Tamer Fernandes

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Tamer Fernandes

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Tamer Hasan Fernandes{{Hugman|6315|accessdate=24 October 2017}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|12|7|df=y}}

| birth_place = Paddington, England

| height = {{height|m=1.91}}{{soccerbase|2473}}

| position = Goalkeeper

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Wealdstone

| youthyears2 = {{0|0000}}–1993

| youthclubs2 = Brentford

| years1 = 1993–1998

| clubs1 = Brentford

| caps1 = 12

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1993

| clubs2 = → Wealdstone (loan)

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| years3 = 1997

| clubs3 = → Peterborough United (loan)

| caps3 = 0

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1998–1999

| clubs4 = Colchester United

| caps4 = 8

| goals4 = 0

| years5 =

| clubs5 = Hemel Hempstead Town

| caps5 =

| goals5 =

| nationalyears1 = 1992

| nationalteam1 = England Youth

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

Tamer Hasan Fernandes (born 7 December 1974) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Brentford and Colchester United.

Club career

Beginning his career under the name Tamer Aouf,{{Cite book |last1=Haynes |first1=Graham |title=Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006 |last2=Coumbe |first2=Frank |publisher=Yore Publications |year=2006 |isbn=0955294916 |location=Harefield |pages=55–56}} Fernandes began his career in the youth system at Brentford and signed his first professional contract at the end of the 1992–93 season.{{Sfn|Croxford|Lane|Waterman|2013|p=409}} Over the course of the following five seasons he served as backup to Kevin Dearden and made just 17 appearances before agreeing a settlement to his contract and leaving Griffin Park in January 1998.{{Sfn|Croxford|Lane|Waterman|2013|p=263}} He immediately joined Third Division high-flyers Colchester United,{{Cite web |title=Tamer Fernandes – Players – Colchester United |url=http://www.coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=601 |access-date=6 August 2013 |publisher=ColuData}} but failed to make an appearance during what remained of a 1997–98 season that saw the club win promotion to the Second Division via the playoffs.{{Soccerbase season|id=2473|season=1997|accessdate=24 October 2017}}{{Cite web |title=Colchester United Home Page for the 1997–1998 season |url=http://www.statto.com/football/teams/colchester-united/1997-1998 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085333/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/colchester-united/1997-1998 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=24 October 2017 |website=Statto.com}} He made a breakthrough into the first team and made 8 appearances during the second half of the 1998–99 season,{{Cite web |title=Soccer: Tamer aims to stake his claim |url=http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/5535788.Soccer__Tamer_aims_to_stake_his_claim/?ref=arc |access-date=24 October 2017 |website=Gazette |language=en}} but was released in May 1999 and dropped into non-League football to join Isthmian League Second Division club Hemel Hempstead Town.{{Sfn|Croxford|Lane|Waterman|2013|p=409}}

International career

Fernandes was capped by England Youth.{{Cite book |last=Haynes |first=Graham |title=A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia |date=1998 |publisher=Yore Publications |isbn=1-874427-57-7 |page=46}}{{Cite web |title=England Matches – Youth/Under-18's 1990–2000 |url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/matchrsl/MatchRslTmU18pg5.html |access-date=8 October 2024 |website=www.englandfootballonline.com}}

Personal life

Fernandes began his career under the name Tamer Aouf, before changing his name to Tamer Fernandes prior to the beginning of the 1993–94 season.{{Sfn|Croxford|Lane|Waterman|2013|p=409}}

Career statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" \|Club ! rowspan="2" \|Season ! colspan="3" \|League ! colspan="2" \|FA Cup ! colspan="2" \|League Cup ! colspan="2" \|Other ! colspan="2" \|Total
Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals
rowspan="7" \|Brentford \|1992–93{{Cite book \|last1=Croxford \|first1=Mark \|title=The Big Brentford Book Of The Nineties \|last2=Lane \|first2=David \|last3=Waterman \|first3=Greville \|publisher=Legends Publishing \|year=2013 \|isbn=9781906796723 \|location=Sunbury, Middlesex \|pages=478–483}} \|First Division \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0
1993–94 \|Second Division \|1 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|1 \|0
1994–95 \|Second Division \|4 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|1Appearance in Football League Trophy \|0 \|5 \|0
1995–96 \|Second Division \|5 \|0 \|2 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|1 \|0 \|8 \|0
1996–97{{Soccerbase season\|id=2473\|season=1996\|access-date=24 October 2017}} \|Second Division \|2 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|1 \|0 \|2 \|0
1997–98 \|Second Division \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0
colspan="2" \|Total !12 !0 !2 !0 !0 !0 !3 !0 !17 !0
Colchester United \|1998–99{{Soccerbase season\|id=2473\|season=1998\|access-date=24 October 2017}} \|Second Division \|8 \|0 \| colspan="2" \|— \| colspan="2" \|— \| colspan="2" \|— \|8 \|0
colspan="3" \|Career total !20 !0 !2 !0 !0 !0 !2 !0 !24 !0

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|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

! rowspan="2" |Club

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! colspan="3" |League

! colspan="2" |FA Cup

! colspan="2" |League Cup

! colspan="2" |Other

! colspan="2" |Total

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rowspan="7" |Brentford

|1992–93{{Cite book |last1=Croxford |first1=Mark |title=The Big Brentford Book Of The Nineties |last2=Lane |first2=David |last3=Waterman |first3=Greville |publisher=Legends Publishing |year=2013 |isbn=9781906796723 |location=Sunbury, Middlesex |pages=478–483}}

|First Division