Fernandinho (footballer, born May 1985)
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Fernando Luiz Roza (born 4 May 1985), known as Fernandinho, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Athletico Paranaense. He has also captained the Brazil national team on many occasions.[4][5] Fernandinho is regarded as one of the best defensive midfielders of his generation and one of the best Brazilians to ever play in the Premier League.[6][7][8] He is well known for his 9 year spell with Premier League club Manchester City where he won 5 Premier League titles, an FA Cup, six EFL Cups, two Community Shields, assuming captaincy in the 2020-2021 season and being instrumental in leading Manchester City to the 2021 Champions League final, where he earned a runners-up medal.
 Fernandinho lining up for Brazil in 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Fernando Luiz Roza[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1985-05-04) 4 May 1985 (age 38)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Londrina, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Athletico Paranaense | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | PSTC | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | Atlético Paranaense | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2005 | Atlético Paranaense | 95 | (21) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2013 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 184 | (31) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2022 | Manchester City | 264 | (20) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Athletico Paranaense | 22 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Brazil U20 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2019 | Brazil | 53 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:42, 28 February 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 June 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Fernandinho started his career at Brazilian club Atlético Paranaense before moving to Shakhtar Donetsk in 2005, where he became one of the best foreign players to ever play in the Ukrainian Premier League.[9] With Shakhtar, he won six Ukrainian Premier League titles, four Ukrainian Cups and the 2008–09 UEFA Cup. He was voted by the Shakhtar Donetsk fans as the best Brazilian player to ever play for the team.[10]
The scorer of the only goal in the final of the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship and a full international for Brazil from 2011 to 2019, he was part of their squad which came fourth at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and also competed at the 2015 Copa América, the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and the 2019 Copa América, winning the latter tournament.
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