Gatito Fernández

Roberto Júnior "Gatito" Fernández Torres (born 29 March 1988) is a Paraguayan footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Botafogo.

Gatito Fernández
Fernández with Cerro Porteño in 2014
Personal information
Full name Roberto Júnior Fernández Torres
Date of birth (1988-03-29) 29 March 1988
Place of birth Asunción, Paraguay
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Botafogo
Number 1
Youth career
2000–2007 Cerro Porteño
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2014 Cerro Porteño 122 (0)
2009–2010Estudiantes (loan) 0 (0)
2010–2011 → Racing Club (loan) 15 (0)
2011–2012Utrecht (loan) 13 (0)
2014–2015 Vitória 39 (0)
2016 Figueirense 28 (0)
2017– Botafogo 110 (0)
International career
2007 Paraguay U20 4 (0)
2011– Paraguay 18 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Paraguay
Copa América
Runner-up2011 ArgentinaTeam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 December 2022

He is known as Gatito (English: little cat) for being the son of former Paraguayan 1986 World Cup goalkeeper Roberto Fernández, nicknamed Gato (English: cat). Because of his father, who was a goalkeeper at Brazilian clubs, such as Internacional and Palmeiras, Gatito had lived in Brazil before his professional days.

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