Arturo Fernández Meyzán (3 February 1910 – 27 November 1999) was a

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vian

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defender who played for

in the

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. He also played for

Universitario de Deportes Club Universitario de Deportes is a Peruvian sports club based in Lima, which has Association football, soccer as its main activity. It also has women's football, volleyball and basketball sections. The football team, popularly known as Universi ...

, and for Peru at the

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Career

Fernández played for

Ciclista Lima Ciclista Lima Association is a Peruvian football club, playing in the city of Lima. It is the second-oldest club in Peru. The club was founded 1896 and plays in the Copa Perú, which is the third division of the Peruvian league. History The clu ...

and Universitario in his homeland. As a member of Universitario, he won two league titles. Abroad, he played for Chilean club

Colo-Colo Colo-Colo (), officially Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo, is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano, it competes in the Chilean Primera División, from which the club has never been ...

in 1940 and 1941, becoming the first Peruvian player in the club history. He also represented them in friendly matches against the Argentine club Independiente in October 1940, alongside his compatriots César Socarraz, Pablo Pasache and his brother Teodoro.

Personal life

He was the older brother of the professional footballers Teodoro, also a Peruvian international, and Eduardo Fernández. They also were the uncles of the footballers

José José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced ...

, Jorge and Carlos Fernández.

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* * 1910 births 1999 deaths Sportspeople from the Department of Lima Peruvian men's footballers Peruvian expatriate men's footballers Peru men's international footballers Ciclista Lima Association footballers Club Universitario de Deportes footballers Colo-Colo footballers Peruvian Primera División players Chilean Primera División players Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Chile 1930 FIFA World Cup players Olympic footballers for Peru Footballers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Copa América–winning players Men's association football defenders Peruvian football managers Club Universitario de Deportes managers Peru national football team managers Deportivo Municipal managers Peruvian Primera División managers 20th-century Peruvian sportsmen {{Peru-footy-defender-stub