Eduardo "Lalo" Fernández Lopez[a] (born December 16, 1992) is a Mexican footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. Fernandez has dual citizenship with Mexico and the United States.[1]

Lalo Fernández
Personal information
Full name Eduardo Fernández Lopez
Date of birth (1992-12-16) December 16, 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
2004–2006 Premier Panthers
2006–2008 Texas Fire
2008–2010 FB Chivas Houston
2010–2011 Real Salt Lake
2011 Peñarol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2017 Real Salt Lake 0 (0)
2013Phoenix FC (loan) 1 (0)
2015–2017Real Monarchs (loan) 50 (0)
2017–2020 Tigres UANL 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of September 5, 2017

Career

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On January 9, 2012, Fernández signed as a Home Grown Player with Real Salt Lake.[2]

Fernández was loaned to USL Pro club Phoenix FC in July 2013 and made his professional debut on July 12, 2013, against Antigua Barracuda FC.[3]

On September 5, 2017, Fernández signed for Liga MX side Tigres UANL.[4]

Personal

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His father, Eduardo, was also a professional footballer playing as a goalkeeper in the Mexican first division.[5][6]

Honours

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Real Monarchs

UANL

Notes

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  1. ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fernández and the second or maternal family name is Lopez.

References

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  1. ^ "Lalo Fernandez".
  2. ^ "RSL re-ink Grabavoy, add Home Grown GK Fernandez". 2012-01-09. Archived from the original on 2015-08-08. Retrieved 2013-07-14.
  3. ^ "Phoenix vs. Antigua Barracuda - 12 July 2013 - Soccerway".
  4. ^ "Real Salt Lake Transfers GK Lalo Fernandez to Tigres UANL". 2017-09-06.
  5. ^ "Lalo Fernandez". MLSSoccer.com.
  6. ^ "10 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Lalo Fernandez". RSL.com.
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