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Fernando Forestieri

Fernando Forestieri

Attack - Second Striker  at AEL Limassol
Age36
CitizenshipItaly Argentina
Height1.72 m
Footright
BornJanuary 15, 1990
at AEL Limassol 309 days · joined 2025-07-19
👕200+ Apps 100+ Goals 🎯50+ Assists Veteran
Market value €400k
Second Striker Attack

Career snapshot

15
clubs played for
06/07
debut season
0.3
goals / match
Sheffield Wednesday
top club · 134 apps

Career highs

€7.00m
peak value · 2017
€4.12m
top transfer fee · 15/16
26
best season · 21/22
24 / 9
int'l caps / goals
466Appearances
138Goals
73Assists
66Yellow cards
2Red cards
87Full matches (90′)
Full nameFernando Forestieri
Name in home countryFernando Martin Forestieri
Date of birth1990-01-15 (36 yrs)
Place of birthRosario, Italy
CitizenshipItaly Argentina
PositionAttack - Second Striker (main: Attack)
Footright
Height172.00 m
Current clubAEL Limassol
Joined2025-07-19
Contract expires2026-05-31
Jul 2025
Transfer: Without Club → AEL Limassol
25/26 · Transfer
Jul 2025
25/26 — AEL Limassol
2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jan 2025
Transfer: Johor DT → Without Club
24/25 · Transfer
Jul 2024
24/25 — Johor Darul Ta'zim
3 matches · 3 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2023
23/24 — Johor Darul Ta'zim
5 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2022
2022 — Johor Darul Ta'zim
1 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2022
22/23 — Johor Darul Ta'zim
27 matches · 22 G · 12 A · across 3 competitions
Jan 2022
Transfer: Udinese → Johor DT
21/22 · Transfer
Aug 2021
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Jul 2021
21/22 — Johor Darul Ta'zim, Udinese Calcio
42 matches · 26 G · 13 A · across 6 competitions
Jan 2021
Injury: unknown
12 games missed
Dec 2020
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Sep 2020
Transfer: Sheff Wed → Udinese
20/21 · Transfer
Jul 2020
20/21 — Udinese Calcio
21 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2019
19/20 — Sheffield Wednesday
19 matches · 2 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2018
18/19 — Sheffield Wednesday
27 matches · 6 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
Sep 2017
Injury: unknown
34 games missed
Jul 2017
17/18 — Sheffield Wednesday
11 matches · 5 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2016
16/17 — Sheffield Wednesday
38 matches · 12 G · 5 A · across 3 competitions
Aug 2015
Transfer: Watford → Sheff Wed
15/16 · Transfer · €4.12m
Jul 2015
15/16 — Sheffield Wednesday, Watford FC
40 matches · 15 G · 8 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2014
14/15 — Watford FC
26 matches · 5 G · 6 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2013
13/14 — Watford FC
33 matches · 8 G · 7 A · across 3 competitions
Jan 2013
Transfer: Udinese → Watford
12/13 · Transfer
Jan 2013
Transfer: Watford → Udinese
12/13 · Return from loan
Aug 2012
Transfer: Udinese → Watford
12/13 · Loan
Jul 2012
12/13 — Watford FC, Udinese Calcio
32 matches · 8 G · 10 A · across 4 competitions
Jun 2012
Transfer: Bari → Udinese
11/12 · Return from loan
Aug 2011
Transfer: Udinese → Bari
11/12 · Loan
Jul 2011
11/12 — AS Bari, Bari Primavera
31 matches · 2 G · 3 A · across 3 competitions
Jun 2011
Transfer: FC Empoli → Udinese
10/11 · Return from loan
Jan 2011
Transfer: Udinese → FC Empoli
10/11 · Loan
Jul 2010
10/11 — Udinese Calcio, Udinese Primavera, FC Empoli
26 matches · 6 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2010
Transfer: Genoa → Udinese
10/11 · Transfer · €1.50m
Jun 2010
Transfer: Málaga CF → Genoa
09/10 · Return from loan
Jul 2009
09/10 — Málaga CF
20 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2009
Transfer: Genoa → Málaga CF
09/10 · Loan
Jun 2009
Transfer: Vicenza → Genoa
08/09 · Return from loan
Jan 2009
Transfer: Genoa → Vicenza
08/09 · Loan
Dec 2008
Transfer: AC Siena → Genoa
08/09 · Return from loan
Jul 2008
08/09 — AC Siena, Siena Primavera, Vicenza Calcio
23 matches · 5 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2007
07/08 — AC Siena
17 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2007
Transfer: Genoa → AC Siena
07/08 · Loan
Jul 2006
06/07 — Genoa CFC, Genoa U19
22 matches · 8 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2006
Transfer: Genoa U19 → Genoa
06/07 · Transfer
Jul 2005
Transfer: Boca Juniors II → Genoa U19
05/06 · Transfer
Jul 2003
Transfer: Newell's U20 → Boca Juniors II
03/04 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €7.00m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset
7,817 min
Minutes played by club
AEL Limassol 0.0%
Johor Darul Ta'zim 18.2%
Udinese Calcio 9.4%
Sheffield Wednesday 15.0%
Watford FC 11.0%
AS Bari 12.5%
Bari Primavera 0.0%
FC Empoli 6.2%
Udinese Primavera 2.0%
Málaga CF 9.5%
AC Siena 7.6%
Vicenza Calcio 2.8%
Siena Primavera 0.0%
Genoa CFC 0.3%
Genoa U19 5.7%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
AEL Limassol 1 25/26 25/26 2 0 0 0
Johor Darul Ta'zim 5 2022 24/25 72 50 25 1,423
Udinese Calcio 4 10/11 21/22 28 4 2 731
Sheffield Wednesday 5 15/16 19/20 134 40 17 1,171
Watford FC 4 12/13 15/16 92 21 23 856
AS Bari 1 11/12 11/12 30 2 3 974
Bari Primavera 1 11/12 11/12 1 0 0 0
FC Empoli 1 10/11 10/11 19 3 1 482
Udinese Primavera 1 10/11 10/11 6 3 0 153
Málaga CF 1 09/10 09/10 20 1 0 743
AC Siena 2 07/08 08/09 20 1 1 591
Vicenza Calcio 1 08/09 08/09 19 5 0 222
Siena Primavera 1 08/09 08/09 1 0 0 0
Genoa CFC 1 06/07 06/07 3 1 0 27
Genoa U19 1 06/07 06/07 19 7 1 444

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

10€1.8M20€3.5M29€5.3M39€7M06/07 — 8 goals (Genoa U19)06/07 — 1 assists906/0707/08 — 1 goals (AC Siena)07/08 — 1 assists207/0808/09 — 5 goals (Vicenza Calcio)508/0909/10 — 1 goals (Málaga CF)109/1010/11 — 6 goals (FC Empoli)10/11 — 1 assists710/1111/12 — 2 goals (AS Bari)11/12 — 3 assists511/1212/13 — 8 goals (Watford FC)12/13 — 10 assists1812/1313/14 — 8 goals (Watford FC)13/14 — 7 assists1513/1414/15 — 5 goals (Watford FC)14/15 — 6 assists1114/1515/16 — 15 goals (Sheffield Wednesday)15/16 — 8 assists2315/1616/17 — 12 goals (Sheffield Wednesday)16/17 — 5 assists1716/1717/18 — 5 goals (Sheffield Wednesday)17/18 — 1 assists617/1818/19 — 6 goals (Sheffield Wednesday)18/19 — 1 assists718/1919/20 — 2 goals (Sheffield Wednesday)19/20 — 2 assists419/2020/21 — 2 goals (Udinese Calcio)20/21 — 1 assists320/212022 — 1 goals (Johor Darul Ta'zim)1202221/22 — 26 goals (Johor Darul Ta'zim)21/22 — 13 assists3921/2222/23 — 22 goals (Johor Darul Ta'zim)22/23 — 12 assists3422/2323/24 — 1 assists123/2424/25 — 3 goals (Johor Darul Ta'zim)324/2525/2606/07 — €50K07/08 — €750K08/09 — €1.3M09/10 — €1.6M10/11 — €1.6M11/12 — €1M12/13 — €800K13/14 — €1.8M14/15 — €1.8M15/16 — €3M16/17 — €5M17/18 — €7M18/19 — €7M19/20 — €5M20/21 — €1M21/22 — €900K22/23 — €875K23/24 — €800K24/25 — €600K25/26 — €400KGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

06/07: 8806/0707/08: 1107/0808/09: 5508/0909/10: 1109/1010/11: 6610/1111/12: 2211/1212/13: 8812/1313/14: 8813/1414/15: 5514/1515/16: 151515/1616/17: 121216/1717/18: 5517/1818/19: 6618/1919/20: 2219/2020/21: 2220/212022: 11202221/22: 262621/2222/23: 222222/2323/24: 0023/2424/25: 3324/2525/26: 0025/26

Assists by season

06/07: 1106/0707/08: 1107/0808/09: 0008/0909/10: 0009/1010/11: 1110/1111/12: 3311/1212/13: 101012/1313/14: 7713/1414/15: 6614/1515/16: 8815/1616/17: 5516/1717/18: 1117/1818/19: 1118/1919/20: 2219/2020/21: 1120/212022: 00202221/22: 131321/2222/23: 121222/2323/24: 1123/2424/25: 0024/2525/26: 0025/26
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
25/26 Cyprus League AEL Limassol 2 0 0 1 0 0
24/25 Malaysia FA Cup Johor Darul Ta'zim 1 1 0 0 0 63
24/25 Super League Johor Darul Ta'zim 2 2 0 0 0 56
23/24 AFC Champions League Johor Darul Ta'zim 5 0 1 0 0 0
22/23 Malaysia FA Cup Johor Darul Ta'zim 3 1 3 0 0 231
22/23 Piala Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim 4 2 0 1 0 140
22/23 Super League Johor Darul Ta'zim 20 19 9 2 0 79
21/22 AFC Champions League Johor Darul Ta'zim 6 1 1 1 0 481
21/22 Italy Cup Udinese Calcio 2 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 Malaysia FA Cup Johor Darul Ta'zim 5 6 3 0 0 63
21/22 Piala Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim 7 4 1 0 0 108
21/22 Serie A Udinese Calcio 4 2 1 1 0 27
21/22 Super League Johor Darul Ta'zim 18 13 7 3 0 112
2022 Malaysia Super Cup Johor Darul Ta'zim 1 1 0 0 0 90
20/21 Italy Cup Udinese Calcio 2 1 0 1 0 167
20/21 Serie A Udinese Calcio 19 1 1 1 0 537
19/20 Championship Sheffield Wednesday 17 2 2 3 0 413
19/20 EFL Cup Sheffield Wednesday 1 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 FA Cup Sheffield Wednesday 1 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Championship Sheffield Wednesday 25 6 1 2 0 241
18/19 EFL Cup Sheffield Wednesday 1 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 FA Cup Sheffield Wednesday 1 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Championship Sheffield Wednesday 10 5 1 1 0 112
17/18 EFL Cup Sheffield Wednesday 1 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 Championship Sheffield Wednesday 35 12 5 3 1 207
16/17 Championship Play-Offs Sheffield Wednesday 2 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 FA Cup Sheffield Wednesday 1 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 Championship Sheffield Wednesday 36 15 7 8 0 198
15/16 Championship Play-Offs Sheffield Wednesday 3 0 1 0 0 0
15/16 League Cup Watford FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 Premier League Watford FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 Championship Watford FC 24 5 6 4 0 227
14/15 FA Cup Watford FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 League Cup Watford FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 Championship Watford FC 29 7 6 8 0 269
13/14 FA Cup Watford FC 2 1 0 0 0 150
13/14 League Cup Watford FC 2 0 1 0 0 0
12/13 Championship Watford FC 28 8 10 5 0 210
12/13 Championship Play-Offs Watford FC 3 0 0 0 0 0
12/13 FA Cup Watford FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
12/13 Serie A Udinese Calcio 0 0 0 0 0 0
11/12 Italy Cup AS Bari 2 0 0 0 0 0
11/12 Primavera C Bari Primavera 1 0 0 0 0 0
11/12 Serie B AS Bari 28 2 3 6 0 974
10/11 Italy Cup Udinese Calcio 1 0 0 1 0 0
10/11 Primavera B Udinese Primavera 6 3 0 0 0 153
10/11 Serie B FC Empoli 19 3 1 5 0 482
09/10 Copa del Rey Málaga CF 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/10 LaLiga Málaga CF 19 1 0 4 0 743
08/09 Italy Cup AC Siena 1 0 0 1 0 0
08/09 Primavera A Siena Primavera 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/09 Serie A AC Siena 2 0 0 0 0 0
08/09 Serie B Vicenza Calcio 19 5 0 0 1 222
07/08 Serie A AC Siena 17 1 1 1 0 591
06/07 Italy Cup Genoa CFC 2 0 0 1 0 0
06/07 Primavera A Genoa U19 13 4 0 0 0 239
06/07 Serie B Genoa CFC 1 1 0 0 0 27
06/07 Viareggio Cup Genoa U19 6 3 1 2 0 205
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
03/04 2003-07-01 Newell's U20 Boca Juniors II Transfer 0
05/06 2005-07-01 Boca Juniors II Genoa U19 Transfer 0
06/07 2006-07-01 Genoa U19 Genoa Transfer 0
07/08 2007-07-01 Genoa AC Siena Loan 50000
08/09 2008-12-01 AC Siena Genoa Return from loan 1300000
08/09 2009-01-01 Genoa Vicenza Loan 1300000
08/09 2009-06-30 Vicenza Genoa Return from loan 1300000
09/10 2009-07-01 Genoa Málaga CF Loan 1300000
09/10 2010-06-30 Málaga CF Genoa Return from loan 1600000
10/11 2010-07-01 Genoa Udinese Transfer 1600000 €1.50m
10/11 2011-01-01 Udinese FC Empoli Loan 1600000
10/11 2011-06-30 FC Empoli Udinese Return from loan 900000
11/12 2011-08-01 Udinese Bari Loan 900000
11/12 2012-06-30 Bari Udinese Return from loan 800000
12/13 2012-08-31 Udinese Watford Loan 800000
12/13 2013-01-13 Watford Udinese Return from loan 800000
12/13 2013-01-14 Udinese Watford Transfer 800000
15/16 2015-08-29 Watford Sheff Wed Transfer 2000000 €4.12m
20/21 2020-09-08 Sheff Wed Udinese Transfer 725000
21/22 2022-01-14 Udinese Johor DT Transfer 900000
24/25 2025-01-01 Johor DT Without Club Transfer 600000
25/26 2025-07-19 Without Club AEL Limassol Transfer 400000
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
17/18 Knee surgery 2017-09-08 2018-03-01 175 34
20/21 Hamstring muscle injury 2020-12-10 2020-12-22 13 3
20/21 muscular problems 2021-01-06 2021-03-06 60 12
21/22 unknown injury 2021-08-15 2021-09-11 28 2
Current€400k
Peak€7.00m
Low€50k
Δ since start+€350k
€50k€1.79m€3.53m€5.26m€7.00m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €850k
Jan 1, 1970 €875k
Jan 1, 1970 €900k
Jan 1, 1970 €900k
Jan 1, 1970 €725k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €900k
Jan 1, 1970 €900k
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €7.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €7.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €7.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.80m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.80m
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €750k
Jan 1, 1970 €900k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.60m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.40m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.60m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.30m
Jan 1, 1970 €750k
Jan 1, 1970 €50k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #23133 8 5 former national player
Team #21426 12 4 former national player
Team #21100 2 0 former national player
Team #11947 2 0 former national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Daniel Pudil 2 3 0
Barry Bannan 2 2 0
Tom Lees 2 1 0
Adam Reach 2 3 0
Sam Hutchinson 1 0 0
Liam Palmer 1 0 0
Arif Aiman 3 14 0
Matthew Davies 3 2 0
Bérgson 3 18 0
La'Vere Corbin-Ong 3 6 0
Afiq Fazail 3 1 0
Hong Wan 3 0 0
Lucas João 2 7 0

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

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
22/23 Super League Johor Darul Ta'zim 19 20
15/16 Championship Sheffield Wednesday 15 36
21/22 Super League Johor Darul Ta'zim 13 18

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
12/13 Championship Watford FC 10 28
22/23 Super League Johor Darul Ta'zim 9 20
21/22 Super League Johor Darul Ta'zim 7 18

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
12/13 2013-01-13 Watford Udinese Return from loan €800k
12/13 2012-08-31 Udinese Watford Loan €800k
11/12 2012-06-30 Bari Udinese Return from loan €800k
11/12 2011-08-01 Udinese Bari Loan €900k
10/11 2011-06-30 FC Empoli Udinese Return from loan €900k
10/11 2011-01-01 Udinese FC Empoli Loan €1.60m
09/10 2010-06-30 Málaga CF Genoa Return from loan €1.60m
09/10 2009-07-01 Genoa Málaga CF Loan €1.30m
08/09 2009-06-30 Vicenza Genoa Return from loan €1.30m
08/09 2009-01-01 Genoa Vicenza Loan €1.30m
08/09 2008-12-01 AC Siena Genoa Return from loan €1.30m
07/08 2007-07-01 Genoa AC Siena Loan €50k

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

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
AC Milan 45 12 11 22 46 62 -16 27%
AS Roma 43 4 6 33 32 81 -49 9%
ACF Fiorentina 42 8 15 19 40 63 -23 19%
Torino FC 42 9 10 23 45 64 -19 21%
Ipswich Town 42 17 14 11 55 42 +13 40%
SSC Napoli 42 3 11 28 39 87 -48 7%
Cagliari Calcio 40 19 8 13 58 48 +10 48%
Burnley FC 38 7 15 16 50 60 -10 18%
Derby County 38 7 10 21 36 62 -26 18%
Middlesbrough FC 38 18 7 13 48 42 +6 47%
Reading FC 37 14 11 12 49 49 0 38%
Barnsley FC 36 16 10 10 48 35 +13 44%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
06/07 Senior debut season
06/07 First senior goal
15/16 Goal #50 (career)
21/22 Goal #100 (career)

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

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
25/26 2 0 1 0 0 0
22/23 27 450 3 0 0 0.6
21/22 42 791 5 0 0 0.57
20/21 21 704 2 0 0 0.26
19/20 19 413 3 0 0 0.65
18/19 27 241 2 1 0 1.12
17/18 11 112 1 0 0 0.8
16/17 38 207 3 0 1 1.74
15/16 40 198 8 2 0 4.55
14/15 26 227 4 0 0 1.59
13/14 33 419 8 0 0 1.72
12/13 32 210 5 1 0 2.57
11/12 31 974 6 1 0 0.65
10/11 26 635 6 0 0 0.85
09/10 20 743 4 0 0 0.48
08/09 23 222 1 0 1 0.81
07/08 17 591 1 0 0 0.15
06/07 22 471 3 0 0 0.57

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Championship
204 apps
60 G
38 A
Super League
40 apps
34 G
16 A
Serie B
67 apps
11 G
4 A
Malaysia FA Cup
9 apps
8 G
6 A
Piala Malaysia
11 apps
6 G
1 A
Serie A
42 apps
4 G
3 A
Primavera A
14 apps
4 G
0 A
Viareggio Cup
6 apps
3 G
1 A
Primavera B
6 apps
3 G
0 A
AFC Champions League
11 apps
1 G
2 A

Frequently asked about Fernando Forestieri

Who is Fernando Forestieri?

Fernando Forestieri is an Italy professional footballer who plays as a second striker for AEL Limassol.

How old is Fernando Forestieri?

Fernando Forestieri is 36 years old. He was born on January 15, 1990 in Rosario.

What position does Fernando Forestieri play?

Fernando Forestieri plays as a second striker (Attack - Second Striker).

What club does Fernando Forestieri play for?

Fernando Forestieri currently plays for AEL Limassol.

How many career goals has Fernando Forestieri scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Fernando Forestieri has scored 138 goals in 466 appearances.

What is Fernando Forestieri's market value?

Fernando Forestieri's most recent reported market value is €400k.