Arturo Fernández (footballer)

Arturo Fernández
Personal information
Full name Arturo Fernández Meyzán
Date of birth (1910-02-03)3 February 1910
Place of birth San Vicente de Cañete, Peru
Date of death 27 November 1999(1999-11-27) (aged 89)
Place of death Lima
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1926–1930 Ciclista Lima
1930–1940 Universitario
1940–1941 Colo-Colo
International career
1930–1938 Peru 18 (0)
Managerial career
1941–1949 Universitario
1948–1950 Peru
1952–1953 Deportivo Municipal
1954–1955 Universitario
1956 Peru
1956–1957 Universitario
1965 Ciclista Lima
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Arturo Fernández Meyzán (3 February 1910 – 27 November 1999) was a Peruvian football defender who played for Peru in the 1930 FIFA World Cup.[1] He also played for Universitario de Deportes, and for Peru at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[2]

Career

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Fernández played for Ciclista Lima and Universitario in his homeland. As a member of Universitario, he won two league titles.[3]

Abroad, he played for Chilean club Colo-Colo in 1940 and 1941, becoming the first Peruvian player in the club history.[4] He also represented them in friendly matches against the Argentine club Independiente in October 1940, alongside his compatriots César Socarraz, Pablo Pasache and his brother Teodoro.[5]

Personal life

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He was the older brother of the professional footballers Teodoro, also a Peruvian international, and Eduardo Fernández.[6] They also were the uncles of the footballers José, Jorge and Carlos Fernández.[7]

References

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  1. ^ 1930 FIFA World Cup Uruguay Archived 14 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Arturo Fernández". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Arturo Fernández, referente y líder de la "U"". Universitario de Deportes (in Spanish). 3 February 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  4. ^ "COLO COLO SIGUE REFORZANDOSE CON LA LLEGADA DE TRES JUGADORES". ANFP (in Spanish). 7 July 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Cheque en falso: Lolo Fernández y un nuevo mito derrumbado". BI (in Spanish). 7 August 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Eduardo 'Lolín' Fernández: El gran hermano" (in Spanish). De Chalaca. 12 April 2011. Archived from the original on 12 November 2011.
  7. ^ Behr, Raúl (16 June 2012). "José Fernández: El linaje ante todo". dechalaca.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 August 2023.
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