Fernando Dinarte Santos Silva

Fernando

Personal information
Full name	Fernando Dinarte Santos Silva
Date of birth	(1980-10-03) 3 October 1980
Place of birth	Funchal, Portugal
Height
Position(s)	Centre back
Youth career
1991–1999	Marítimo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2010	Marítimo B	163	(9)
2001–2011	Marítimo	61	(2)
2011–2012	Libolo
Total		224	(11)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fernando Dinarte Santos Silva (born 3 October 1980), known simply as Fernando, is a Portuguese retired footballer. Mainly a central defender, he could also appear as a defensive midfielder.

Football career

Fernando was born in Funchal, Madeira. After also playing youth football with the club he was promoted to local powerhouse C.S. Marítimo's first team for the 1999–2000 season, but served only as a backup for the vast majority of his 12-year spell.

On 30 September 2007, in a 1–1 away draw against C.F. Estrela da Amadora, Fernando scored the clubs' historical 1,000 goal in the top flight. However, he appeared in just five games during that campaign.

Fernando played in 23 league matches for Marítimo in the following three years combined – no appearances whatsoever in 2010–11 – continuing to appear with the reserves sporadically. At the age of 30 he moved abroad for the first time, signing for C.R.D. Libolo in Angola.

External links

• Fernando at footballzz.co.uk
• Fernando profile at ForaDeJogo
• Fernando at Soccerway