Edimilson Fernandes Ribeiro (born 15 April 1996) is a Swiss professional

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who plays as an

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for German club

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and the Switzerland national team.

Club career

Sion

Fernandes is a youth exponent from

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. He made his Swiss Super League debut on 1 June 2013 against

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in 4–2 home win. He started in the first eleven and was substituted after 53 minutes. He scored his first senior goal on 1 March 2015 in a 2–2 draw at home to

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. Fernandes played every minute of Sion's 2015–16 Europa League campaign before the side was knocked out by

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in the last 32. In all games, he played 65 times for Sion's first team and 41 games for the club's under-21 side.

West Ham United

On 25 August 2016, Fernandes signed a four-year deal with English club

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for a fee of £5 million. He made his West Ham debut on 25 September 2016 in a 3–0 home defeat by

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, coming on as an 82nd-minute substitute for

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. On 26 October 2016, Fernandes scored his first goal for West Ham in a 2–1 win against

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in the EFL Cup, winning praise from manager

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Loan to Fiorentina

On 13 August 2018, Fernandes joined Italian side

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on a one-year loan deal with an option to buy.

Mainz 05

On 3 June 2019, Fernandes joined

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side

on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee. On 17 August 2019, he made his full debut for the club in the league season opener against

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, starting and playing 84 minutes of a 3–0 loss while picking up a first-half yellow card. Fernandes scored his first goal for Mainz in the penultimate

game of the 2019–2020 season. After being substituted on in the second half, he scored the third goal in Mainz's 3–1 win over

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Loan to Young Boys

On 15 February 2022, Fernandes moved on loan to Young Boys until the end of the season.

International career

Fernandes made his debut for the Switzerland under-21 team in March 2016 in a 1–1 draw with

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. In his second game, on 2 September 2016, he scored his first international goal in a 3–0 win against

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. In November 2016, Fernandes received his first call-up to the senior Switzerland squad for a match against the

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. He made his senior debut against them, coming off the bench in the 69th minute. In May 2019, he played in 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals, where his team finished fourth. In 2021, he was called up to the national team for the 2020 UEFA European Championship, where the team created one of the main sensations of the tournament reaching the quarter-finals.

Personal life

Fernandes was born in

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, Switzerland, to a family of Portuguese and Cape Verdean descent. He is the cousin of Swiss international footballer Gelson Fernandes, Portuguese international footballer Manuel Fernandes and ex- Sunderland midfielder Cabral.

Career statistics

Club

International goals

:''Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Fernandes goal''.

Honours

Sion * Swiss Cup: 2014–15

References

External links

Profile
at the 1. FSV Mainz 05 website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fernandes, Edimilson 1996 births Living people People from Sion, Switzerland Swiss men's footballers Switzerland men's under-21 international footballers Switzerland men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders FC Sion players West Ham United F.C. players ACF Fiorentina players 1. FSV Mainz 05 players Arminia Bielefeld players BSC Young Boys players Swiss Super League players Premier League players Serie A players Bundesliga players UEFA Euro 2020 players 2022 FIFA World Cup players Swiss expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Swiss expatriate sportspeople in England Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Germany Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Italy Swiss people of Cape Verdean descent Swiss people of Portuguese descent Footballers from Valais