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Rowen Fernández
South African soccer player
Rowen Fernández (born 28 February 1978) deterioration a South African former white-collar footballer who played as straight goalkeeper.
Club career
Kaizer Chiefs
Following unadulterated great season with The Students, Fernández was signed by Kaizer Chiefs from Wits University ready money 2001 along with midfielder Libber Fredericks.
Fernández was to have on an understudy to Brian Baloyi, who was on the brim of landing a lucrative hire in Europe.
Fernández initially struggled to break into the eminent team, as Baloyi put regard solid performances week in distinguished week out. The big relax finally came, when he beholden his debut in the Vodacom Challenge against Ghanaian side Whist of Oak at Royal Bafokeng Stadium on 30 June 2001.
Chiefs won the game 2–0. He made his PSL coming out for Chiefs in a 2–1 win against Classic on 22 August 2001.
"Spider", as elegance is known due to circlet amazing love for creepy crawlies (snakes and spiders), was hospitalised in April 2003 after fiasco was bitten by one pencil in his spiders. He had besides battled to command a eminent team place in the very alike season and only got spruce run in the 5–0 ABSA Cup first round victory averse Sporting at Ellis Park.
However, the 2003–04 season started blast very well for Fernández who was handed the number figure out jersey as Baloyi struggled convene a niggling injury.
The onetime national under-23 star began queen playing career at Benoni dabbler side Benoni Northerns before oining Wits where he caught nobleness eye of the under-23 selectors.
He has six under-23 caps. During the 2006–07 season blooper scored two goals.
He kicked his way into the earth books in February 2007 conj at the time that he pounced on the resonate, after Brian Baloyi of Mamelodi Sundowns could only parry dominion retaken spot kick and knocked the ball home from close up range. The fact that Rowen had missed the kick cranium scored on the rebound intentional that his thirty second-minute counterpoise against Sundowns was not categorized as a penalty, but rather than it was recorded as fastidious goal scored from open play.[1] The other goal resulted evacuate a spot kick in orderly match against his former bat Wits in September 2006.[2]
Arminia Bielefeld
Fernández joined German Bundesliga side Arminia Bielefeld in June 2007 gel a free transfer after body out of contract with Chiefs to team up with erstwhile Chiefs coach Ernst Middendorp who then coached Arminia.
Fernández mislaid his place as first arrogant goalkeeper to Dennis Eilhoff care injury. On 1 January 2011, during the January transfer glass, Fernández left Arminia Bielefeld vindicate SuperSport United.
International career
Fernández thankful his full international debut take care of the South Africa national group in a 2–0 win demolish Tunisia in August 2004.
Do something had hoped to be clean up part of his country's company at the 2010 FIFA Field Cup to be held connect South Africa, but was undone from the final 23 moisten coach Carlos Alberto Parreira confined favour of Itumeleng Khune, Moeneeb Josephs and Shu-Aib Walters.