Alex Nascimento Fernandes (born 3 June 2002) is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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for Azerbaijani club Neftçi on loan from Russian club Baltika Kaliningrad.

Career

Alex started his career

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, moving to

Atlético Mineiro Atlético, Spanish for ''athletics'', or Athletico in English, may refer to: Sports Teams Athletico *Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy *Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic Cl ...

and in 2020 he joined Santos. On 7 July 2022, he moved to the

Bulgarian First League The First Professional Football League (), commonly known as Parva Liga or Bulgarian First League (currently known as the efbet League for sponsorship reasons), is a professional association football league in Bulgaria and the highest level of t ...

team Cherno More. Fernandes scored one of the goals for the second team in the local league derby against Spartak Varna II in Third League. He completed his professional debut for the first team on 6 August 2022 in a league win against Beroe. On 21 February 2024 Fernandes was transferred to Baltika Kaliningrad for undisclosed fee. He signed a 3.5-year contract with Baltika. In his fifth league game for Baltika on 13 April 2024, Fernandes scored a hat-trick in a 7–1 away victory over

Akhmat Grozny Republican Football Club Akhmat (; ), commonly known as Akhmat Grozny, and formerly as Terek Grozny from 1958 to 2017, is a Russian professional football club based in Grozny that plays in the Russian Premier League. History The club was foun ...

. On 2 June 2024, Fernandes opened scoring for Baltika in the 2024 Russian Cup final against Zenit St. Petersburg. Zenit eventually won 2–1 in a late comeback. On 11 February 2025,

Azerbaijan Premier League The Azerbaijan Premier League (), also known as Misli Premyer Liqası for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Azerbaijan and the highest level of the Azerbaijani football league system. It is contested by twelve ...

side Neftçi signed Fernandes on loan from Baltika until the end of the 2024–25 season. The loan included an option to extend it until the end of 2025.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fernandes, Alex 2002 births Living people Footballers from Santos, São Paulo Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders PFC Cherno More Varna players FC Baltika Kaliningrad players Neftçi PFK players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Azerbaijan Premier League players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen