Fernando Morientes
Spanish footballer and manager (born 1976) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Morientes and the second or maternal family name is Sánchez.
Fernando Morientes Sánchez (Spanish pronunciation: [feɾˈnando moˈɾjentes ˈsantʃeθ]; born 5 April 1976) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a striker, currently a manager.
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Full name | Fernando Morientes Sánchez[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1976-04-05) 5 April 1976 (age 48)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Cilleros, Spain[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
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1992–1993 | Albacete | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1993–1995 | Albacete | 22 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
1995–1997 | Zaragoza | 66 | (28) | ||||||||||||||
1997–2005 | Real Madrid | 183 | (72) | ||||||||||||||
2003–2004 | → Monaco (loan) | 28 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
2005–2006 | Liverpool | 41 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
2006–2009 | Valencia | 66 | (19) | ||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Marseille | 12 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2015 | Santa Ana | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Total | 421 | (143) | |||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1993–1994 | Spain U18 | 12 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
1995 | Spain U20 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
1995–1998 | Spain U21 | 16 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
1996 | Spain U23 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1998–2007 | Spain | 47 | (27) | ||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
2012 | Huracán (youth) | ||||||||||||||||
2012–2014 | Real Madrid (youth) | ||||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Fuenlabrada | ||||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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He played for a number of clubs during his career, including Real Madrid, Monaco, Liverpool and Valencia. In La Liga, he scored 124 goals in 337 games over 15 seasons. He earned 11 major honours with the first club, including three Champions League trophies.
Morientes earned 47 caps for the Spain national team, representing the country in two World Cups (totalling five goals) and Euro 2004.