Jorge Luis Fernández Pérez (born 8 March 1959), known as Tubo Fernández, is an Argentine retired

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who played as a

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, and later worked as a coach. He played in the

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for Vélez Sarsfield and

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, before moving to Spain in 1989. He played for a number of Spanish clubs, including making 23

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appearances for

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during the 1992–93 season.

Club career

Fernández was born in the Argentine capital

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, and began his career with local side

Deportivo Español Club Social, Deportivo y Cultural Español de la República Argentina (commonly referred to as Deportivo Español) is an Argentine sports club from the Parque Avellaneda district of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, wh ...

in 1978. Español won the

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title in 1979, and Fernández stayed until joining Primera División side Vélez Sarsfield, under legendary coach

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, in 1984. He also had loan spells with

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and

before signing for Banfield in 1989. Later in 1989, Fernández made the move to Spain, joining

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. He helped Albacete win their 1989–90 Segunda División B group, before moving on to join

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in 1990. Murcia qualified for the Segunda División promotion playoff in his first season, but were defeated 5–2 on aggregate by

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. Fernández signed for second tier rivals

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in 1991, playing every game during his only season with the club. Unusually for a goalkeeper, he took penalties during his time at Lleida, and scored from the spot five times, including a brace in a 4–1 home win over

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at Camp d'Esports on 19 April 1992. That summer, he took the step up to

with newly promoted

, and was first choice for most of the season as they suffered immediate relegation. He lost his starting place to Yosu during 1993–94, as Cádiz endured a second consecutive relegation. Fernández had an agreement in place to join

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that summer, but the deal fell through as he was contracted

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. Instead, finished off his career in the fourth and fifth tiers with one season each at

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, Cartagonova and Olímpico de Totana. He retired in 1997 at the age of 38.

International career

During 1979, Fernández played for the Argentine national under-20 team, coming under the management of

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winning head coach

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. He was teammates with many future stars of the

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, including

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and Juan Simón.

Coaching career

After his retirement, Fernández worked as a goalkeeping coach in Spain. He returned to his first Spanish club,

, in 1998, and was their goalkeeping coach until 2001, when he moved to

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. After two seasons with Ciudad, he joined

as goalkeeping coach, staying until 2006. He made a brief return to coaching in 2009 with Atlético Ciudad, which had replaced Ciudad de Murcia after the latter's relocation to

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in 2007.

Honours

Deportivo Español *

: 1979 Albacete Balompié *

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: 1989–90 UE Lleida *

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runners-up: 1991–92 Águilas *

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runners-up: 1994–95 Cartagonova * Preferente Autonómica de la Región de Murcia runners-up: 1995–96

Career statistics

:1. Appearances in the 1990–91 Segunda División promotion playoff

References

External links

*
Ficha Tubo Fernández
at cadistas1910.com *

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