Switzerland Born in Cape Verde Fernandes, G

Gelson Fernandes

Gelson Fernandes©Jon Candy
Born:02-Sep-86 Age: 39
Height:1.83
Fav.foot: Right

Position: Defensive midfielder
Eintracht Frankfurt Switzerland


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Gelson da Conceição Tavares Fernandes (born 2 September 1986) is a former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Born in Cape Verde, he represented the Switzerland national team. He is most well known for scoring the winner for Switzerland against eventual champions Spain in a group game at the 2010 World Cup. Fernandes' professional football career spans 16 years across clubs in Switzerland, England, France, Italy, Portugal and Germany. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article



CH FC Sion04/07
#26 RSL 06/0734
#26     uefaUEFA Cup 2
England Manchester City07/09
#28 EPL 07/0826
#28     FA Cup 1
#28     League Cup 2
#19 EPL 08/0917
#28     League Cup 1
#28     uefaUEFA Cup Qual 3
#19     uefaUEFA Cup 5
FR AS Saint-Etienne09/10
#22 Ligue 1 09/1033
#22     C. Ligue 2
#4 Ligue 1 10/110
IT Chievo Verona10/11
#6 Serie A 10/1129
England Leicester City11
#26 Championship 11/1215
#26     League Cup 3
IT Udinese12
#6 Serie A 11/1216
#6     Coppa Italia 1
PT Sporting Lisbon12
#86 Primeira 12/136
#86     uefaEuropa Qualif 1
#86     uefaEuropa League 5
CH FC Sion13
#26 RSL 12/1314
DE SC Freiburg13/14
#4 Bundesliga 13/1430
#4     DFB-Pokal 3
#4     uefaEuropa League 5
FR Stade Rennais FC14/17
#6 Ligue 1 14/1533
#6     C. Ligue 1
#6 Ligue 1 15/1633
#6     C. Ligue 2
#6 Ligue 1 16/1727
#6     C. Ligue 1
DE Eintracht Frankfurt17/20
#5 Bundesliga 17/1819
#5     DFB-Pokal 3
#5     Supercup 180
#5 Bundesliga 18/1928
#5     uefaEuropa League 9
#5     uefaEuropa Qualif 19/204
#5     DFB-Pokal 2
#5 Bundesliga 19/2011
#5     uefaEuropa League 5
RetiredJun20

CH Switzerland
#33     Friendlies 07 4
#15     Friendlies 08 6
#15     Euro 08 3
#6     UEFA U21 Qual 09 2
#15     Friendlies 09 2
#16 World Cup 10 3
#8     Qualif WC 10 6
#22     Friendlies 10 6
#16     Friendlies 11 2
#16     Euro Qual 12 4
#16     Friendlies 12 3
#16     Friendlies 13 1
#16 World Cup 14 1
#6     Qualif WC 14 4
#16     Friendlies 14 2
#16     Friendlies 15 3
#16     Euro Qual 16 1
#16     Friendlies 16 3
#16     Euro 2016 16 3
#16     Friendlies 17 1
#16 World Cup 18 0
#16     World Cup Qual 18 4
#16     WC Qual PO 18 0
#16     Friendlies 18 3


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