Martín Fernández (footballer, born 2003)

{{short description|Uruguayan association football player}}

{{about||the Uruguayan footballer born in 2001|Martín Fernández (footballer, born 2001)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{family name hatnote|Fernández|Benítez|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Martín Fernández

| full_name = Martín Fernández Benítez

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2003|06|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = Montevideo, Uruguay

| height = 1.71m

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Miramar Misiones

| clubnumber = 32

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Cerro

| years1 = 2020–2021

| clubs1 = Cerro

| caps1 = 6

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2021–

| clubs2 = Boston River

| caps2 = 54

| goals2 = 4

| years3 = 2023–

| clubs3 = → Miramar Misiones (loan)

| caps3 = 23

| goals3 = 1

| club-update = 14 September 2024

| ntupdate =

}}

Martín Fernández Benítez (born 23 June 2003) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Miramar Misiones on loan from Boston River.{{Soccerway|675312}}

Club career

Fernández is a youth academy graduate of Cerro. He made his professional debut for the club on 7 October 2020 in a 2–1 league defeat against Cerro Largo.{{cite web|title=Debutantes de las fechas 13, 14 y 15 del Torneo Apertura 2020|url=https://www.auf.org.uy/debutantes-de-las-fechas-13-14-y-15-del-torneo-apertura-2020/|date=14 October 2020|access-date=27 October 2021|language=es}}

International career

Fernández is a current Uruguayan youth international. On 23 October 2021, he was named in Uruguay under-20 squad for friendlies against Costa Rica and Honduras.{{cite web|title=Plantel confirmado para viajar a Costa Rica y Honduras|url=https://www.auf.org.uy/plantel-confirmado-para-viajar-a-costa-rica-y-honduras/|date=23 October 2021|access-date=27 October 2021|language=es}}

Career statistics

{{updated|24 October 2022}}

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|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Clubrowspan="2"|Seasoncolspan="3"|Leaguecolspan="2"|Cupcolspan="2"|Continentalcolspan="2"|Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cerro

|2020

|Uruguayan Primera División

|6

0colspan="2" |—colspan="2" |—60
rowspan="3"|Boston River

|2021

|rowspan="2"|Uruguayan Primera División

|22

1colspan="2" |—colspan="2" |—221
2022

|23

320colspan="2" |—253
colspan="2"|Total

!45

42000474
colspan="3"|Career total

!51

42000534

References

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