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.
Fernández with Cerro Porteño in 2014 | ||||||||||||||
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Full name | Roberto Júnior Fernández Torres | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | 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) | |||||||||||
2009–2010 | → Estudiantes (loan) | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
2010–2011 | → Racing Club (loan) | 15 | (0) | |||||||||||
2011–2012 | → Utrecht (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
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*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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