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Argentine footballer
Julian Fernandez
(born 18 July 1989) is an
Argentine
footballer that plays as
centre back
for Italian
Serie D
club
S.S.D. F.C. Messina
.
Club career
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Product of
Atletico Rafaela
youth ranks, in 2008, Fernandez was promoted to the first-adult team. His well performances at Rafaela allowed him be considered in
Argentina U-20's
23-man squad for
2009 South American Youth Championship
.
[1]
After his participation for their youth national team, in July, he joined
Argentinos Juniors
where the defender won the
Torneo Clausura 2010
title, which was his first professional honour. However after fail to play at
La Paternal
-based team, he returned to Rafaela in mid-2011.
On 21 January 2012, Fernandez moved Chilean club
Deportes La Serena
.
[2]
He debuted against
Rangers
in a 2?0 away loss at
Talca
and his first goal came on 11 February in a 1?1 away draw too with
Huachipato
,
[3]
which was his first goal in his third game in the tournament, having an impressive season start. On 29 July, Fernandez again scored in the tournament, reaching his second goal in a 2?1 home loss with
O'Higgins
.
[4]
However after his impressive start at
La Portada
, the team was gradually deterioring their game to such an extent of relegate to the
second-tier
, so that he was released.
On 29 October 2019 it was reported that Fernandez had joined Italian
Serie D
club
S.S.D. F.C. Messina
.
[5]
However, the deal wasn't confirmed until January 2020, where his finale documents arrived before he officially could sign with Messina.
[6]
International career
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On 11 January 2009, Fernandez was named by the coach
Sergio Batista
into the 23-man squad of
Argentina U-20
for
2009 South American Youth Championship
,
[1]
where internationally debuted on 19 January in a 1?1 with
Venezuela
(host nation of the youth championship) at Maturin, where appeared as a starter.
[7]
In principle Batista frequently put him in the starting lineup, but lost the post after a success challenge of
Federico Fernandez
during a tournament, where Argentina failed to qualify to the
FIFA U-20 World Cup
held in
Ghana
.
[8]
Honours
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Club
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- Argentinos Juniors
References
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