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Gelson Fernandes

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Gelson Fernandes is a former professional footballer, born on 2 September 1986 in Cape Verde, who played as a defensive midfielder and represented the Switzerland national team. His club career spanned about sixteen years and clubs in Switzerland, England, France, Italy, Portugal and Germany. It began at FC Sion, where he was promoted to the first team in 2004, and continued with Manchester City from 2007, Saint-Étienne from 2009, a loan at Leicester City, Udinese, SC Freiburg and Eintracht Frankfurt. He is best remembered for scoring the winning goal for Switzerland against eventual champions Spain in a group game at the 2010 World Cup, and he was later named in the Swiss squads for the 2014 and 2018 World Cups.

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Classification
Competition Category
Team 1
Birth Year
1986 1
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Competed In

Bundesliga, Competitions
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FIFA World Cup, Competitions
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Ligue 1, Competitions
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Plays

Association Football, Sports
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Nationality

Switzerland

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Source Gelson Fernandes (Wikipedia)Lead paragraph [nationality]
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Born in Cape Verde, he represented the Switzerland national team.
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1. Gelson Fernandes (Wikipedia)
  • Lead paragraph
    Gelson da Conceição Tavares Fernandes (born 2 September 1986) is a former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
  • Lead paragraph [nationality]
    Born in Cape Verde, he represented the Switzerland national team.
  • Lead
    Gelson da Conceição Tavares Fernandes (born 2 September 1986) is a former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder
  • Plays: Association Football, Lead paragraph [plays]
    is a former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
  • Competed In: FIFA World Cup, Lead paragraph [competed-in]
    He is most well known for scoring the winner for Switzerland against eventual champions Spain in a group game at the 2010 World Cup.
  • Competed In: Ligue 1, Club career, Saint-Étienne
    On 9 July 2009, Fernandes passed a medical to complete a £2 million move to Ligue 1 side Saint-Étienne and the move was confirmed the next day
  • Competed In: Bundesliga, Club career, SC Freiburg
    It was announced on 27 June 2013 that Fernandes signed with Bundesliga side SC Freiburg on long-term contract, with a fee of €400,000.
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