Leonardo Fernández (Uruguayan footballer)

Leonardo Cecilio Fernández López (born 8 November 1998) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Liga MX club Toluca.

For the Bolivian footballer, see Leonardo Fernández (Bolivian footballer).
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fernández and the second or maternal family name is López.
Leonardo Fernández
Personal information
Full name Leonardo Cecilio Fernández López
Date of birth (1998-11-08) 8 November 1998
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Toluca
Number 10
Youth career
Amanecer
2011–2015 Fénix
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 Fénix 90 (25)
2019–2021 Tigres UANL 35 (1)
2019 → Universidad de Chile (loan) 7 (1)
2020 → Toluca (loan) 10 (8)
2022– Toluca 14 (6)
National team‡
2012–2013 Uruguay U15 15 (2)
2014–2015 Uruguay U17 19 (5)
2017 Uruguay U20 1 (0)
2019 Uruguay U22 5 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 03:47, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 August 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Montevideo, Fernández joined Fénix's youth setup in 2011, from lowly CSyD Amanecer.[1] On 31 May 2015, aged just 16, he made his first team – and Primera División – debut, coming on as a late substitute for Martín Ligüera in a 2–0 away loss against Peñarol.[2]

After spending his first two seasons as a backup, Fernández started to appear regularly from the 2017 campaign onwards. He scored his first professional goal on 25 March of that year, netting the winner in a 2–1 home defeat of El Tanque Sisley.[3]

On 4 March 2018, Fernández scored a brace in a 3–2 defeat to Defensor Sporting.[4] On 29 July, he scored a hat-trick in a 5–0 away routing of Cerro,[5] and finished the campaign with 11 goals, playing a key part as his side narrowly avoided relegation.

On 24 June 2019, he joined Tigres UANL for the pre-season but was later loaned to Club Universidad de Chile.

On 12 December 2019, Fernández joined Mexican club Toluca on a season-long loan.[6]

On 2020, he won player of the month of January in the Liga MX.

Career statistics

Club
As of 20 December 2020[7]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Fénix 2014–15 Uruguayan Primera División 10———10
2015–16 120———120
2016 80—1[lower-alpha 1]0—90
2017 202———202
2018 3411———3411
2019 1512———1512
Total90250010009125
Tigres UANL2020–21Liga MX131—2[lower-alpha 2]100152
Universidad de Chile (loan)2019Chilean Primera División7120——91
Toluca (loan)2019–20Liga MX10840——148
Career total 1203560310012936
  1. Appearance in Copa Sudamericana.
  2. Appearances in CONCACAF Champions League.

Honours

UANL

References
  1. "Entrevista a Leonardo Fernández" [Interview to Leonardo Fernández]. AUF.org.uy (in Spanish). Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  2. "Clausura: Peñarol 2 – Fénix 0" (in Spanish). Fútbol.uy. 31 May 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  3. "Fénix volvió a ganar, 2:1 a El Tanque" [Fénix win again, 2–1 at El Tanque] (in Spanish). Tenfield. 25 March 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  4. "Defensor ganó sin sobrarle nada, 3:2" [Defensor win without margin, 3–2] (in Spanish). Tenfield. 4 March 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  5. "Fénix arrasó y goleó 5:0 a Cerro" [Fénix delighted and thrashed Cerro by 5–0] (in Spanish). Tenfield. 29 July 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  6. "Viene refuerzo uruguayo". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 12 December 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  7. Leonardo Fernández at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
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