Tamer Fernandes
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tamer Hasan Fernandes[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 7 December 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Paddington, England | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Wealdstone | |||
| –1993 | Brentford | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1998 | Brentford | 12 | (0) |
| 1993 | → Wealdstone (loan) | ||
| 1997 | → Peterborough United (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | Colchester United | 8 | (0) |
| Hemel Hempstead Town | |||
| International career | |||
| 1992 | England Youth | ||
| *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[edit]
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[edit]
Fernandes was capped by England Youth.[11]
Personal life[edit]
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[edit]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Brentford | 1992–93[12] | First Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993–94[12] | Second Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1994–95[12] | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 1995–96[12] | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1996–97[13] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1997–98[7] | 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 | ||
- ^ a b c Appearance in Football League Trophy
References[edit]
- ^ "Tamer Fernandes". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ^ a b Tamer Fernandes at Soccerbase
- ^ Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. pp. 55–56. ISBN 0955294916.
- ^ a b c Croxford, Lane & Waterman 2013, p. 409.
- ^ Croxford, Lane & Waterman 2013, p. 263.
- ^ "Tamer Fernandes – Players – Colchester United". ColuData. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
- ^ a b "Games played by Tamer Fernandes in 1997/1998". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ^ "Colchester United Home Page for the 1997–1998 season". Statto.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ^ a b "Games played by Tamer Fernandes in 1998/1999". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ^ "Soccer: Tamer aims to stake his claim". Gazette. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ^ Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Yore Publications. p. 46. ISBN 1-874427-57-7.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Games played by Tamer Fernandes in 1996/1997". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
External links[edit]
- Tamer Fernandes at Soccerbase
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- Wealdstone F.C. players
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- Colchester United F.C. players
- Hemel Hempstead Town F.C. players
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