, and ended the season with 8 appearances. He scored once, with a near-post header following a corner in the final match of the season, which Guijuelo lost 3–1 at home to Lealtad; both teams were already confirmed as playing in the new fourth-tier Segunda RFEF for the 2021–22 season. Birmingham confirmed that Fernández would leave the club when his contract expired at the end of the season, and he returned to Spanish football with Huesca B of the Segunda División RFEF. He made his debut 75 minutes into the opening-day visit to

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with his side 2–0 down, and his stoppage-time goal made the final score 2–1. He made 14 league appearances during the first half of the season, and then left the club and signed for divisional rivals

, for whom he made 9 appearances. Fernández joined

, also a fourth-tier club, for the 2022–23 season.

Career statistics

References

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