Fernando Prass

Fernando Prass
Personal information
Full name	Fernando Büttenbender Prass
Date of birth	9 July 1978 (age 45)
Place of birth	Porto Alegre, Brazil
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Palmeiras
Number	1
Youth career
	Grêmio
Senior career*
Years	Team
1998–1999	Grêmio
2000	Francana
2001	Vila Nova
2002–2005	Coritiba
2005–2009	União Leiria
2009–2012	Vasco da Gama
2013–	Palmeiras
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:16, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

Fernando Büttenbender Prass (born 9 July 1978 in Porto Alegre) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras as a goalkeeper.

Football career

After starting professionally with local Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, Prass joined Associação Atlética Francana in 2000, moving after one season to another modest side, Vila Nova Futebol Clube. In 2002 he signed for Coritiba Foot Ball Club, spending four seasons at the club.

Subsequently, Prass moved abroad and joined Portugal's U.D. Leiria, as compatriot Helton left the team to join Primeira Liga club FC Porto. He made his league debut on 11 September 2005 in a 0–0 home draw against C.S. Marítimo, and retained first-choice status from that moment onwards.

In the 2006–07 season, Prass only missed two league games as Leiria finished seventh and qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup, eventually being one of the competition's winners and appearing in the UEFA Cup, being ousted by Bayer 04 Leverkusen in the first round (4–5 on aggregate). The following campaign, the club dropped down to the second level.

After appearing in 14 matches to help União return to the top flight in 2009, 31-year-old Prass returned to his country and signed for CR Vasco da Gama, playing in the second division for the first time in 110 years of history. As first-choice he helped the Rio de Janeiro side finish as champions and promote back, with the best defensive record in the league.

On 10 December 2012 Prass left Vasco and joined Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, freshly relegated to division two.^[1]