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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is da Conceição Tavares and the second or paternal family name is Fernandes.
Gelson Fernandes
Fernandes with Rennes in 2016
Personal information
Full name
Gelson da Conceição Tavares Fernandes[1]
Date of birth
(1986-09-02) 2 September 1986 (age 37)[2]
Place of birth
Praia, Cape Verde
Height
1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[3]
Position(s)
Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1995–2004
Sion
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
2004–2007
Sion
56
(1)
2007–2009
Manchester City
43
(3)
2009–2012
Saint-Étienne
33
(0)
2010–2011
→ Chievo (loan)
29
(2)
2011–2012
→ Leicester City (loan)
15
(1)
2012
→ Udinese (loan)
16
(1)
2012–2013
Sporting CP
6
(0)
2013
→ Sion (loan)
14
(0)
2013–2014
SC Freiburg
30
(1)
2014–2017
Rennes
93
(1)
2017–2020
Eintracht Frankfurt
58
(1)
Total
393
(11)
International career
2005–2007
Switzerland U21
9
(0)
2007–2018
Switzerland
67
(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Gelson da Conceição Tavares Fernandes (born 2 September 1986) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.[4] He is most well known for scoring the winner against eventual champions Spain in a group game at the 2010 World Cup.[5]
^"2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of players: Switzerland" (PDF). FIFA. 14 July 2014. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 February 2018.
^"Gelson Fernandes". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
^"2018 FIFA World Cup: List of players" (PDF). FIFA. 21 June 2018. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018.
^"Gelson Fernandes". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
^"Swiss media revel in "Miracle of Durban"". Swiss Info. 17 June 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2020. "Alle wollen ein Fernandes-T-Shirt" (in German). Bieler Tagblatt. 18 June 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
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