Edimilson Fernandes

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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Fernandes and the second or paternal family name is Ribeiro.
Edimilson Fernandes
Fernandes with West Ham United in 2016
Personal information
Full name Edimilson Fernandes Ribeiro[1]
Date of birth (1996-04-15) 15 April 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Sion, Switzerland
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 West Ham United
Number 31
Youth career
2007–2013 FC Sion
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 FC Sion 48 (2)
2016– West Ham United 6 (0)
International career‡
2016 Switzerland U21 4 (2)
2016– Switzerland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:26, 20 November 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:59, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Edimilson Fernandes Ribeiro (born 15 April 1996) is a Swiss footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for West Ham United in the Premier League.[2]

Club career

Sion

Fernandes is a youth exponent from FC Sion. He made his Swiss Super League debut on 1 June 2013 against FC Zürich in 4–2 home win. He started in the first eleven and was substituted after 53 minutes.[3] He scored his first senior goal on 1 March 2015 a 2–2 draw at home to FC Luzern.[4] Fernandes played every minute of Sion’s 2015–16 Europa League campaign before the side were knocked out by Sporting Braga in the last 32.[4] In all games he played 65 times for Sion’s first team and 41 games for the club’s under-21 side.[4]

West Ham United

On 25 August 2016, Fernandes signed a four-year deal with English club West Ham United for an undisclosed fee.[5] He made his West Ham debut on 25 September 2016 in a 3-0 home defeat by Southampton, coming on as an 82nd minute substitute for Mark Noble.[6] On 26 October 2016, Fernandes scored his first goal for West Ham United in a 2–1 win against Chelsea in the EFL Cup, winning praise from manager Slaven Bilic.[7][8]

International career

Fernandes made his debut for the Switzerland under-21 team in March 2016 in a 1–1 draw with England. In his second game, on 2 September 2016 he scored his first international goal in a 3–0 win against Kazakhstan in Biel/Bienne.[9][10]

In November 2016 Fernandes received his first call-up to the senior Switzerland squad for a match against the Faroe Islands.[11]

He made his senior debut against them, coming off the bench in the 69th minute.

Personal life

Fernades was born in Sion, Switzerland of Portuguese and Cape Verdean descent.[4] He is the cousin of Swiss international footballer Gélson Fernandes, Manuel Fernandes and ex-Sunderland midfielder Cabral.[4]

Career statistics

As of match played 30 November 2016[12]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sion 2012–13 Swiss Super League 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
2013–14 16 1 0 0 — — 16 1
2014–15 26 1 3 2 — — 29 3
2015–16 5 0 4 2 — 8 0 17 2
Sion Total 48 2 7 4 — 8 0 63 6
West Ham United 2016–17 Premier League 6 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 9 1
West Ham Total 6 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 9 1
Career total 54 2 7 4 3 1 8 0 72 7

References

  1. ^ "Squads for 2016/17 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Switzerland — E. Fernandes — Profile with news, career statistics and history — Soccerway". www.int.soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  3. ^ "FC Sion vs. FC Zürich - 1 June 2013 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Ten Fast Facts — Edimilson Fernandes". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Hammers secure Swiss star Fernandes". www.whufc.com. West Ham United F.C. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  6. ^ "West Ham 0-3 Southampton". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  7. ^ "West Ham United 2-1 Chelsea". BBC Spoer. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Slaven Bilic admits West Ham's Edimilson Fernandes has surprised him this season". www.hitc.com. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  9. ^ "E Fernandes". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  10. ^ "U21 pair taste victory". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  11. ^ "Football Avec Lacroix et Edimilson Fernandes". lematin.ch. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  12. ^ "E. FERNANDES". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 September 2016.


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