Sebastián Fernández

Born in Montevideo, Fernández started his professional playing career in 2004 with Miramar Misiones. In 2007, he joined Defensor Sporting Club, where he was part of the team that won the Apertura 2007 championship and the Copa Uruguaya 2008. In 2008, he joined Argentine Club Atlético Banfield, where he was a key member of the squad that won the Apertura 2009 championship, appearing in 16 of their 19 games. On 13 December 2009 he celebrated with his teammates when Banfield won the Argentine championship for the first time in the history of the club. On 17 February 2010, Fernandez helped his teammates thrash Deportivo Cuenca in Copa Libertadores, scoring two goals either side of half-time to enrich his team's 4–1 victory in Ecuador. In July 2010 he had a medical with La Liga side Málaga CF. On 5 August 2010 he signed a contract with Málaga for four years and his transfer cost the Spanish side €3.6 million. He already started to pay off some of his fee as he scored a goal on his debut in a home match against Valencia CF on 28 August 2010. He finished the season with 7 league goals, being the club's second highest goalscorer. In 2011–12, after the summer signing of Ruud van Nistelrooy, Seba was demoted to third choice striker, often coming on as a substitute. On 21 November he started as a right winger against Racing and scored his first goal of the season, in a 3–1 away win. Exactly one year later he scored his first Champions League group stage goal in a 2–2 away draw against…

Fernández made his international debut for the Uruguay national team as a late substitute in a friendly game against Romania on 24 May 2006. In May 2010 he has been called up for 2010 World Cup. On 27 July 2010, he was reserved to play a friendly match against Angola in Lisbon. Fernández scored his first goal for Uruguay in a friendly match against China.

International

Scores and results list Uruguay's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Fernández goal.

Defensor Sporting

Uruguayan Primera División: 2007 Apertura Banfield

Argentine Primera División: 2009 Apertura Nacional

Uruguayan Primera División: 2014–15, 2016, 2019, 2020 Supercopa Uruguaya: 2019 Torneo Intermedio: 2017, 2018, 2020