Fernandão

Football player infobox
playername= Fernandão


fullname = Fernando Lúcio da Costa
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1978|3|18|mf=y
cityofbirth = Goiânia
countryofbirth = Brazil
height = height|m=1.90
currentclub = Al Gharafa
clubnumber =
position = Centre Forward
youthyears = 1995-1996
youthclubs = Goiás
years = 1997-2000
2001-2003
2003-2004
2004-2008
2008-present
clubs = Goiás
Marseille
Toulouse (loan)
Internacional
Al Gharafa
caps(goals) = 73 (17)
61 (6)
16 (3)
166 (69)
nationalyears = 2005
nationalteam = Brazil
nationalcaps(goals) = 1 (0)

Fernando Lúcio da Costa, also called Fernandão (born March 18, 1978 in Goiânia, Brazil), is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Al-Gharafa. He is a proven goalscorer as well as being technically astute.

Having started his career at Goiás of Goiânia, Fernandão had a four-year spell in France, initially moving to Marseille for £1.4 million, before returning to Brazil to play for Internacional. He helped the club finish as runners-up in the 2005 season of the Brazilian League. In the same year, he had his first cap against Guatemala and made an assist for forward Fred to score a goal.

2006 was arguably Fernandão's best year in football. He led Internacional to win the Copa Libertadores for the first time ever. Fernandão was joint top scorer of the competition and was voted Man of the Match in the final against São Paulo, match in which he scored one goal and made one assist. After the win, he extended his contract with Internacional and skippered the club to win the FIFA Club World Cup in December.

Recently Fernando had remarkable participation scoring the first goal in the final match against Internazionale for the Mohammed Bin Rashid International Football Championship, also known as Dubai Cup.

Honours

*Campeonato Goiano: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
*Copa Centro-Oeste: 2000, 2001
*Campeonato Gaúcho: 2005, 2008
*Copa Libertadores de América: 2006
*FIFA Club World Cup: 2006
*Recopa Sudamericana: 2007
*Dubai Cup: 2008

Personal honours

*Copa Libertadores's top scorer: 2006
*Brazilian Bola de Prata (Placar): 2006

Contract

*1st July 2007 to 30th June 2010

External links

*pt icon [http://www.internacional.com.br/pagina.php?modulo=3&setor=25&secao=26&subsecao=&codigo=52&categoria=7 internacional.com.br]
*pt icon [http://www.fernandaof9.com.br Fernandão - Official Web Site]
*en icon [http://www.sambafoot.co.uk/players/506_Fernandao.html sambafoot]
*pt icon [http://200.159.15.35/registro/registro.aspx?s=129911 CBF]
*pt icon [http://www.zerozero.pt/pt/jogador.php?id=2931&search=1 zerozero.pt]
*en icon [http://touchline.onthespot.co.uk/guardian/StatsCentre.asp?Lang=0&CTID=59&CPID=133&pStr=Player&PLID=51987&TEID=3314 Guardian Stats Centre]