Daniel Fonseca
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daniel Fonseca Garis | ||
| Date of birth | 13 September 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1990 | Nacional | 14 | (3) |
| 1990–1992 | Cagliari | 50 | (17) |
| 1992–1994 | Napoli | 58 | (31) |
| 1994–1997 | Roma | 65 | (20) |
| 1997–2001 | Juventus | 40 | (10) |
| 2001–2002 | River Plate | 0 | (0) |
| 2002 | Nacional | 5 | (2) |
| 2002–2003 | Como | 2 | (0) |
| Total | 234 | (83) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1990–1997 | Uruguay | 30 | (11) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 September 2006. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 April 2007 (UTC) |
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Daniel Fonseca Garis (born 13 September 1969) is an Uruguayan former footballer, now a football agent. As a forward, he notably played for Italy's S.S.C Napoli, A.S. Roma and Juventus.
Fonseca, nicknamed el castor ("the beaver"), started his football career at Nacional, his local team in Uruguay, in 1988. He played 14 games in two years and scored 3 goals.
In 1990, he moved to Cagliari, scoring 17 goals in 50 appearances, playing mostly on the left rather than in his more habitual central position.
In 1992 Napoli signed him and Fonseca managed a more impressive strike rate, scoring 31 goals in two seasons in Naples, including 5 goals against Valencia in the UEFA Cup. His form and performances drew attention from A.S. Roma, who promptly signed him in 1994.
During his time with Napoli, he would occasionally put on the socks of the Uruguay national team, which is a shade lighter in colour than Napoli's socks, saying that they would bring him good luck.
However, his three seasons (from 1994 to 1997) were far from successful. Fonseca usually played as a second striker, supporting the Argentine centre forward Abel Balbo, but, because of the many injuries he suffered, he played discontinuously.
Juventus signed Fonseca in 1997, but he was once again played out of position on the left wing, as he had been at Cagliari and AS Roma. His goalscoring record in Serie A was very good considering he was not always a first choice player with Roma]] and Juventus. Fonseca was always regarded as a "super sub", and scored several important goals coming off the bench. During his time with the Turin club, he won one Serie A title, a Champions League runner-up medal and the Supercoppa Italiana.
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