Álvaro Fernández — Profile, Stats, Transfers

Career snapshot

13

clubs played for

06/07

debut season

0.11

goals / match

Club Plaza Colonia

top club · 119 apps

Position rank · 2023

#382

goals rank

#498

assists rank

52

season goals

31

season assists

Among 573 Midfield - Central Midfields · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€1.50m

peak value · 2012

—

top transfer fee

9

best season · 2011

12 / 0

int'l caps / goals

Born the same day

Bram van Polen

Defender - Right-Back · Retired

Adem Güven

Attack - Centre-Forward · Retired

Carl Tremarco

Defender - Left-Back · Retired

Cheng Yang

Goalkeeper · Retired

Shares 1985-10-11 · 6 players total

484Appearances

52Goals

31Assists

78Yellow cards

1Red cards

165Full matches (90′)

Full name	Álvaro Fernández
Name in home country	Álvaro Fernández Gay
Date of birth	1985-10-11 (40 yrs)
Place of birth	Agraciada, Uruguay
Citizenship	Uruguay
Position	Midfield - Central Midfield (main: Midfield)
Foot	right
Height	186.00 m
Current club	Retired
Joined	2024-01-01
Contract expires	—

Jan 2024

Transfer: Plaza Colonia → Retired

23/24 · Transfer

Jul 2023

2023 — Club Plaza Colonia

12 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Mar 2023

Injury: unknown

1 games missed

Jul 2022

2022 — Club Plaza Colonia

32 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 6 competitions

Jul 2021

2021 — Club Plaza Colonia

26 matches · 2 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions

Jun 2021

Injury: unknown

3 games missed

Jul 2020

2020 — Club Plaza Colonia

33 matches · 6 G · 5 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2019

Transfer: Rampla Jrs → Plaza Colonia

19/20 · Transfer

Jul 2019

2019 — Rampla Juniors FC, Club Plaza Colonia, Club Atlético San Martín (Tucumán)

36 matches · 2 G · 3 A · across 4 competitions

May 2019

Injury: unknown

1 games missed

Jan 2019

Transfer: San Martín (T) → Rampla Jrs

18/19 · Transfer

Jul 2018

Transfer: San Martín (SJ) → San Martín (T)

18/19 · Transfer

Jul 2018

2018 — Club Atlético San Martín (Tucumán), CA San Martín (San Juan)

25 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2017

Transfer: Seattle → San Martín (SJ)

17/18 · Transfer

Jul 2017

2017 — Seattle Sounders FC

11 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2016

Transfer: Gimnasia → Seattle

16/17 · Transfer

Jul 2016

2016 — Seattle Sounders FC, Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata

16 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2015

2015 — Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata

44 matches · 3 G · 5 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2014

14/15 — Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata

0 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2014

2014 — Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, Club Nacional

29 matches · 3 G · 3 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2014

Transfer: Chicago → Gimnasia

14/15 · Transfer

Jun 2014

Transfer: Gimnasia → Chicago

13/14 · Return from loan

Jan 2014

Transfer: Chicago → Gimnasia

13/14 · Loan

Dec 2013

Transfer: Nacional → Chicago

13/14 · Return from loan

Jul 2013

Transfer: Chicago → Nacional

13/14 · Loan

Jun 2013

Transfer: Al-Rayyan → Chicago

12/13 · Return from loan

Jan 2013

Transfer: Chicago → Al-Rayyan

12/13 · Loan

Jul 2012

Transfer: Seattle → Chicago

12/13 · Transfer

Jul 2012

12/13 — Al-Rayyan SC

10 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2012

2012 — Chicago Fire, Seattle Sounders FC

30 matches · 4 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2011

11/12 — Seattle Sounders FC

8 matches · 3 G · 3 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2011

2011 — Seattle Sounders FC

34 matches · 9 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2010

10/11 — Seattle Sounders FC

7 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2010

2010 — Club Universidad de Chile, Seattle Sounders FC

24 matches · 3 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2010

Transfer: Vitória Setúbal → Seattle

10/11 · Transfer

Jun 2010

Transfer: U. de Chile → Vitória Setúbal

09/10 · Return from loan

Jan 2010

Transfer: Vitória Setúbal → U. de Chile

09/10 · Loan

Aug 2009

Transfer: Nacional → Vitória Setúbal

09/10 · Transfer

Jul 2009

09/10 — Vitória Setúbal FC, Club Universidad de Chile

21 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2009

2009 — Club Nacional

25 matches · 8 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Jan 2009

Transfer: Puebla FC → Nacional

08/09 · Transfer

Jul 2008

08/09 — Club Nacional, Puebla FC

13 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2008

2008 — Montevideo Wanderers

32 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jun 2008

Transfer: Wanderers → Puebla FC

07/08 · Transfer

Jul 2007

2007 — Montevideo Wanderers

11 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jan 2007

Transfer: CA Atenas → Wanderers

06/07 · Transfer

Jul 2006

Transfer: Uruguay FC → CA Atenas

06/07 · Return from loan

Jul 2006

06/07 — Montevideo Wanderers

5 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Mar 2006

Transfer: CA Atenas → Uruguay FC

05/06 · Loan

Jan 1970

Peak market value: €1.50m

Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 400 other Midfield - Central Midfields with ≥500 minutes in 2023. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals1 total · 0.23/90

60

Assists0 total · 0.00/90

0

G+A1 total · 0.23/90

34

Yellow cards5 total · 1.13/90

7

Minutes played by club

Club Plaza Colonia 14.6%

Club Atlético San Martín (Tucumán) 0.0%

Rampla Juniors FC 8.1%

CA San Martín (San Juan) 7.3%

Seattle Sounders FC 14.1%

Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata 19.8%

Club Nacional 13.2%

Chicago Fire 3.2%

Club Universidad de Chile 7.7%

Montevideo Wanderers 12.0%

Al-Rayyan SC 0.0%

Vitória Setúbal FC 0.0%

Puebla FC 0.0%

Club	Seasons	First	Last	Matches	Goals	Assists	Minutes
Club Plaza Colonia	5	2019	2023	119	10	8	2,172
Club Atlético San Martín (Tucumán)	2	2018	2019	6	0	0	0
Rampla Juniors FC	1	2019	2019	14	1	2	1,199
CA San Martín (San Juan)	1	2018	2018	25	2	1	1,079
Seattle Sounders FC	7	10/11	2017	105	18	8	2,091
Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata	4	14/15	2016	62	5	5	2,946
Club Nacional	3	08/09	2014	40	9	3	1,968
Chicago Fire	1	2012	2012	14	2	1	472
Club Universidad de Chile	2	09/10	2010	19	2	2	1,145
Montevideo Wanderers	3	06/07	2008	48	3	0	1,783
Al-Rayyan SC	1	12/13	12/13	10	0	1	0
Vitória Setúbal FC	1	09/10	09/10	10	0	0	0
Puebla FC	1	08/09	08/09	12	0	0	0

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

Goals by season

Assists by season

Season	Competition	Club	Matches	Goals	Assists	YC	RC	Minutes
2023	Liga AUF Apertura	Club Plaza Colonia	7	1	0	5	0	397
2023	Liga AUF Clausura	Club Plaza Colonia	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023	Liga AUF Intermedio	Club Plaza Colonia	5	0	0	0	0	0
2022	Copa AUF Uruguay	Club Plaza Colonia	1	0	0	0	0	0
2022	Libertadores	Club Plaza Colonia	2	0	0	1	0	0
2022	Liga AUF Apertura	Club Plaza Colonia	12	0	0	5	0	0
2022	Liga AUF Clausura	Club Plaza Colonia	10	0	0	4	0	0
2022	Liga AUF Intermedio	Club Plaza Colonia	6	0	0	2	0	0
2022	Supercopa	Club Plaza Colonia	1	0	0	1	0	0
2021	Liga AUF Apertura	Club Plaza Colonia	11	2	2	3	0	395
2021	Liga AUF Clausura	Club Plaza Colonia	14	0	0	5	0	0
2021	Playoffs Liga AUF	Club Plaza Colonia	1	0	0	0	0	0
2020	Copa Sudamericana	Club Plaza Colonia	2	0	0	0	0	0
2020	Liga AUF Apertura	Club Plaza Colonia	13	5	3	2	0	182
2020	Liga AUF Clausura	Club Plaza Colonia	11	0	1	2	0	0
2020	Liga AUF Intermedio	Club Plaza Colonia	7	1	1	0	0	492
2019	Liga AUF Apertura	Rampla Juniors FC	14	1	2	2	0	1,199
2019	Liga AUF Clausura	Club Plaza Colonia	11	1	0	3	0	706
2019	Liga AUF Intermedio	Club Plaza Colonia	5	0	1	0	0	0
2019	Superliga	Club Atlético San Martín (Tucumán)	6	0	0	2	0	0
2018	Copa Argentina	Club Atlético San Martín (Tucumán)	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018	Superliga	CA San Martín (San Juan)	25	2	1	7	0	1,079
2017	MLS	Seattle Sounders FC	10	0	0	1	0	0
2017	US Open Cup	Seattle Sounders FC	1	0	0	0	0	0
2016	MLS	Seattle Sounders FC	10	1	1	0	0	530
2016	MLS Cup Playoffs	Seattle Sounders FC	3	0	0	0	0	0
2016	Primera División	Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata	3	0	0	0	0	0
2015	Copa Argentina	Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata	2	0	0	0	0	0
2015	Primera División	Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata	25	2	3	2	0	988
2015	Transición	Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata	17	1	2	3	0	1,449
2014	Copa Argentina	Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata	1	0	0	0	0	0
2014	Copa Sudamericana	Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata	2	0	0	0	0	0
2014	Final	Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata	12	2	0	1	0	509
2014	Liga AUF Apertura	Club Nacional	14	1	3	2	0	1,103
2012	MLS	Chicago Fire	13	2	1	0	0	472
2012	MLS	Seattle Sounders FC	14	2	1	1	1	461
2012	MLS Cup Playoffs	Chicago Fire	1	0	0	0	0	0
2012	US Open Cup	Seattle Sounders FC	2	0	0	0	0	0
2011	MLS	Seattle Sounders FC	29	9	0	3	0	206
2011	MLS Cup Playoffs	Seattle Sounders FC	2	0	0	0	0	0
2011	US Open Cup	Seattle Sounders FC	3	0	2	0	0	0
2010	Libertadores	Club Universidad de Chile	8	1	0	0	0	415
2010	MLS	Seattle Sounders FC	12	2	0	0	0	238
2010	MLS Cup Playoffs	Seattle Sounders FC	2	0	0	0	0	0
2010	US Open Cup	Seattle Sounders FC	2	0	0	0	0	0
2009	Libertadores	Club Nacional	9	2	0	2	0	305
2009	Liga AUF Apertura	Club Nacional	1	1	0	1	0	90
2009	Liga AUF Clausura	Club Nacional	9	3	0	0	0	250
2009	Playoffs Liga AUF	Club Nacional	6	2	0	1	0	220
2008	Libertadores	Montevideo Wanderers	2	0	0	0	0	0
2008	Liga AUF Apertura	Montevideo Wanderers	15	0	0	0	0	0
2008	Liga AUF Clausura	Montevideo Wanderers	15	1	0	4	0	1,327
2007	Liga AUF Clausura	Montevideo Wanderers	11	2	0	0	0	456
14/15	Liguilla Pre-Sudamericana (-14/15)	Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata	0	0	0	0	0	0
12/13	AFC Champions League	Al-Rayyan SC	5	0	1	2	0	0
12/13	Stars League	Al-Rayyan SC	5	0	0	1	0	0
11/12	CONCACAF CL	Seattle Sounders FC	8	3	3	2	0	219
10/11	CONCACAF CL	Seattle Sounders FC	7	1	1	2	0	437
09/10	Liga Sagres	Vitória Setúbal FC	9	0	0	2	0	0
09/10	Taça de Portugal	Vitória Setúbal FC	1	0	0	0	0	0
09/10	Torneo Apertura	Club Universidad de Chile	11	1	2	2	0	730
08/09	Liguilla Pre-Libertadores	Club Nacional	1	0	0	0	0	0
08/09	Primera Apertura	Puebla FC	12	0	0	1	0	0
06/07	Liguilla Pre-Libertadores	Montevideo Wanderers	5	0	0	1	0	0

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Market value	Fee
05/06	2006-03-01	CA Atenas	Uruguay FC	Loan	0	—
06/07	2006-07-31	Uruguay FC	CA Atenas	Return from loan	0	—
06/07	2007-01-25	CA Atenas	Wanderers	Transfer	0	—
07/08	2008-06-05	Wanderers	Puebla FC	Transfer	0	—
08/09	2009-01-07	Puebla FC	Nacional	Transfer	500000	—
09/10	2009-08-01	Nacional	Vitória Setúbal	Transfer	500000	—
09/10	2010-01-01	Vitória Setúbal	U. de Chile	Loan	500000	—
09/10	2010-06-30	U. de Chile	Vitória Setúbal	Return from loan	625000	—
10/11	2010-07-01	Vitória Setúbal	Seattle	Transfer	625000	—
12/13	2012-07-27	Seattle	Chicago	Transfer	1500000	—
12/13	2013-01-15	Chicago	Al-Rayyan	Loan	1500000	—
12/13	2013-06-30	Al-Rayyan	Chicago	Return from loan	1500000	—
13/14	2013-07-01	Chicago	Nacional	Loan	1500000	—
13/14	2013-12-31	Nacional	Chicago	Return from loan	1500000	—
13/14	2014-01-22	Chicago	Gimnasia	Loan	1500000	—
13/14	2014-06-30	Gimnasia	Chicago	Return from loan	1500000	—
14/15	2014-07-01	Chicago	Gimnasia	Transfer	1500000	—
16/17	2016-07-28	Gimnasia	Seattle	Transfer	900000	—
17/18	2017-07-29	Seattle	San Martín (SJ)	Transfer	600000	—
18/19	2018-07-02	San Martín (SJ)	San Martín (T)	Transfer	400000	—
18/19	2019-01-15	San Martín (T)	Rampla Jrs	Transfer	150000	—
19/20	2019-07-04	Rampla Jrs	Plaza Colonia	Transfer	100000	—
23/24	2024-01-01	Plaza Colonia	Retired	Transfer	25000	—

Season	Injury	From	To	Days missed	Games missed
18/19	Knock	2019-05-27	2019-06-05	10	1
20/21	Muscle injury	2021-06-18	2021-07-08	21	3
22/23	influenza	2023-03-23	2023-03-29	7	1

Current—

Peak€1.50m

Low—

Δ since start−€500k

Date	Value
Jan 1, 1970	—
Jan 1, 1970	€25k
Jan 1, 1970	€25k
Jan 1, 1970	€25k
Jan 1, 1970	€50k
Jan 1, 1970	€50k
Jan 1, 1970	€75k
Jan 1, 1970	€50k
Jan 1, 1970	€75k
Jan 1, 1970	€100k
Jan 1, 1970	€400k
Jan 1, 1970	€150k
Jan 1, 1970	€500k
Jan 1, 1970	€600k
Jan 1, 1970	€900k
Jan 1, 1970	€750k
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€900k
Jan 1, 1970	€1.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€525k
Jan 1, 1970	€850k
Jan 1, 1970	€575k
Jan 1, 1970	€625k
Jan 1, 1970	€500k

Team	Shirt	Matches	Goals	Debut	Age at debut	Status
Team #3449	—	12	0	—	—	former national player

Teammate	PPG played with	Joint goals
Yvo Calleros	1	0
Leandro Suhr	1	2
Nicolás Dibble	1	2
Haibrany Ruíz Díaz	1	0
Fredy Montero	2	6
Facundo Kidd	1	0
Nicolás Guirín	1	0
Ezequías Redín	1	0
Mario Risso	1	1
Nacho Fernández	2	2
Ramiro Quintana	1	2
Juan Álvez	2	0
Maximiliano Meza	2	1
Nicolás Lodeiro	2	3

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

Season	Competition	Club	Goals	Matches
2011	MLS	Seattle Sounders FC	9	29
2020	Liga AUF Apertura	Club Plaza Colonia	5	13
2012	MLS	Seattle Sounders FC	4	27

Top assist seasons

Season	Competition	Club	Assists	Matches
11/12	CONCACAF CL	Seattle Sounders FC	3	8
2015	Primera División	Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata	3	25
2014	Liga AUF Apertura	Club Nacional	3	14

Every loan spell across this player's career.

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Fee	Value at transfer
13/14	2014-06-30	Gimnasia	Chicago	Return from loan	—	€1.50m
13/14	2014-01-22	Chicago	Gimnasia	Loan	—	€1.50m
13/14	2013-12-31	Nacional	Chicago	Return from loan	—	€1.50m
13/14	2013-07-01	Chicago	Nacional	Loan	—	€1.50m
12/13	2013-06-30	Al-Rayyan	Chicago	Return from loan	—	€1.50m
12/13	2013-01-15	Chicago	Al-Rayyan	Loan	—	€1.50m
09/10	2010-06-30	U. de Chile	Vitória Setúbal	Return from loan	—	€625k
09/10	2010-01-01	Vitória Setúbal	U. de Chile	Loan	—	€500k
06/07	2006-07-31	Uruguay FC	CA Atenas	Return from loan	—	—
05/06	2006-03-01	CA Atenas	Uruguay FC	Loan	—	—

Teams faced most often by Álvaro Fernández's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

Opponent	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
New England Revolution	8	4	3	1	11	7	+4	50%
D.C. United	7	2	3	2	7	6	+1	29%
Real Salt Lake	7	2	3	2	5	3	+2	29%
Columbus Crew	7	3	3	1	11	8	+3	43%
CD Chivas	6	4	2	0	13	7	+6	67%
New York RB	6	2	3	1	5	4	+1	33%
Seattle Sounders	6	0	3	3	3	6	-3	0%
Los Angeles Galaxy	6	1	1	4	6	10	-4	17%
Toronto FC	6	2	3	1	9	8	+1	33%
Houston Dynamo	6	1	2	3	9	10	-1	17%
San Jose Earthquakes	6	2	2	2	11	9	+2	33%
Colorado Rapids	6	3	3	0	12	8	+4	50%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / Year	Milestone	Date
06/07	Senior debut season
09/10	First senior goal
2021	Goal #50 (career)

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

Season	Matches	Mins	YC	2nd YC	RC	Cards / 90′
2023	12	397	5	0	0	1.13
2022	32	0	13	0	0	0
2021	26	395	8	0	0	1.82
2020	33	674	4	0	0	0.53
2019	36	1,905	7	0	0	0.33
2018	25	1,079	7	0	0	0.58
2017	11	0	1	0	0	0
2015	44	2,437	5	0	0	0.18
2014	29	1,612	3	0	0	0.17
2012	30	933	1	0	1	0.19
2011	34	206	3	0	0	1.31
2009	25	865	4	0	0	0.42
2008	32	1,327	4	0	0	0.27
12/13	10	0	3	1	0	0
11/12	8	219	2	0	0	0.82
10/11	7	437	2	0	0	0.41
09/10	21	730	4	0	0	0.49
08/09	13	0	1	0	0	0
06/07	5	0	1	0	0	0