Rommel Fernández
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rommel Fernández Gutiérrez | ||
| Date of birth | 15 January 1966 | ||
| Place of birth | El Chorrillo, Panama | ||
| Date of death | 6 May 1993 (aged 27) | ||
| Place of death | Albacete, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Plaza Amador | |||
| Atlético Panamá | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1987 | Alianza | ||
| 1987–1991 | Tenerife | 123 | (47) |
| 1991–1993 | Valencia | 21 | (2) |
| 1992–1993 | → Albacete (loan) | 18 | (7) |
| National team | |||
| 1986–1992 | Panama | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Rommel Fernández Gutiérrez (15 January 1966 – 6 May 1993) was a Panamanian footballer who played as a striker.
The second Panamanian to play in Europe, he spent almost his entire professional career in Spain, amassing La Liga totals of 104 games and 32 goals – 162/56 both major levels combined – in representation of four different teams. In 1993 he died in a car accident, at the age of just 27.
Fernández was born in the Panama City neighborhood of El Chorrillo. In 1987 the 21-year-old signed for CD Tenerife in Spain from Alianza, scoring a career-best 18 goals in his second season as the Canary Islands side promoted to La Liga for the second time in its history; in the following years he also netted in double digits as the club retained its top division status – in the 1989–90 campaign he was named Best South American Player in the Spanish League and, the following year, was voted best Ibero-American player in the competition by news agency EFE, receiving the Trofeo EFE.
Nicknamed The Panzer, Fernández moved to Valencia CF in 1991, but was used mostly as a backup in his only season, scoring just two goals. Subsequently he joined Albacete Balompié on loan, helping the Castile-La Mancha team retain its first division status in its second season ever and scoring his 50th league goal in the process, against former club Tenerife.
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