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Key facts
- 2003
- Portugal U17
- 2004
- Portugal U19
- 2005
- Portugal B
- 2006
- → Portsmouth (loan)
- 2007
- → Everton (loan)
- 2008
- → Everton (loan)
- 2011
- → Beşiktaş (loan)
- 2022
- Apollon Smyrnis
- Full name
- Manuel Henrique Tavares Fernandes
- Date of birth
- ( 1986-02-05 ) 5 February 1986 (age 40)
- Place of birth
- Lisbon , Portugal
- Height
- 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
- Position
- Midfielder
- 1997 2004
- Benfica
- Years
- Team
- 2004 2007
- Benfica
- 2007 2011
- Valencia
- 2011 2014
- Beşiktaş
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Midfielder
- Nationality
- Portugal
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Manuel
- Family name
- Fernandes
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Portugal
- Place of birth
- Amadora
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Native language
- Portuguese
- Participant in
- 2018 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Sepahan F.C.
- Position played
- wing half
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- Portugal
- Mass
- 75
- Image
- Manuel Fernandes 2012-13.jpg
- Height
- 176
Show 9 more facts
- Commons category
- Manuel Fernandes (footballer born 1986)
- date of birth
- 1986-02-05
- sport number
- 4
- relative
- Gélson Fernandes
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 2
- total goals in career
- 1
- start of work period
- 2003-00-00
- birth name
- Manuel Henriques Tavares Fernandes
- name in native language
- Manuel Fernandes
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
Manuel Henrique Tavares Fernandes ( Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐnuˈɛl fɨɾˈnɐ̃dɨʃ]; born 5 February 1986) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
He started his career with Benfica at only 18, then went on to compete in England and Spain, mainly at the service of Everton and Valencia. He signed with Beşiktaş in January 2011, spending the following three and a half seasons with the club before joining Lokomotiv Moscow.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Manuel Fernandes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.