Junior Fernándes
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Antenor Junior Fernandes da Silva Vitoria | ||
| Date of birth | 4 October 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | , Chile | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Dinamo Zagreb | ||
| Number | TBA | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2006 | Cobreloa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2009 | Cobreloa | 51 | (2) |
| 2007 | → Mejillones (loan) | 20 | (12) |
| 2010 | Magallanes | 25 | (10) |
| 2011 | Palestino | 35 | (9) |
| 2012 | Universidad de Chile | 17 | (8) |
| 2012–2014 | Bayer Leverkusen | 6 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | → Dinamo Zagreb (loan) | 28 | (13) |
| 2014– | Dinamo Zagreb | 66 | (22) |
| 2017 | → Alanyaspor (loan) | 11 | (6) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2011– | Chile | 11 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 May 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 January 2017 |
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Antenor Junior Fernandes da Silva Vitoria (born 4 October 1988) is a Chilean footballer of Brazilian descent who currently plays for Dinamo Zagreb.
Son of Brazilian parents, Fernandes moved from his native to Calama at the age of six, where he attended school along with his brother Christian. There, they participated in sports and music. While he lived in Calama, he joined the lower divisions of Cobreloa, participating in each of their youth categories and was integrated to Cobreloa's B team that participated in the Chilean Third Division during the 2006 season. In this period of time, he shared team and home with current Arsenal Football Club forward Alexis Sánchez, with whom he has been intimate relationship since then.
Later, in 2007, he was sent on loan to Mejillones (another third division team) after Cobreloa gave up their reserve team.
After the request of coach Lewis Sheldon, Fernandes joined Cobreloa's first team to face the Clausura tournament . His professional debut came in the fourth round of the championship, when he replaced striker Felipe Flores in a match that would end with a 2–1 victory over La Serena. His first time as a starter was in a game against Melipilla, which ended in a 5–1 victory, with Fernándes scoring a hat trick.
In 2010, he played for Magallanes of the Chilean Tercera División A where he became the figure of the team that won the championship and was promoted to the Primera B. His outstanding performance on Magallanes caught the attention of Palestino, joining them in 2011, and thanks to his good results, he later was nominated for the Under 25 Chile national football team.
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