Ezequiel Fernández (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ignacio Ezequiel Agustín Fernández Carballo | ||
| Date of birth | 25 July 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Boca Juniors | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Boca Juniors | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021– | Boca Juniors | 23 | (2) |
| 2022 | → Tigre (loan) | 25 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Argentina U17 | 13 | (1) |
| 2023– | Argentina U23 | 9 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:02, 6 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:32, 20 May 2004 (UTC) | |||
Ignacio Ezequiel Agustín Fernández Carballo (born 25 July 2002), mostly known as Equi Fernandez, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Boca Juniors.
Biography[edit]
Fernández started to play in Boca Juniors in 2012, after an agreement signed with FC Barcelona through which both clubs committed to collaborate together in youth players training.[1] He debuted as professional in May 2021, when Boca Juniors was defeated by Patronato 1–0, where he stayed 60 minutes on field.
He was traded to Tigre in February 2022 on loan for a year. The transaction completed for E450,000. Fernández played a total of 42 matches with that club. After the loan expired, Fernández returned to Boca Juniors in 2023.[2]
Argentina[edit]
Fernández was called up for the Argentina U17 then coached by Pablo Aimar to play the 2019 South American Championship in Peru, where the national side crowned champions. He also played for Argentina in the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup held in Brazil.
On 13 December 2023, Ezequiel Fernández made his debut for the Argentina U23 in 3–0 friendly match victory against Ecuador U23.[3] Fernández was also a member of the Argentina national under-23 football team that played at the 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament and qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics men's football tournament in France.[4]
Career statistics[edit]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | League Cup[b] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Boca Juniors | 2021 | Primera División | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2023 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 8[c] | 0 | 2[d] | 0 | 44 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4[e] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | ||
| Total | 23 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 2 | ||
| Tigre | 2022 | Primera División | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | — | 1[f] | 0 | 42 | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 48 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 104 | 2 | ||
- ^ Includes Copa Argentina
- ^ Includes Copa de la Liga
- ^ Appearances in Copa Libertadores
- ^ Includes Supercopa Argentina and Supercopa Internacional
- ^ Appearances in the Copa Sudamericana
- ^ Appearances in the Trofeo de Campeones
Honours[edit]
Boca Juniors
Argentina U17
References[edit]
- ^ Acuerdo histórico entre Boca Juniors y el FC Barcelona on iprofesional, 2 Mar 2012
- ^ Equi Fernández vuelve a Boca tras su préstamo en Tigre, TyC Sports, 27 Dec 2022
- ^ "Con tantos de Gondou, Di Césare y Castro, la Selección Argentina Sub 23 derrotó 3-0 a Ecuador". Sitio Oficial de la Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "Argentina le ganó el clásico a Brasil y logró la clasificación a los Juegos Olímpicos de Paris 2024". ESPNdeportes.com (in Spanish). 11 February 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "Argentina - E. Fernández - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "Ignacio Ezequiel Agustín Fernández - Trayectoria y Biografía de Jugadores - Historia de Boca Juniors". www.historiadeboca.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 May 2024.
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