Vasco Fernandes (footballer)

Vasco Fernandes

Fernandes before a game with Celta
Personal information
Full name	Vasco Herculano Salgado Cunha Mango Fernandes
Date of birth	(1986-11-12) 12 November 1986
Place of birth	Olhão, Portugal
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current team	Vitória Setúbal
Number	13
Youth career
1996–2005	Olhanense
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2008	Olhanense	26	(0)
2005–2006	→ Bordeaux (loan)	0	(0)
2007–2008	→ Salamanca (loan)	17	(0)
2008–2010	Leixões	16	(0)
2009–2010	→ Celta (loan)	28	(0)
2010–2011	Elche	17	(0)
2011–2012	Beira-Mar	0	(0)
2012–2013	Olhanense	33	(0)
2013–2014	Platanias	30	(0)
2014–2015	Aris	15	(2)
2015–2016	Pandurii	28	(0)
2016–	Vitória Setúbal	10	(1)
National team
2005–2007	Portugal U20	7	(0)
2007–2008	Portugal U21	11	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 November 2016.

Vasco Herculano Salgado Cunha Mango Fernandes (born 12 November 1986) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Vitória F.C. as a right back or a central defender.

Club career

Born in Olhão, Algarve of Guinea-Bissauan descent,^[1] Fernandes started his professional career with hometown's S.C. Olhanense, making his debuts in the second division. Prior to that, he was loaned to FC Girondins de Bordeaux from France, but never appeared officially for the Ligue 1 club.

After another loan, now in Spain with UD Salamanca where he teamed up with countryman Zé Tó, Fernandes returned to Portugal, after being bought by Leixões SC. He played in roughly half of the games during the season, as the Matosinhos team overachieved for a final sixth place in the Primeira Liga.

For the 2009–10 campaign Fernandes was loaned again, also in Spain and in its second level, moving to Celta de Vigo and being used much more regularly than in his previous stint in the country although the Galicians constantly battled relegation, even though they finished 12th.

In late July 2010, Fernandes left Leixões permanently and joined Elche CF – also in Spain and its division two.

Personal life

Fernandes' father, Herculano, was also a footballer and a defender. He too represented Olhanense and, during a 16-year senior career, appeared in one Portuguese top level game with Académica de Coimbra; he coached his son in Olhanense's juniors, where he played as a forward.^[1]

Club statistics

As of 5 June 2010^[2]

References

External links

• Vasco Fernandes at thefinalball.com
  
• Vasco Fernandes profile at ForaDeJogo
  
• Leixões official profile (Portuguese)
• Vasco Fernandes profile at BDFutbol
• Vasco Fernandes profile at Soccerway