Leandro Sebastián Fernández (born January 30, 1983 in Rosario

Rosario

Rosario is the largest city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the western shore of the Paraná River and has 1,159,004 residents as of the ....

) is an Argentine

Argentina

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 football

Football (soccer)

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 player who was part of the gold medal

Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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 Argentine team at the 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

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. He also got 4th place in 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship, and was part of the Argentina squad that were runners up in the 2004 Copa America

Copa América

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.

Fernández started his professional career at the age of 15 when he joined Newell's Old Boys

Newell's Old Boys

Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario. The club was founded on November 3, 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell, one of the pioneers of Argentine football...

. In 2005 he transferred to the River Plate

Club Atlético River Plate

Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine sports club based in the Nuñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently competes in Nacional B, the second tier of Argentine football....

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Fernández joined Dynamo Moscow

FC Dynamo Moscow

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, Russian Premier League

Russian Premier League

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 football club in 2006 and soon became one of this club fans' favorite and was voted "best Player of the Year" by Dynamo Moscow

FC Dynamo Moscow

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 supporters.

Titles and awards

Season	Club	Title
Apertura 2004 2004-2005 in Argentine football The 2004-05 Argentine First Division season saw Américo Gallego's Newell's Old Boys win the Apertura title after a fierce battle against Vélez Sársfield for the supremacy...	Newell's Old Boys Newell's Old Boys Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario. The club was founded on November 3, 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell, one of the pioneers of Argentine football...	Primera Division Argentina Primera División Argentina The Primera División is a professional football league in Argentina. It is the country's premier football division and is at the top of the Argentine football league system. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera B Nacional. The season runs...  Championship

• Dynamo Moscow player of the year 2005-06.

External links

BDFA profile

• Statistics at Irish Times