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Tamer Fernandes
Personal information
Full name Tamer Hasan Fernandes[1]
Date of birth (1974-12-07) 7 December 1974 (age 49)
Place of birth Paddington, England
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Wealdstone
0000–1993 Brentford
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1998 Brentford 12 (0)
1993Wealdstone (loan)
1997Peterborough United (loan) 0 (0)
1998–1999 Colchester United 8 (0)
Hemel Hempstead Town
International career
1992 England Youth
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tamer Hasan Fernandes (born 7 December 1974) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Brentford and Colchester United.

Club career

Fernandes began his career in the youth system at Brentford and signed his first professional contract at the end of the 1992–93 season.[3] Over the course of the following five seasons he served as backup to Kevin Dearden and made just 17 appearances before agreeing a settlement to his contract and leaving Griffin Park in January 1998.[2][4] He immediately joined Third Division high-flyers Colchester United,[5] but failed to make an appearance during what remained of a 1997–98 season that saw the club win promotion to the Second Division via the playoffs.[6][7] He made a breakthrough into the first team and made 8 appearances during the second half of the 1998–99 season,[8][9] but was released in May 1999 and dropped into non-league football to join Isthmian League Second Division club Hemel Hempstead Town.[3]

International career

Fernandes was capped by England Youth.[10]

Personal life

Fernandes began his career under the name Tamer Aouf, before changing his name to Tamer Fernandes prior to the beginning of the 1993–94 season.[3]

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brentford 1992–93[11] First Division 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993–94[11] Second Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1994–95[11] 4 0 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 5 0
1995–96[11] 5 0 2 0 0 0 1[a] 0 8 0
1996–97[12] 2 0 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 2 0
1997–98[6] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 12 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 17 0
Colchester United 1998–99[8] Second Division 8 0 8 0
Career total 20 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 24 0
  1. ^ a b c Appearance in Football League Trophy.

References

  1. ^ "Tamer Fernandes". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  2. ^ a b Tamer Fernandes at Soccerbase
  3. ^ a b c Croxford, Lane & Waterman 2013, p. 409.
  4. ^ Croxford, Lane & Waterman 2013, p. 263.
  5. ^ "Tamer Fernandes – Players – Colchester United". ColuData. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
  6. ^ a b "Games played by Tamer Fernandes in 1997/1998". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Colchester United Home Page for the 1997-1998 season - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  8. ^ a b "Games played by Tamer Fernandes in 1998/1999". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  9. ^ "Soccer: Tamer aims to stake his claim". Gazette. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  10. ^ Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Yore Publications. p. 46. ISBN 1 874427 57 7.
  11. ^ a b c d Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2013). The Big Brentford Book Of The Nineties. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. pp. 478–483. ISBN 9781906796723.
  12. ^ "Games played by Tamer Fernandes in 1996/1997". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 October 2017.