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Fullname: David Fernandez Miramontes
aka: David Fernandez
Born: 20 Jan 1976
Birthplace: A Coruna Spain
Signed: 1 June 2002
Left: 14 August 2005
Debut:
Position: Forward
Internationals: none
Biog
Fernandez joined his local team Deportivo from 1995 to 2000, spending loan spells at Sevilla (1997/98) and Toledo (1999/00).
After arriving in Scotland to become part of Stevie Archibald’s Airdrie side in summer 2000, Fernandez moved to Livingston nine months later, along with fellow Celt-to-be Javier Sanchez Broto, due to the financial difficulties that eventually lead to Airdrie’s demise.
Fernandez moved to Celtic in summer 2002, after playing a key role in Livingston‘s debut SPL season. 8 goals in 41 games for Livingston tempted Martin O’Neill to spend £1m on the striker, but Fernandez struggled to break into O’Neill’s team, playing just 11 games for Celtic in his first season at the club. At the end of the season, he was loaned back to Livingston (summer 2003).
As a forward he had too much to compete against with Larsson, Sutton and Hartson all in top form, whilst opportunities to move to midfield were unlikely as well. On the other hand, he played enough games to grab some goals to make a case for himself, but he managed the grand total of one.
Overall, a transfer that was unnecessary in retrospect and didn’t work out at all. One of Martin O’Neill’s few notable transfer failures.
Fernandez’s contract was terminated at the end of season 2004/05, during which he did not make an appearance for the senior time, and he moved on to Dundee United, where he scored 5 goals in 30 games.
He moved to Kilmarnock, and then left them in 2010 to return to Spain.
In summer 2012, Fernández was appointed as a scout for Manchester City.
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Playing Career
| CLUB | FROM | TO | FEE | LEAGUE | FA CUP | LGE CUP | OTHER | ||||
| APPS | GLS | APPS | GLS | APPS | GLS | APPS | GLS | ||||
| Kilmarnock | 01-Aug-06 | 31-May-10 | Free | 60 (22) | 5 | 3 (3) | 0 | 3 (4) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 |
| Dundee Utd | 14-Aug-05 | 01-Aug-06 | Signed | 29 (1) | 5 | 1 (0) | 2 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 |
| Livingston | 01-Sep-03 | 16-May-04 | Loan | 25 (2) | 3 | 4 (0) | 2 | 5 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 |
| Celtic | 01-Jun-02 | 14-Aug-05 | £1,000,000 | 3 (8) | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 1 (2) | 1 |
| Livingston | 30-Mar-01 | 01-Jun-02 | Signed | 36 (5) | 8 | 2 (0) | 1 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 |
| Airdrie (old) | 01-Aug-00 | 30-Mar-01 | Signed | 19 (1) | 7 | 1 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 1 | 4 (0) | 1 |
| Deportivo | 01-Aug-99 | 01-Aug-00 | No appearance data available | ||||||||
Honours with Celtic
UEFA Cup