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Tamer Fernandes

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Tamer Fernandes
Personal information
Full name Tamer Hasan Fernandes[1]
Date of birth (1974-12-07) 7 December 1974 (age 49)
Place of birth Paddington, England
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Wealdstone
0000–1993 Brentford
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1998 Brentford 12 (0)
1993Wealdstone (loan)
1997Peterborough United (loan) 0 (0)
1998–1999 Colchester United 8 (0)
Hemel Hempstead Town
International career
1992 England Youth 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tamer Hasan Fernandes (born 7 December 1974) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Brentford and Colchester United.

Club career

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Beginning his career under the name Tamer Aouf,[3] Fernandes began his career in the youth system at Brentford and signed his first professional contract at the end of the 1992–93 season.[4] Over the course of the following five seasons he served as backup to Kevin Dearden and made just 17 appearances before agreeing a settlement to his contract and leaving Griffin Park in January 1998.[2][5] He immediately joined Third Division high-flyers Colchester United,[6] but failed to make an appearance during what remained of a 1997–98 season that saw the club win promotion to the Second Division via the playoffs.[7][8] He made a breakthrough into the first team and made 8 appearances during the second half of the 1998–99 season,[9][10] but was released in May 1999 and dropped into non-League football to join Isthmian League Second Division club Hemel Hempstead Town.[4]

International career

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Fernandes was capped by England Youth.[11][12]

Personal life

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Fernandes began his career under the name Tamer Aouf, before changing his name to Tamer Fernandes prior to the beginning of the 1993–94 season.[4]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brentford 1992–93[13] First Division 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993–94[13] Second Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1994–95[13] Second Division 4 0 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 5 0
1995–96[13] Second Division 5 0 2 0 0 0 1[a] 0 8 0
1996–97[14] Second Division 2 0 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 2 0
1997–98[7] Second Division 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 12 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 17 0
Colchester United 1998–99[9] Second Division 8 0 8 0
Career total 20 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 24 0
  1. ^ a b c Appearance in Football League Trophy

References

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  1. ^ "Tamer Fernandes". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  2. ^ a b Tamer Fernandes at Soccerbase
  3. ^ Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. pp. 55–56. ISBN 0955294916.
  4. ^ a b c Croxford, Lane & Waterman 2013, p. 409.
  5. ^ Croxford, Lane & Waterman 2013, p. 263.
  6. ^ "Tamer Fernandes – Players – Colchester United". ColuData. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
  7. ^ a b "Games played by Tamer Fernandes in 1997/1998". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  8. ^ "Colchester United Home Page for the 1997–1998 season". Statto.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  9. ^ a b "Games played by Tamer Fernandes in 1998/1999". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  10. ^ "Soccer: Tamer aims to stake his claim". Gazette. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  11. ^ Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Yore Publications. p. 46. ISBN 1-874427-57-7.
  12. ^ "England Matches – Youth/Under-18's 1990–2000". www.englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  13. ^ a b c d Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2013). The Big Brentford Book Of The Nineties. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. pp. 478–483. ISBN 9781906796723.
  14. ^ "Games played by Tamer Fernandes in 1996/1997". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
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