Biography
Mario Fernandez - a record transfer hero in the history of CSKA. The attachment paid off with interest: the player's game in the club turned out to be so effective that after receiving Russian citizenship he was invited to the Russian national team. Here he received the role of the right defender. Today, Fernandez seriously considers the opportunity to stay in the Russian Federation, when the sports career completes, especially since he speaks Russian well and managed to study the cultural characteristics of the country.Childhood and youth
Mario was born on September 19, 1990 in the city of San Caethan Du Sul (São Paulo). He is the 2nd of 4 children in the family of a futsal coach - there is an elder Deborah sister, working nurse, younger Talit, a personal athlete manager in Brazil, and Brother Jonatas.
The father's profession predetermined the sports biography of the boy. At the age of 6, he began to engage in football under the leadership of the parent and quickly achieved success. The celebrity notes that his father treated him objectively - and praised, and criticized only in the case. Soon brother joined the training.
Fernandez Jr. in 2014 was viewed in CSKA, and this is the rarest case for the club so that he listened to players, feding friends or relatives. Such a credibility, according to the same time, the head coach of Leonid Slutsky, was honored except Wagner Love.
The Gaming Conditions of the Justakas "Army People" were not satisfied, and the striker returned to his homeland. According to some sports sites, he played for the youth train "Corinthians" and an adult "San Caetano". Then the player completed his career due to poor health and now trains children and promotes its own mini-football project.
Mario first played on the position of the attacking midfielder and, as he admits, was a fan of Kaka, even tried to imitate his game. But later, the young man was transferred to the Defense Center. In this position, he began to play in youth teams. The speed and skills of the ball of the ball in 2006 attracted the attention of the representatives of the "San Caetano club" club, which then experienced a decline after a deafening triumph in the early 2000s. Successfully speaking for the once famous team, Fernandez received an offer from Gremio agents.
"Gremio"
In 2009, Fernandez signed a 5-year contract with FC Gremio. The transfer of the player costs to buyers in $ 1 million. Debut as a defender of the club took place after 3 months in the match against the "Sport Refsi". And after another 2 months, the football player played for the first time for the team in the Brazil championship, the match with "Botafogo" ended with a draw.In the first season, Mario participated in 19 games. After he received a red card in one of the meetings, he was transferred from the center to the flank flank. Nevertheless, the football player attracted the interest of world-famous clubs: "Real", "Barcelona" and "Manchester City".
In December 2011, the transfers offer came from CSKA. "Gremio" requested € 20 million. Negotiations were postponed, but resumed in the spring of 2012. Mario by that time was injured and transferred surgery, so the "army team" risked, buying a player with a foggy perspective. The market mechanisms helped.
Fernandez belonged to 50% of the club and another 50% - the American investment fund, which bought it from San Caetano. Bankers, who wanted to earn money, simply pressed on the owners of Gremio, and the amount of the contract amounted to € 15 million. Even a personal footballer agent agreed to a share of 8% instead of the generally accepted 10%. On May 4, 2012, representatives of the Russian Capital Club announced that a contract was signed with an athlete, designed for 5 years.
CSKA
Soon after moving to Moscow, the Brazilian footballer debuted in friendly matches with the Moscow Torpedo and Khimki, in both games scoring on the ball. As part of the championship, he first played for the "army" in a meeting with Rostov. In season 2012/2013, Fernandez went to the field in 28 matches.
The first year on Russian football fields was extremely traumatic for the Legioneer. Because of the broken in the duel with the "Tyumen" of the nose for some time Mario was forced to play mask. In other matches, he received damage to the ankle and injury of the head. And in the finals of the championship game with Kubanu, Fernandez had the most serious injury: doctors diagnosed the supervision of the medial bundle and damage to the rear horns of Meniska. CSKA won the championship, but the football player due to illness and rehabilitation could not join the celebration.
Go back to the game Legionnaire was able only to the 2nd half of the next season. In the same period, he scored the first goal for CSKA (a meeting with Saratov "Sokol" in the framework of the 1/8 finals of the Russian Cup). In the summer of 2017, a contract was extended with a defender until 2022.
Upon completion of Mundial-2018, interest in the athlete flashed with a new force. The cost of Fernandez rose to € 20 million, and CSKA did not agree to begin negotiations if the contract indicated a smaller amount. Two "Manchester" - "United" and "City", "Valencia" and "Inter", "Bavaria", "Chelsea" and "Napoli" were launched to the defender. But the Footballer agent said that Mario remains at the "red-blue".
March 2020 was marked for a new professional achievement player: he was recognized by the author of the best goal of the Russian Premier League (RPL).
RPL matches are broadcast in the homeland of a football player. Brazilian Channel Comment Band Fabio Piperno spoke about Mario's achievements. In his opinion, if Fernandez arrived at the Brazilian national team, it would be its main player.
In December 2020, Mario extended the contract with CSKA until 2024. According to the athlete, he wants the Army Club to become the last in his professional career. The salary of the player remained the same: according to media information, for the year the footballer receives € 2.2 million.
National team
Mario Fernandez was not involved in the Games for the Brazilian national team, despite the fact that he was invited twice. The first challenge took place before the transition to CSKA. In 2011, the footballer had to take part in the Rock Cup match between Brazil and Argentina, but he spent the whole game on the bench. There was no more chance for the national team at that time not introduced: he was late for a flight flying to the next game.The press wrote that Mario then "hung" in a nightclub and went through with alcohol. The athlete himself argued: the problem of the problem in his personal life. And only after a friend in a friendly conversation with compatriot Fabio, and Silva confessed that journalists, in general, were not mistaken.
In 2014, the defender participated in a friendly match between the national teams of Brazil and Japan. But since such games are not considered official, Fernandez had the opportunity to gain peace for any of the national teams than he used.
In 2016, the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin Mario was given citizenship of Russia, which made it possible to claim a place in the national team. The family approved such a step, but not everyone was appreciated in Brazil. Negative to the naturalization of foreign players, and not only Fernandez include Pavel Pogrebnyak and Roman Pavlyuchenko. The latter believes that only born and grew in the country should play in the national team.
The debut of Fernandez in the national team in a T-shirt at number 2 took place on October 7, 2017: on the 64th minute, a friendly match with the team of South Korea, the defender was replaced by Alexander Samedov. As Mario dreamed, he fell into the Russian national team for the World Cup 2018. The athlete promised to the first match the athlete to learn Russian anthem.
Throughout the group stage, there were no complaints about the Fernandez game. Russia for the first time in many years came out in the 1/8 finals, where he met with Titled Spain. It was a difficult match, which will remain in memory of the fans for a long time. The defensive tactics of Stanislav Cherchesov did not fail. Mario tightly stood on the guard of the penalty area of the Russian gate.
Everything decided in a series of penalty, in which Igor Akinfeev became a real hero of the country: Goalkeeper reflected 2 strikes from 5. Russia for the first time in history came out in the 1/4 finals. The fans of Russians were looking forward to the match with Croats. Denis Cryshev brought the Russians forward to the nine, the opponents responded 2 goals, and only the blow of Fernandez's head in the gate of Croatia brought Russians to the post-catching penalty, where Croatia turned out to be more accurate.
Unfortunately, the defender did not score his penalty, sending the ball past the gate. According to the football player, he asked for forgiveness from colleagues in the locker room, but could not change the result. Despite the loss and annoying mistake, experts and fans recognized Mario with the most useful and performing the tremendous scope of work by the national team.
In March 2021, Mario was summoned to the Russian national team on the matches of the qualifying stage of the World Championship - 2022.
In May, the football player was approved in the composition of the national team at Euro 2020, transferred to June 2021 due to a coronavirus infection pandemic.
Personal life
In 2009, few people represented that Fernandez would move to another continent. After signing the contract with "Gremio" and moving to another city, he disappeared. Found on the 4th day in Sao Paulo, in the house of the uncle. As Mario explained, he first turned out to be far from his parents and experienced a strong melancholy in the house. Subsequently, the young player was examined for psychologists, and the closest moved to Porto Alegre to be near. My father left the family before, but the relatives do not like to speak about it.
Fernandez is considered a sweet tooth. With an increase in 187 cm, its ideal weight is 81 kg, but changes depending on the diet. Representatives of "Gremio" obliged him to eat on the basis, as he was not accustomed to cook, fond of fast food and chocolates and began to lose the form.
Mario considers himself irregular. His former girl Sarah Beltram, which a football player in an interview called his wife, did not want to move to Russia. According to the ex-sports director of CSKA Anton Evmenov, the player became his father, when he also advocated "Gremio" - a child gave birth to a previous one. "Army team" worried about how to parting with her and the story with the plane will affect the mood and return of the defender on the field. But he kept confidently and, most importantly, Lyonid Slutvsky liked.
In 2019, Mario met the girl Mariaun Schot de Freutash. They met in the summer. Mariana accompanies the celebrity on all football matches and morally supports the game. On December 19, 2020, the football player married his beloved.
Most of the whole family is glad how the second birthplace has changed the athlete: it is not completely dangerous to alcohol, he became calm and peaceful. The nationality of Brazilian, prefers Gospel Christianity, and he came to the church already in the Russian Federation.
Upon completion of the career, Mario is not against staying in the Russian Federation. "Why not, the meal in Russia is super," the football player said in an interview. Spouses Fernandez decided that Maryan also worth gaining citizenship of the Russian Federation.
Previously, Mario actively led an "instagram", where he laid out the photos made both in training and outside the football field. However, he then removed the account. Now fans have to be content with news from the Internet and official sources.
Mario Fernandez now
Now, according to the portal transferMark.Ru, the cost of the football player is € 16 million.In the season 2020/2021, Mario took part in the Games of the RPL, the UEFA Cup and Europa League and put the team of 2 goals in the piggy bank.
On June 16, 2021, during a group match with the Finnish team at Euro 2020, as a result of the riding struggle for the ball, Fernandeles failed to the back. The athlete field left on a stretcher. After the examination, the preliminary diagnosis is the injury of the thoracic spine, as well as the brain concirmed, and after 5 days Fernandez returned to the general group.
Philip Kirkorov, who visited the training session of the Russian national team, was confused by Magomed Ozdoeva with Fernandez, in response to Ozdoev called Kirkorov Nikolai Baskov.
Achievements and awards
As part of "Gremio"
- Roca Cup holder
- Brazil silver ball holder
As part of CSKA
- Three-time champion of Russia
- Three-time silver winner of the Russian Championship
- Three-time owner of the Super Cup of Russia
- Winner of the Russian Cup
Personal achievements
- 2010 - Member of the Symbolic Championship of the Riu Grandi Do Sul Championship
- 2011 - owner of the Silver Ball of Brazil
- 2018 - Honor of the President of the Russian Federation for a great contribution to the development of domestic football and high sports achievements
- 2018/2019 - the best player of the season according to the fans of CSKA
- 2020 - Football Gentleman of the Year in Russia