Fernando Lucas Martins (born March 3, 1992), more commonly known as Fernando, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as defensive midfielder for Antalyaspor.
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Personal information | ||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Fernando Lucas Martins | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1992-03-03) March 3, 1992 (age 30) | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Erechim, Brazil | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | Antalyaspor | |||||||||||||||
Number | 20 | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
2001–2009 | Grêmio | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2009–2013 | Grêmio | 69 | (2) | |||||||||||||
2013–2015 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 27 | (2) | |||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Sampdoria | 35 | (4) | |||||||||||||
2016–2019 | Spartak Moscow | 78 | (11) | |||||||||||||
2019–2021 | Beijing Sinobo Guoan | 18 | (3) | |||||||||||||
2022– | Antalyaspor | 21 | (5) | |||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
2009 | Brazil U17 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2011 | Brazil U20 | 15 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Brazil | 8 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:22, 26 August 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:36, 22 June 2013 (UTC) |
On 13 June 2013, Fernando signed a five-year contract with Shakhtar Donetsk. The transfer fee was reported to be 11 million Euro.
On 6 July 2015 Fernando was signed by Italian Serie A club U.C. Sampdoria for €8 million.[2][3] He made 33 league appearances, scoring four goals, for the club.
On 19 July 2016, Sampdoria confirmed that Fernando had been sold to Russian club Spartak Moscow for around €12 million.[4]
On 30 July 2019, Spartak Moscow confirmed that Fernando left for Chinese Super League side Beijing Guoan.[5] Beijing announced that he joined the team on loan a day later to help provide cover for sidelined Jonathan Viera.[6][7]
On January 17, 2022, he has signed with Turkish club Antalyaspor.[8]
In 2012, Fernando was called up by Brazil for matches against Iraq on October 12 and Japan on October 16.[9]
Fernando was part of the 23 players called by coach Luiz Felipe Scolari to play in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup on home soil.[10]
Fernando became known for the "Robson case", in which he asked his driver Robson Oliveira to take a methadone-based medicine for his father-in-law in Russia, in February 2019. However, the medicine is prohibited by Russian law, and the driver was arrested for international drug trafficking. Fernando never helped the driver.[11] Facing a maximum of 12 years, Oliveira was sentenced to three years in prison in December 2020, followed by deportation.[12]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Grêmio | 2009 | Série A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |
2010 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
2011 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 33 | 1 | ||
2012 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 19[lower-alpha 3] | 4 | 57 | 5 | ||
2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 8[lower-alpha 4] | 1 | 18 | 2 | ||
Total | 69 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 40 | 5 | 128 | 8 | ||
Shakhtar Donetsk | 2013–14 | Ukrainian Premier League | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | – | 22 | 2 | |
2014–15 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 25 | 1 | ||
Total | 27 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 3 | ||
Sampdoria | 2015–16 | Serie A | 35 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 38 | 4 | |
Spartak Moscow | 2016–17 | Russian Premier League | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 30 | 3 | |
2017–18 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 38 | 6 | ||
2018–19 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | 27 | 3 | |||
2019-20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||||
Total | 78 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 98 | 12 | ||
Beijing Guoan (loan) | 2019 | Chinese Super League | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | – | 7 | 0 | ||
Beijing Guoan | 2020 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | – | 19 | 4 | ||
Total | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 4 | ||
Career total | 227 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 54 | 3 | 42 | 5 | 327 | 31 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Brazil | 2012 | 1 | 0 |
2013 | 7 | 0 | |
Total | 8 | 0 |
Antalyaspor – current squad | |
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Brazil squad – 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup winners (4th title) | ||
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