Gelson Fernandes

Gelson Fernandes ( 2013)

Gelson Fernandes ( born September 2, 1986 in Praia, Cape Verde ) is a Swiss footballer of Cape Verdean descent, who stands at the Bundesliga SC Freiburg under contract and also plays for the national team.

Career

Clubs

FC Sion

In 1991 together with his mother from the capital of Cape Verde to Sion in Switzerland, to the Father redrawn Fernandes, began with five years at the club play with the football in which his father had found work a year earlier.

At FC Sion he went through all youth departments and belonged from 2004 to 2007 the senior squad at the club. 2004 to 2006 he played 65 second division games, 2006/ 07 - rise due - 34 top-flight appearances. His Erstligadebüt he gave on 19 July 2006 (1st Round ) goalless draw in the away match against Grasshopper Club Zurich, his only Erstligator he succeeded on 14 October 2006 ( 11th Round ) reduce the deficit to 1-1 draw in the 90th minute in the away match against FC Luzern.

Manchester City and Saint- Étienne

For the season 2007/ 08 he moved to the English first division club Manchester City. The transfer fee of 9.1 million Swiss francs at the time was the second highest ever paid by a foreign club for a Swiss player. After he had come only sporadic partial operations in 2007/ 08 to Fernandes was able to establish a regular place in Manchester, where he played mostly on the side of veterans Dietmar Hamann.

For the season 2009/10 he moved to the French first division club AS Saint -Etienne, for whom he played 33 league games.

Chievo Verona and Leicester City

For the 2010/11 season changed Fernandes - on loan - to the Italian first division club Chievo Verona and scored in 29 inserts two goals. On 12 September 2010 (2nd Round ), he made ​​his debut in a 3-1 win in the away match against Genoa; He scored his first league goal on 22 September 2010 (4th Round ) in a 3-1 win in the away match against Napoli, the deficit to intermediate 2:1 in the 58th minute.

At the beginning of the season 2011/12 he moved - again on loan - to the English second division club Leicester City. His only league goal in 15 league inserts succeeded him on 20 August 2011 ( 11th Round ) in a 2-2 away draw against Nottingham Forest with the results for the interim 2-0 in the 21st minute.

During the winter break was followed by another lending agreement with the Italian first division club Udinese Calcio, who had wasted the purchase option at the end of the season.

Sporting Lisbon and FC Sion

In the summer of 2012 until 2013 valid contract between Saint -Etienne and Fernandes was dissolved. Fernandes then signed with the Portuguese first division side Sporting Lisbon, a four-year contract; but denied only six league games. In December 2012, it was announced that he would return for one and a half years on loan to FC Sion.

SC Freiburg

For the 2013/14 season he moved to Bundesliga side SC Freiburg.

National

Fernandes was captain of the Swiss U- 21 team and was on 22 August 2007 his debut in the senior national team in a friendly game against the Netherlands. Since then, he belongs to the tribe of the team.

At the 2008 European Championships in Austria and Switzerland, he was standing at a major tournament in the squad for the first time in Switzerland.

In the first group match of Switzerland during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, he scored the 1-0 winner against Spain and caused quite the first victory against a Spanish national team at all.

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