José Carlos Fernández (Bolivian footballer)

José Carlos Fernández
Personal information
Full name	José Carlos Fernández González
Date of birth	24 January 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth	Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1987–1994	Tahuichi Academy
1992	FIU Golden Panthers
Senior career*
Years	Team
1995–1996	Oriente Petrolero
1997	Destroyers
1998–1999	Blooming
2000	Córdoba
2000	Jaguares
2001	New England Revolution
2001	Veracruz
2002–2004	Bolívar
2004	Independiente SF
2005	Deportivo Cali
2006	Universidad de Chile
2006	Universitario de Sucre
2007	Deportes Melipilla
2008	José Gálvez
2008	Blooming
2009	Bolívar
2010	Deportivo Italia
2010	Oriente Petrolero
Total
International career‡
1998–2004	Bolivia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 November 2010; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 November 2012

José Carlos Fernández González (Spanish pronunciation: [xoˈse ˈkaɾlos feɾˈnandeθ], born 24 January 1971) is a Bolivian retired football goalkeeper who is currently active as director of football of Bolivian club Bolívar.

Club career

Early career

Fernández developed his football skills at Tahuichi Academy, where he received a full scholarship to go to the United States and play while in college. After he finished school, he pursued a career as a professional goalkeeper.

International success at Cali

In his home country, Fernández played for important teams such as Oriente Petrolero, Blooming and Bolívar. He also went abroad to play for Córdoba CF in Spain, Jaguares and Veracruz in Mexico, New England Revolution in the MLS, Independiente Santa Fe and Deportivo Cali from Colombia.

Deportes Melipilla

Late career

International career

He has been capped for the Bolivia national team on 26 occasions,^[1] having participated in 1999 Copa América and 2004 among the most important tournaments he took part in. He represented his country in 9 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and at the 1999 Confederations Cup.^[2]