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Fernando Morientes

Fernando Morientes
Fernando Morientes 2010.jpg
Morientes in 2010
Personal information
Full name Fernando Morientes Sánchez
Date of birth (1976-04-05) 5 April 1976 (age 40)
Place of birth Cáceres, Spain
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Striker
Youth career
Albacete
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1995 Albacete 22 (5)
1995–1997 Zaragoza 66 (28)
1997–2005 Real Madrid 182 (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 420 (143)
National team
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)
Teams managed
2012 Huracán (youth)
2012–2014 Real Madrid (youth)
2015–2016 Fuenlabrada
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Fernando Morientes Sánchez (Spanish pronunciation: [ferˈnando moˈɾjentes ˈsantʃeθ]; born 5 April 1976) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a striker, and a current manager.

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 the course of 15 seasons. He earned 11 major honours with the first club, including three Champions League trophies.

Morientes played 47 times for the Spanish national team, representing the country in two World Cups (totalling five goals) and one European Championship.

Born in Cáceres, Extremadura, Morientes moved to Sonseca, Province of Toledo, at the age of four. He began his professional career at Albacete Balompié, making his La Liga debut on 7 November 1993 as a 75th-minute substitute for Alejandro in a 2–3 loss against CD Tenerife at the Estadio Carlos Belmonte, and he made one more appearance that season, also from the bench.


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