Martim Moreira Moutinho Fernandes (born 18 January 2006) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Club career

Born in

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, Fernandes joined

FC Porto Futebol Clube do Porto, Order of Prince Henry, MHIH, Order of Merit (Portugal), OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional association footbal ...

's academy aged 11. On 18 January 2022, his 16th birthday, he signed his first professional contract. Fernandes made his senior debut with the B team on 7 August 2022, starting a 1–0

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home loss against

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, and at 16 years and six months became their youngest ever debutant in the division, breaking

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's record by four months. On 28 September 2023, he was named Porto's Young Athlete of the Year and, the following month, was included in ''

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's: Next Generation 2023'' list of outstanding talents. On 20 October 2023, Fernandes played his first competitive match with the main squad, as a 73rd-minute replacement for João Mário in the 2–0 away win over GD Vilar de Perdizes in the

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of the

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. He scored his first professional goal on 17 March 2024, helping Porto's reserves to a 1–1 draw at

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. With starting right-back João Mário injured, Fernandes was surprisingly picked by manager

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for an important match against

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on 29 April 2024; in the 40th minute of his

bow, he made a long run forward and assisted Pepê for Porto's second goal, but the hosts eventually conceded a 2–2 draw. He went on to start the remaining three league matches of the season, being a used substitute in the Portuguese Cup final, a 2–1 victory over the same opposition.

International career

Fernandes was part of the Portugal under-17 squad at the 2019 UEFA European Championship. He then represented the under-19s in the 2023 European Championship, where they finished runners-up; in the final against

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, he had a second-half chance to equalise

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's winner, but Davide Mastrantonio saved it to keep the score at 1–0.

Career statistics

Honours

Porto *

: 2023–24 *

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References

External links

Porto official profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fernandes, Martim 2006 births Living people People from Valongo 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Porto District Men's association football fullbacks Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players FC Porto B players FC Porto players Portugal men's youth international footballers