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Mário Fernandes

マリオ・フィゲイラ・フェルナンデス　/　まりお・ふぃげいら・ふぇるなんです

Association football player from Brazil

September 19, 1990 (age 35)　・　São Caetano do Sul, São Paulo, Brazil

São Paulo
association football player

My Take

Mário Fernandes has one of the more fascinating backstories in modern football. A Brazilian right-back born near São Paulo in 1990, he ended up naturalizing as Russian and playing for both national teams, which is rare and a little poignant given how those two football cultures differ. I remember him most for the 2018 World Cup run with Russia, and the 2018 Honoured Master of Sports award reflects how much that meant to his adopted country. At 186 cm he had the frame for an attacking full-back. To me he's a reminder that football identity can be genuinely transnational, shaped as much by where you're embraced as where you're born.

Overview

Mário Figueira Fernandes (Russian: Марио Фигейра Фернандес, pronounced [ˈmarʲɪo fʲɪˈɡʲejrə fʲɪrˈnandɨs]; born 19 September 1990) is a former professional footballer who played as a right-back. Fernandes was born in Brazil, but is a naturalised citizen of Russia and has played for both the Brazilian and Russian national teams.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Mário Fernandes
Name (Japanese): マリオ・フィゲイラ・フェルナンデス
Reading: まりお・ふぃげいら・ふぇるなんです
Born: September 19, 1990 (age 35)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Virgo / Horse
Origin: São Caetano do Sul, São Paulo, Brazil
Blood type: Private
Height: 186 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

2018 Honoured Master of Sports of Russia

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

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