Personal information | |||
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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.
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]
Fernandes was capped by England Youth.[11]
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]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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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 |