Miguel Fernández (footballer)

Miguel Fernández Fernández (born 12 August 2000) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or forward for AE Prat of the Tercera Federación – Group 5. He made his Segunda División B debut for Cornellà in 2018 before joining English club Birmingham City the following year. He returned to the Segunda B in 2021 on loan to Guijuelo. Released by Birmingham at the end of the 2020–21 season, he then spent six months with Huesca B and six months with Badalona before joining AE Prat.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fernández and the second or maternal family name is Fernández.

Miguel Fernández
Personal information
Full name Miguel Fernández Fernández[1]
Date of birth (2000-08-12) 12 August 2000[1]
Place of birth Gavà, Spain
Position(s) Midfielder, forward
Team information
Current team
 AE Prat
Youth career
Cornellà
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Cornellà 1 (0)
2019–2021 Birmingham City 1 (0)
2021 → Guijuelo (loan) 8 (1)
2021–2022 Huesca B 14 (1)
2022 Badalona 9 (0)
2022– AE Prat 18 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:02, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Fernández was born in 2000 in Gavà, in the Province of Barcelona in Catalonia.[1] He came through the Escola de Fútbol Gavà from 2008 until 2013,[2] when he joined Cornellà.[3][4] He played and scored in the early rounds of the 2018–19 Copa Federación;[5] the goals included an 88th-minute "wondergoal" into the top corner against Teruel in the round of 16.[6] After sitting through four Segunda División B matches as an unused substitute, manager Xavi Calm gave him his league debut on 22 December 2018; he replaced Carlos Esteve in the 90th minute of a 3–1 win at home to Ebro.[7]

As part of the relationship between Cornellà and Birmingham City, Fernández trained with the English Championship club in January 2019[8] and again during the close season. In August, he was given a six-month contract with the intention of continuing his development under Calm, who was appointed head coach of Birmingham's under-23 team in July.[9][10] He scored seven Professional Development League goals during the initial six months, making him joint top scorer (with Odin Bailey), and was rewarded with a new contract to run until the end of the 2019–20 season, with an option for the club to extend it for a further year.[11] Before that season resumed after a three-month suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the club took up their option to extend his contract and Fernández was given a first-team squad number.[12] He was named among the substitutes for the match at home to Charlton Athletic on 15 July, and remained unused, but made his Football League debut in the last match of the season, coming on in stoppage time of a 3–1 defeat at home to Derby County which left Birmingham in 21st position, one point above the relegation places.[13][14]

By the end of January 2021, Fernández had five goals from 12 appearances for Birmingham's under-23s but no matchday involvement with the first team. On 1 February, he returned to Spanish football with Segunda B club CD Guijuelo, on loan until 30 June.[15] He made his debut as a late substitute in a goalless draw away to Pontevedra on 10 February,[16] and ended the season with 8 appearances. He scored once, with a near-post header following a corner in the final match of the season, which Guijuelo lost 3–1 at home to Lealtad; both teams were already confirmed as playing in the new fourth-tier Segunda RFEF for the 2021–22 season.[17][18]

Birmingham confirmed that Fernández would leave the club when his contract expired at the end of the season,[19] and he returned to Spanish football with Huesca B of the Segunda División RFEF.[20] He made his debut 75 minutes into the opening-day visit to Terrassa with his side 2–0 down, and his stoppage-time goal made the final score 2–1.[21] He made 14 league appearances during the first half of the season,[22] and then left the club and signed for divisional rivals Badalona,[23][24] for whom he made 9 appearances.[22] Fernández joined AE Prat, also a fourth-tier club, for the 2022–23 season.[25]

Career statistics
As of match played 22 October 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cornellà 2018–19[7][5] Segunda División B1000—3[lower-alpha 1]242
Birmingham City 2019–20[13] Championship100000—10
2020–21[26] Championship000000—00
Total 100000—10
Guijuelo (loan) 2020–21[17] Segunda División B81———81
Huesca B 2021–22[22] Segunda División RFEF141———141
Badalona 2021–22[22] Segunda División RFEF90———90
AE Prat 2022–23[22] Segunda Federación150——00150
2023–24[22] Tercera Federación30——1[lower-alpha 2]040
Total 180000010190
Career total 51200—42554
  1. Appearances in Copa Federación
  2. Appearance in Copa Catalunya

References
  1. "Miguel Fernández: Player". BDFutbol. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  2. "El Efecto 2000 en Gavà" [The 2000 Effect at Gavà]. Blog CF Gavà (in Spanish). 19 March 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  3. "D.H. Cadete: Temporada 2015–16: UE Cornella B" [D.H. Cadete: Season 2015–16]. FutbolBaseCatalà (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 May 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  4. "L.N. Juvenil: Temporada 2017–18: UE Cornella B" [L.N. Juvenil: Season 2017–18]. FutbolBaseCatalà (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 22 September 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  5. "El Cornellà coge ventaja para el encuentro de vuelta (4–1)" [Cornellà take the advantage for the return leg] (in Spanish). UE Cornellà. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
    Casado, A. (11 January 2019). "El Cornellà cau a casa i haurà de remuntar" [Cornellà go down at home and will have to come back up]. L'Esportiu de Catalunya (in Catalan). Retrieved 19 June 2020.
    "Crónica Copa RFEF 1/8 vuelta: UD Poblense 1–2 UE Cornellà" [Details Copa RFEF last 8 second leg]. FútbolBalear (in Spanish). 24 January 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  6. "Copa RFEF (1/16, ida): El Cornellà deja casi sentenciada la ronda" [Copa RFEF (last 16 1st leg): Cornellà leave the round almost done and dusted]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 22 November 2018. Pero un tanto en propia puerta y un golazo por la escuadra de Miguel, completaron la goleada. [But an own goal and a wondergoal in the top corner by Miguel completed the goalfest.]
  7. "Miguel Fernández: Matches: 2018–19". BDFutbol. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  8. Dick, Brian (8 January 2019). "Spanish midfielder trains with Birmingham City Under 23s". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  9. "Blues sign Fernandez". Birmingham City F.C. 15 August 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  10. "Xavi Calm joins Blues". Birmingham City F.C. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  11. "Blues extend Fernandez contract". Birmingham City F.C. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  12. "Fernandez gets squad number". Birmingham City F.C. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  13. "Games played by Miguel Fernández in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  14. Pilnick, Brent (22 July 2020). "Birmingham City 1–3 Derby County". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  15. "Fernández joins CD Guijuelo on loan". Birmingham City F.C. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  16. Díez Juan, Chema (10 February 2021). "Chuchi Jorqués se estrena con un trabajado punto en Pasarón" [Chuchi Jorqués debuts with a hard-earned point at the Pasarón]. La Crónica de Salamanca (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  17. "Miguel Fernández". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  18. Escobar, Celso (22 May 2021). "El Lealtad se despide de la Segunda B con victoria en Guijuelo" [Lealtad bid farewell to the Segunda B with a win at Guijuelo]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Gijón. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  19. "Retained and released list". Birmingham City F.C. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  20. "Jornada de fichajes en los equipos aragoneses de Segunda División RFEF" [Day of signings for Aragon's Segunda División RFEF clubs]. CAR TV (in Spanish). 23 July 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  21. "El Terrassa logra una ajustada victoria en casa frente al Huesca B (2-1)" [Terrassa secure a narrow victory at home to Huesca B (2–1)]. Sport.es (in Spanish). 5 September 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  22. "M. Fernández". BeSoccer. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  23. @SDHuescaB (12 January 2022). "Oficial: Miguel Fernández deja de ser jugador de la SD Huesca B. Desde el club deseamos muchos éxitos al futbolista en el futuro y le agradecemos su profesionalidad en estos meses. ¡Suerte, Miguel!" [Official: Miguel Fernández is no longer a player of SD Huesca B. From the club we wish the footballer many successes in the future and we thank him for his professionalism in these months. Good luck, Miguel!] (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 January 2022 – via Twitter.
  24. "Fitzatge: Miguel Fernández" [Signing: Miguel Fernández] (in Catalan). CF Badalona. 13 January 2022. Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  25. AE Prat [@aeprat1945] (24 June 2022). "Nova incorporació a la plantilla potablava. Miguel Fernández s'incorpora a l'AE Prat per la temporada vinent procedent de l' @CF_Badalona" [New addition to the potablava squad. Miguel Fernández joins AE Prat for the coming season from @CF_Badalona] (Tweet) (in Catalan). Retrieved 11 September 2022 – via Twitter.
  26. "Games played by Miguel Fernández in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
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