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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Fernando Morientes Sánchez[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 5 April 1976[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cilleros, Spain[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Sonseca | |||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Albacete | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1993–1995 | Albacete | 22 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 1995–1997 | Zaragoza | 66 | (28) | ||||||||||||||
| 1997–2005 | Real Madrid | 183 | (72) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | → Monaco (loan) | 28 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Liverpool | 41 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2009 | Valencia | 66 | (19) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Marseille | 12 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Santa Ana | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 421 | (143) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1994 | Spain U18 | 12 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 1995 | Spain U20 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1995–1998 | Spain U21 | 16 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Spain U23 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1998–2007 | Spain | 47 | (27) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Huracán (youth) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Real Madrid (youth) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Fuenlabrada | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Fernando Morientes Sánchez (Spanish pronunciation: [feɾˈnando moˈɾjentes ˈsantʃeθ]; born 5 April 1976) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a striker.
He played for a number of clubs during his career, including Real Madrid, Monaco, Liverpool and Valencia. In La Liga, he scored 124 goals in 337 games over 15 seasons. He earned 11 major honours with the first club, including three Champions League trophies.
Morientes earned 47 caps for the Spain national team, representing the country in two World Cups (totalling five goals) and Euro 2004. He later worked briefly as a manager.
- ^ a b c d "Fernando MORIENTES Sánchez". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ^ "FIFA Club World Championship Japan 2005 – Official rosters". FIFA. 4 December 2005. Archived from the original on 19 December 2005. Retrieved 28 December 2022.