Mariano Antonio Fernández Farina (born 2 September 1978) is a former Argentine footballer. Fernández spent over 10 seasons in

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nations, especially in Italian lower divisions. Fernández also holds Spanish nationality.

Biography

Born in

Lanús Lanús () is the capital of Lanús Partido, Buenos Aires Province in Argentina. It lies just south of the capital city Buenos Aires, in the Greater Buenos Aires conurbation, metropolitan area. The List of cities in Argentina, city has a populati ...

, within the

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, Fernández started his professional career at

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. Since 2001–02 season he left Argentina for Europe, firstly for Austrian club

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. In 2002–03 season he played for Portuguese Premier League club

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. In 2003, he was signed by Italian ''

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'' club

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, but on loan from Fénix, believed to be a proxy for the third parties owner. In 2004–05 season he was signed by Spanish second division club

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. However, he only played 6 games. In 2005–06 season he joined ''

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'' club Córdoba. Fernández returned to Argentina for Nueva Chicago. He only played 8 games in 2006–07 ''Primera División'', all in the first half of the season (''Apertura'' 2006). He was signed by Romanian

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club

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but again only played a handful games, with 4 more games for Dinamo II. Fernández also played as an unused bench in

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First Round.

Italian ''Lega Pro''

In January 2008 Fernández returned to Italy and spent rest of his career in Italian third and fourth division (''

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''). At first he was signed by Cisco Roma, then with

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in 2008–09 season. In July 2009 he was signed by

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. In August 2010 he left for Casale. In January 2011 he was signed by

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but the club bankrupted at the end of season. On 31 August 2011 he was signed by third division club Siracusa to replace Giovanni Iodice who moved to

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References

External links

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