Adrián Gustavo Fernández

Infobox Football biography


playername = Adrián Fernández
fullname = Adrián 'Carucha' Fernández
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1980|11|28
cityofbirth = General San Martín Partido
countryofbirth = Argentina
height = Height|m=1.78
position = Striker
currentclub = Cherno More
clubnumber = 9
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1998-2003 2003-2004 2004 2005
2006
2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-
clubs = Nueva Chicago El Porvenir
Colo-Colo
The Strongest Al-Shaab FC Schaffhausen FC St. Gallen Cherno More
caps(goals) = 102 (28) -
19 (8)
12 (6) - 26 (3) 25 (3)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 2 May 2008
ntupdate =

Adrián 'Carucha' Fernández (born 28 November, 1980 in General San Martín Partido, Greater Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football player. He currently plays for bulgarian Cherno More.

Career

Between 1998 and 2003, 'Carucha' played in second-line Argentine soccer teams, such as Nueva Chicago and El Porvenir. In spite of his poor background, during 2004, Fernandez arrived to the most important chilean soccer team: Colo Colo.

In Colo Colo, Fernandez debuted in in the most important match in the chilean league: the superclásico (Colo Colo v/s Universidad de Chile). In that match 'Carucha' lost several easy-goal-opportunities. For this reason, press and people laughed him and started to define "caruchazo" as the action of fail an easy-goal-opportunity. In the rest of the Clausura tournament, Fernandez continued doing "caruchazos" and, at the end of the season, he only scored three goals. Colo Colo didn´t enlarge his contract.

Although his performance, Adrian 'Carucha' Fernandez was so appreciated by the Colo Colo´s barra brava due to the effort he put during his stay in Chile.

After his chilean experience, 'Carucha' played in the bolivian The Strongest, Saudi Arabia and in the swiss league. In july 2008 gone in Bulgaria and signed with local team Cherno More Varna.

External links

* [http://touchline.onthespot.co.uk/guardian/StatsCentre.asp?Lang=0&CTID=25&CPID=99&pStr=Player&PLID=62192&TEID=3200 Statistics] at Guardian Stats Centre