Gastón Fernández

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Gastón Fernández
Personal information
Full name	Gastón Nicolás Fernández
Date of birth	October 12, 1983 (1983-10-12) (age 24)
Place of birth	Lanús, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	UANL Tigres
Number	10
Youth clubs
?	River Plate
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2006 2007 2008-present	River Plate Racing Club River Plate Monterrey San Lorenzo UANL Tigres	6 (0) 25 (7) 43 (5) 30 (8) 32 (11) 10 (5)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 May 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Gaston Nicolas Fernandez is an Argentine football player who currently plays for UANL Tigres in Mexico.

"La Gata" ("The Cat"), as Gaston is nicknamed, began his professional career in River Plate. After a stint with Racing and another season back with River, in 2006 he was loaned to Club de Futbol Monterrey for a large sum. When the contract was finished, Monterrey declined to pay the nearly two million dollars to permanently buy Gastón, thus prompting Gastón to return to River Plate in December 2006.

However, just like in CF Monterrey, Gaston's services weren't needed in River Plate. Passarella, then River's head coach, believed the team had enough strikers. Gaston was then sold to San Lorenzo de Almagro. In San Lorenzo "La Gata" revindictated his career. He was the leading scorer of the team that won the Clausura 2007 championship. By the end of his first tournament with San Lorenzo in May 2007, he had plans to return to Monterrey, but San Lorenzo didn't let him go.

He has played for several Argentina's youth teams, and is regarded as one of the more promising Argentine forwards. He scored his first goal with UANL Tigres in a game against San Luis.

[edit] Titles

Season	Club	Title
Clausura 2003	River Plate	Primera Division Argentina
Clausura 2007	San Lorenzo	Primera Division Argentina

[edit] External links

• Statistics at Guardian Stats Centre

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