Manuel Fernández (Uruguayan footballer)

Manuel Fernández
Fernández with Audax Italiano in 2018
Personal information
Full name Manuel Elías Fernández Guzmán
Date of birth (1989-01-25) 25 January 1989 (age 37)
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
Coquimbo Unido
Number 3
Youth career
Racing Montevideo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Racing Montevideo 73 (4)
2014–2016 Deportes Concepción 54 (3)
2016–2017 Coquimbo Unido 26 (3)
2017–2021 Audax Italiano 93 (3)
2022–2023 Unión Española 40 (3)
2024– Coquimbo Unido 18 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 January 2024

Manuel Elías Fernández Guzmán (born 25 January 1989) is an Uruguayan naturalized Chilean footballer that currently plays for Primera División de Chile side Coquimbo Unido.

Career

In 2024, Fernández returned to Coquimbo Unido in the Chilean Primera División after his stint in 2016–17 and won the 2025 league title, the first one for the club.[1]

Personal life

Fernández naturalized Chilean by residence in 2023.[2]

Honours

Coquimbo Unido

References

  1. ^ Maldonado, Víctor (2 November 2025). "Las historias de esfuerzo tras el campeón: Coquimbo Unido conmueve al fútbol chileno". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  2. ^ "Unión Española celebró la nacionalización de su capitán Manuel Fernández". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 8 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.