Nicolás Fernández (footballer, born 2000)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nicolás Ezequiel Fernández Mercau | ||
Date of birth | 11 January 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Elche | ||
Number | 22 | ||
Youth career | |||
San Lorenzo | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2022 | San Lorenzo | 48 | (2) |
2022– | Elche | 58 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 June 2024 |
Nicolás Ezequiel Fernández Mercau (born 11 January 2000) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Elche CF.[2] Mainly a left-back, he can also play as a winger.[3]
Club career
[edit]San Lorenzo
[edit]Fernández progressed through all of the youth levels at San Lorenzo.[3][4][5] He signed his first professional contract on 5 September 2018, prior to appearing on the bench for a Copa Argentina defeat to Temperley in October.[2][6] He didn't appear on another first-team teamsheet until November 2020; for a Copa de la Liga Profesional match with Estudiantes, though again didn't get onto the pitch.[2] Fernández's senior debut soon arrived though, with Mariano Soso selecting to come on for Juan Ramírez in a victory away to Aldosivi on 14 November.[2]
Elche
[edit]On 1 September 2022, Fernández moved abroad and signed a five-year contract with La Liga side Elche CF.[7]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 15 November 2020.[2]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
San Lorenzo | 2018–19 | Primera División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2020–21[nb 1] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Career total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Soccerway counts Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.
References
[edit]- ^ "Nicolás Fernández". World Football. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "Argentina - Nicolás Ezequiel Fernández Mercau". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ a b "¿Quién es Nicolás Fernánedez Mercau?". Mundo Azulgrana. 8 February 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ "Nicolás Fernández, el lateral izquierdo que pelea el puesto con Bruno Pittón". San Lorenzo Primero. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ "San Lorenzo: se sumó al plantel el primer refuerzo". IAM Noticias. 4 January 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ "Firmó su primer contrato Nicolás Fernández". San Lorenzo Website. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ "OFICIAL | El Elche cierra la llegada de Fernández Mercau" [OFFICIAL | Elche complete the signing of Fernández Mercau] (in Spanish). Elche CF. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
External links
[edit]- Nicolás Fernández at Soccerway
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Buenos Aires
- Argentine men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Argentine Primera División players
- San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers
- Elche CF players
- Argentine expatriate men's footballers
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- 21st-century Argentine sportsmen