Baba Fernandes
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 July 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014–2016 | Real | ||
| 2016–2020 | Vitória Setúbal | ||
| 2020–2022 | Nottingham Forest | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2020 | Vitória Setúbal | 0 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Nottingham Forest | 0 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | Accrington Stanley | 18 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2016 | Portugal U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2023– | Guinea-Bissau | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 09:58, 8 May 2023 (UTC) | |||
Baba Fernandes (born 3 July 2000) is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who played for Accrington Stanley as a defender. A former youth international for Portugal, he plays for the Guinea-Bissau national team.
Club career
[edit]On 28 December 2018, Fernandes made his professional debut with Vitória Setúbal in a 2018–19 Taça da Liga match against Braga.[1] On 10 June 2022, Nottingham Forest announced Fernandes would be leaving the club once his contract expired.[2]
In August 2022 he signed for Accrington Stanley.[3] On 30 April 2024, it was announced Fernandes will be leaving the club at the end of his contract.[4]
International career
[edit]In August 2023 he was called up to the Guinea-Bissau squad.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Vitória Setúbal 0-4 Sp.Braga". ForaDeJogo. 28 December 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ↑ Club, Nottingham Forest Football. "Reds confirm retained list". Nottingham Forest Football Club. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ↑ "Accrington sign former Forest defender Fernandes" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ↑ "UPDATE: Retained list". Accrington Stanley. 30 April 2024.
- ↑ "Club News INTERNATIONAL: Fernandes receives Guinea-Bissau call-up" – via www.accringtonstanley.co.uk.
External links
[edit]- Baba Fernandes at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Baba Fernandes at Soccerway
- Baba Fernandes national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
Categories:
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Bissau
- Bissau-Guinean men's footballers
- Guinea-Bissau men's international footballers
- Portuguese men's footballers
- Portugal men's youth international footballers
- Portuguese people of Bissau-Guinean descent
- Sportspeople of Bissau-Guinean descent
- Bissau-Guinean emigrants to Portugal
- Men's association football defenders
- Vitória F.C. players
- Nottingham Forest F.C. players
- Accrington Stanley F.C. players
- Bissau-Guinean expatriate men's footballers
- Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in England
- Portuguese expatriate men's footballers
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- English Football League players
- 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen