Ramón Ignacio Fernández Arias (, born 3 December 1984) is an

Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...

-Chilean

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who plays as a

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for

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in the

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Club career

A product of

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youth system, Fernández joined its reserve team in January 2003 but spent most of the next five years on loan at several Argentine sides, including

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and

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, before being loaned again to the Croatian side NK Rijeka in July 2008. At Rijeka, he established himself as a first-team regular in his first season with the club and scored one goal in 20 appearances in the 2008–09 season. At the end of the season, the club decided to renew the loan deal into the next season. Therefore, the loan spell ended in July 2010, returning to Estudiantes subsequently. After 10 years playing in the Chilean football, in 2022 he returned to Argentina joining

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where he had been a leading figure in 2008. In June 2022, he returned to Chile and joined

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in the Primera B. After getting the promotion to the

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in 2023, he left the club. In 2024, he sgined with

in the

Personal life

In January 2017, he acquired the Chilean nationality by residence.

Honours

;Estudiantes * Torneo de Apertura (1):

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;Universidad de Chile *

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(1): Apertura 2014 *

Copa Chile The Copa Chile (''Chile Cup'') is an annual cup competition for Chilean football teams. Due to time constraints and club pressure, the trophy was cancelled in 2000, but returned in 2008. Its precursor was the Campeonato de Apertura (''Opening Ch ...

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;Colo-Colo *

(1): Transición 2017 *

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References

External links

*
Argentine Primera statistics
at Fútbol XXI
Fernández at Football Lineups
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fernandez, Ramon 1984 births Living people Footballers from Formosa, Argentina Argentine men's footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Naturalized citizens of Chile Chilean men's footballers Estudiantes de La Plata footballers Club Atlético Sarmiento footballers Club Sportivo Ben Hur players Defensa y Justicia footballers Club Atlético Atlanta footballers HNK Rijeka players Unión La Calera footballers O'Higgins F.C. footballers Club Universidad de Chile footballers Colo-Colo footballers Deportes Iquique footballers San Antonio Unido footballers Torneo Argentino B players Argentine Primera División players Primera Nacional players Primera B Metropolitana players Croatian Football League players Chilean Primera División players Primera B de Chile players Segunda División Profesional de Chile players Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Men's association football midfielders