Sebastián Fernández

Sebastián Fernández
Personal information
Full name	Sebastián Bruno Fernández Miglierina
Date of birth	23 May 1985 (age 36)
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Nacional
Number	18
Senior career*
National team
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 October 2020

Sebastián Bruno Fernández Miglierina (born 23 May 1985) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Club Nacional de Football.^[1]

Club career[]

Fernández with Málaga in 2012

Born in Montevideo, Fernández started his professional playing career in 2004 with Miramar Misiones. In 2007, he joined Defensor Sporting Club, where he was part of the team that won the Apertura 2007 championship and the Copa Uruguaya 2008.

In 2008, he joined Argentine Club Atlético Banfield, where he was a key member of the squad that won the Apertura 2009 championship, appearing in 16 of their 19 games. On 13 December 2009 he celebrated with his team mates when Banfield won the Argentine championship for the first time in the history of the club.

On 17 February 2010, Fernandez helped his team mates thrash Deportivo Cuenca in Copa Libertadores, scoring two goals either side of half-time to enrich his team's 4–1 victory in Ecuador.

In July 2010 he had a medical with La Liga side Málaga CF. On 5 August 2010 he signed a contract with Málaga for four years^[2] and his transfer cost the Spanish side €3.6 million. He already started to pay off some of his fee as he scored a goal on his debut in a home match against Valencia CF on 28 August 2010. He finished the season with 7 league goals, being the club's second highest goalscorer.

In 2011–12, after the summer signing of Ruud van Nistelrooy, Seba was demoted to third choice striker, often coming on as a substitute. On 21 November he started as a right winger against Racing and scored his first goal of the season, in a 3–1 away win. Exactly one year later he scored his first Champions League group stage goal in a 2–2 away draw against FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.

Fernandez signed for Rayo Vallecano in the summer of 2013 but suffered an injury early in the season, ruling him out of the majority of the campaign.^{[citation needed]} His 86th-minute header in Rayo's 3–0 win against Granada on 26 April 2014 was his first goal in more than two years.^[3]

On 1 August 2014 Fernández returned to his home country, joining Nacional.^[4]

International career[]

Fernández made his international debut for the Uruguay national team as a late substitute in a friendly game against Romania on 24 May 2006.^[1] On May 2010 he has been called up for 2010 World Cup.

On 27 July 2010 he was reserved to play a friendly match against Angola in Lisboa.

Fernández scored his first goal for Uruguay in a friendly match against China PR.

Career statistics[]

International[]

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[5]
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Uruguay	2006	1	0
	2007	0	0
	2008	2	0
	2009	2	0
	2010	6	1
	2011	2	1
	2012	1	0
Total		14	2

Scores and results list Uruguay's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Fernández goal.

List of international goals scored by Sebastián Fernández
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	12 October 2010	Wuhan Sports Center Stadium, Wuhan, China	China PR	4–0	4–0	Friendly
2	15 November 2011	Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy	Italy	1–0	1–0	Friendly