Pablo Fernández Blanco (born 17 September 1996) is a Spanish

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who plays for Gimnàstic de Tarragona as either a

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or a

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Club career

Born in Candás,

Carreño Carreño is a municipality in the autonomous community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It is bordered by Corvera de Asturias on the west, Gozón on the north, the Cantabrian Sea on the north and east, and Gijón on the east and south. Its ...

, Asturias, Fernández represented

Sporting de Gijón Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D. (), commonly known as Real Sporting, Sporting Gijón, or simply Sporting (although in an international context this can lead to confusion with Sporting Clube de Portugal) is a Spanish football club from Gijón, P ...

and Candás CF as a youth. He made his senior debut with the latter on 6 December 2012 at the age of just 16, coming on as a substitute in a 1–4

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

home loss against CD Praviano. Definitely promoted to the first team ahead of the 2013–14 campaign, Fernández scored his first senior goal on 30 October 2013 by netting the first in a 2–0 away win against Atlético de Lugones SD. The following July, he returned to Sporting, being assigned to the ''Juvenil A'' squad. Fernández started to appear with the reserves during the season, with the side in

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Foot ...

. He made his first team – and

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– debut on 5 April 2017, replacing fellow youth graduate

Nacho Cases Ignacio 'Nacho' Cases Mora (born 22 December 1987) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder. He spent most of his career with Sporting de Gijón, appearing in 183 competitive games over the course of four La Liga se ...

in a 0–1 home loss against

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. On 3 July 2019, Fernández left Sporting and signed for third division team UE Cornellà. On 28 June 2021, after two seasons as a regular starter, he agreed to a two-year deal with Gimnàstic de Tarragona in Primera División RFEF.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fernandez, Pablo 1996 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Asturias Men's association football wingers Men's association football forwards La Liga players Primera Federación players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Sporting de Gijón B players Sporting de Gijón players UE Cornellà players Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers