Mário Fernandes

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For the Portuguese basketball player, see Mário Gil Fernandes.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Figueira and the second or paternal family name is Fernandes.
Mário Fernandes
Mário Fernandes 2021.jpg
Fernandes playing for CSKA Moscow at 2021
Personal information
Full name Mário Figueira Fernandes
Date of birth (1990-09-19) 19 September 1990 (age 31)[1]
Place of birth São Caetano do Sul, Brazil
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Right back
Club information
Current team
 CSKA Moscow
Number 2
Youth career
2006–2009 São Caetano
2009 Grêmio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 Grêmio 54 (1)
2012– CSKA Moscow 252 (7)
National team‡
2014 Brazil 1 (0)
2017–2021 Russia 33 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 March 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 September 2021

Mário Figueira Fernandes (Russian: Марио Фигейра Фернандес, pronounced [ˈmarʲɪo fʲɪˈɡʲejrə fʲɪrˈnandɨs]; born 19 September 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a right back for Russian club CSKA Moscow. Born in Brazil, he represented the Russia national team.[3]

Club career[]

Grêmio[]

Fernandes joined Grêmio in March 2009, signing until 2014. A few days later, he disappeared, and Brazilian police were called in to search for him. He was found some days later in São Paulo state, after having withdrawn cash in Londrina, Porto Alegre and Florianópolis. Fernandes made his debut for the club against Sport on 28 June 2009. Fernandes established himself as Grêmio's first-choice right back.[4]

CSKA Moscow[]

On 25 April 2012, the Grêmio president announced that a 15 million euro deal had been agreed with CSKA Moscow and Fernandes was set to join them pending a medical examination, with CSKA announcing the arrival on 4 May 2012.[5]

During the 2013–14 campaign he suffered a knee injury ruling him out for the first four months of the season.[6]

In 2015, he was a key player in the Champions League 3rd qualifying round – CSKA Moscow won the second leg against Sparta Prague 3–2. Fernandes played 90 minutes, after 64 minutes (2:2) and after a run of the mill challenge Fernandes made a simulated dive, referee Paolo Mazzoleni showed Marek Matějovský the red card. Russian daily Kommersant wrote it was "An important theatre piece". Czech newspapers claimed the play was certainly not card worthy and Fernandes lacked fair play.[7]

On 29 June 2017, Fernandes signed a new contract with CSKA, keeping him at the club until the summer of 2022.[8]

International career[]

Brazil[]

In 2011, Fernandes was called to the Brazil squad for the game Superclásico de las Américas, which he rejected, saying he was having some personal problems that was encountered in issues. Fernandes went on to make his debut, and only appearance for Brazil in a 4–0 friendly victory against Japan on 14 October 2014.[9]

Russia[]

After acquiring Russian citizenship, he was called up to the Russia national football team for the friendly games against Turkey on 31 August 2016 and Ghana on 6 September 2016.[10] However, at that point, he had only been a CSKA Moscow player since April 2012, which meant he had not lived in Russia continuously for at least five years yet. Thus, he was not eligible to play for Russia until April 2017.[citation needed]

Fernandes playing for the Russia national football team

On 23 March 2017, it was announced that he would make his debut for Russia on 24 March in a friendly against Ivory Coast.[11] He did not appear in that game. He made his debut for Russia on 7 October 2017 in a friendly game against South Korea.[12]

On 11 May 2018, he was included in Russia's extended 2018 FIFA World Cup squad.[13] On 3 June 2018, he was included in the finalized World Cup squad.[14] He played a key role in Russia's performance at the 2018 FIFA World Cup. In the quarter finals against Croatia, he scored an equalising goal in extra time, which sent the match to a penalty shootout. However, Russia was eliminated after losing the shootout, in which he failed to score.[15]

On 11 May 2021, he was included in the preliminary extended 30-man squad for UEFA Euro 2020.[16] On 2 June 2021, he was included in the final squad.[17] He played the full match in Russia's opening game against Belgium on 12 June 2021 as Russia lost 0–3.[18] He started the second group game against Finland but got injured and substituted in the 26th minute after landing awkwardly contesting an aerial ball.[19][20] He recovered for the last group game against Denmark on 21 June and played a full game as Russia lost 1–4 and was eliminated.[21]

On 13 September 2021 he announced his retirement from the national team.[22]

Personal life[]

Mario was born in São Paulo. Right after signing his first professional contract with Grêmio, Fernandes found it hard to adjust to a new home and fell into depression, prompting him to disappear to his uncle. The police found him in a dishevelled state nearly 700 miles away from Porto Alegre, hungry and exhausted. In a later interview he refused to disclose why he made no attempt to contact the club during this time, but pointed out the difficulties of settling at the beginning of a career, citing the example of Jesús Navas.[4] Mario underwent psychotherapy to deal with his depression, which helped his performances, but still drank heavily, regularly went out clubbing, and neglected his diet and fitness, saying "I would drink so much that I would sometimes show up drunk to training". During this time he lived alone, and in an interview admitted to eating pizza and McDonald's "every day", which led to action on the part of the Gremio dietitian.[23]

Fernandes was called up to the Brazil squad for the Superclasico game in 2011, but missed the flight as he had been partying the night before, and was thus stripped of his spot in the national team for the next three years.[citation needed]

The unusually large sum CSKA Moscow paid for Mario in 2012, which was at the time the club's record transfer fee, was seen as a sign of trust in the defender. When he was asked whether he would have still come to Russia given Real Madrid made an offer after negotiations had been completed, Fernandes reiterated his happiness with the choice he made. The player decided to visit the city's Brazilian Evangelical Church,[24] which proved life-changing, and praised the people who had helped him.[citation needed]

Fernandes had spoken with CSKA CEO Roman Babaev about the possibility of receiving Russian citizenship in 2015, before he had been called up to the Brazil squad. His talks about receiving Russian citizenship resumed in the autumn of the same year, at which point he had decided and had the full support of his family to do so.[25] On 13 July 2016, he received Russian citizenship via presidential decree from Vladimir Putin, which according to him made him more determined to start for Russia in the World Cup.[26] His younger brother, Jô, is also a footballer.[27]

As of 2017, Fernandes spoke very little Russian, but promised to learn the language and the national anthem.[25]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 11 December 2021[28]
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Grêmio 2009 Série A 19 0 — 0 0 0 0 19 0
2010 2 0 7 0 — 16 1 25 1
2011 33 1 — 3 0 12 1 48 2
2012 0 0 0 0 — 5 0 5 0
Total 54 1 7 0 3 0 33 2 97 3
CSKA Moscow 2012–13 Russian Premier League 28 0 3 0 2 0 — 33 0
2013–14 12 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 15 1
2014–15 29 0 3 0 6 0 1 0 39 0
2015–16 27 1 5 0 9 0 — 41 1
2016–17 30 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 36 0
2017–18 25 0 0 0 12 0 — 37 0
2018–19 28 1 0 0 6 0 1 0 35 1
2019–20 29 3 1 0 6 0 — 36 3
2020–21 23 1 2 1 2 0 — 27 2
2021–22 17 0 0 0 — — 17 0
Total 248 6 17 2 48 0 3 0 316 8
Career total 302 7 24 2 51 0 36 2 413 11

International[]

As of 1 September 2021[29]
National team Year Apps Goals
Brazil[29] 2014 1 0
Total 1 0
Russia 2017 3 0
2018 11 1
2019 8 1
2020 3 1
2021 8 2
Total 33 5
As of match played 30 March 2021. Russia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Fernandes goal.
List of international goals scored by Mário Fernandes
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 7 July 2018 Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi, Russia 10  Croatia 2–2 2–2 (3–4 p) 2018 FIFA World Cup
2 9 September 2019 Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad, Russia 20  Kazakhstan 1–0 1–0 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
3 6 September 2020 Puskás Aréna, Budapest, Hungary 24  Hungary 3–0 3–2 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B
4 24 March 2021 National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta 26  Malta 2–0 3–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
5 30 March 2021 Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava, Slovakia 28  Slovakia 1–1 1–2 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours[]

Grêmio

CSKA Moscow

Individual

References[]

  1. ^ Mário Fernandes – FIFA competition record (archived)
  2. ^ "2018 FIFA World Cup: List of players" (PDF). FIFA. 17 June 2018. p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  3. ^ Фернандес стал армейцем (in Russian). PFC CSKA Moscow. 4 May 2012. Archived from the original on 9 September 2012.
  4. ^ a b "Who is Mario Fernandes? Russia's Brazilian World Cup star who overcame depression and snubbed Real Madrid | Goal.com". Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  5. ^ Фернандес стал армейцем. pfc-cska.com (in Russian). PFC CSKA Moscow. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  6. ^ "Защитник ЦСКА Фернандес вернётся в строй через три месяца" (in Russian). Championat. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  7. ^ "Dal zase gól, ale nestačilo to. Zklamaní je obrovské, hlesl Krejčí". iDNES.cz. 5 August 2015.
  8. ^ Марио Фернандес в ПФК ЦСКА до 2022 года!. pfc-cska.com (in Russian). PFC CSKA Moscow. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  9. ^ "JAPAN VS. BRAZIL 0 – 4". soccerway. 14 October 2014.
  10. ^ Состав на Турцию и Гану (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 16 August 2016.
  11. ^ Фернандес готов к дебюту за Россию. Главное — в обзоре дня. championat.com (in Russian). Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  12. ^ Уверенно победили Южную Корею (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 7 October 2017.
  13. ^ Расширенный состав для подготовки к Чемпионату мира (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 11 May 2018.
  14. ^ Заявка сборной России на Чемпионат мира FIFA 2018 (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 3 June 2018.
  15. ^ Gonzalez, Roger (7 July 2018). "Croatia vs. Russia final score, recap: Rakitic's penalty kick sends Croatia to World Cup semifinals". CBS. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  16. ^ Расширенный состав сборной России для подготовки к ЕВРО [Extended national team line-up for Euro preparations] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 11 May 2021.
  17. ^ "Состав сборной России на ЕВРО-2020" [Russia national team line-up for EURO-2020] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 2 June 2021.
  18. ^ "Belgium v Russia game report". UEFA. 12 June 2021.
  19. ^ "Finland vs Russia UEFA EURO 2020". UEFA. 16 June 2021.
  20. ^ "Russia player Fernandes hospitalized after fall at Euro 2020". The Sports Network. 16 June 2021.
  21. ^ "Russia v Denmark game report". UEFA. 21 June 2021.
  22. ^ "Открытое письмо Марио Фернандеса болельщикам сборной" [Mario Fernandes open letter to the national team fans] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 13 September 2021.
  23. ^ McDonnel, David (7 July 2018). "Mario Fernandes on swapping Brazil for Russia, getting 'kidnapped', drink problems, living on pizza and World Cup 2018". Mirror. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  24. ^ "Наша История | Центр Помощи". Centro de Ajuda (in Russian). Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  25. ^ a b Марио Фернандес: Всегда прошу маму, чтобы она приготовила мне борщ. Российская газета (in Russian). 8 October 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  26. ^ "President of Russia decree on citizenship" (in Russian). President of Russia. 13 July 2016.
  27. ^ Grêmio contrata atacante Jô, irmão de Mário Fernandes (Grêmio signs forward Jô, brother of Mário Fernandes); Globo Esporte, 8 June 2011 (in Portuguese)
  28. ^ Mário Fernandes at Soccerway
  29. ^ a b "Mário Figueira Fernandes". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  30. ^ "2018 Russian Super Cup game report" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 27 July 2018. Archived from the original on 28 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  31. ^ "Болельщики ЦСКА признали Фернандеса лучшим игроком сезона". Sports.ru.

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