Fernando Ovelar
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fernando Fabián Ovelar Martínez | ||
| Date of birth | 6 January 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Asunción, Paraguay | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Unión Española (on loan from Pachuca) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Cerro Porteño | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2022 | Cerro Porteño | 32 | (2) |
| 2023– | Pachuca | 2 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Atlante (loan) | 19 | (0) |
| 2024– | → Unión Española (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018–2019 | Paraguay U17 | 6 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 February 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 April 2019 | |||
Fernando Fabián Ovelar Martínez (born 6 January 2004) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Chilean club Unión Española on loan from Liga MX club Pachuca. He is the youngest ever player to score in the Paraguayan Primera División, when he netted at only 14 years old.
Club career
Ovelar made his professional debut for Cerro Porteño in a 1–1 Paraguayan Primera División tie with 3 de Febrero on 28 October 2018.[1] Ovelar scored his first professional goal the following week in the Paraguayan Superclásico against Club Olimpia on 4 November 2018.[2] Ovelar is the youngest player to ever play in the Paraguayan Primera División, and also the youngest ever scorer in the league,[3] at the age of 14 years, 9 months and 27 days.[4]
In 2024, he joined Chilean Primera División side Unión Española on loan from Pachuca.[5]
International career
On 12 December 2018, Ovelar made his debut for Paraguay U17, scoring in a 1–0 victory against Mexico U17.[6]
Personal life
Ovelar's grandfather, Gerónimo Ovelar, was also a professional footballer who played for Cerro Porteño and the Paraguay national football team in the 1970s and 1980s.[7]
See also
References
- ^ "Cerro Porteño vs. 3 de Febrero – 28 October 2018 – Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Fernando Ovelar, 14, scores for Cerro Porteno in Paraguayan Superclasico". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ^ "Fernando Ovelar se mete en la historia grande".
- ^ "14-year-old scores in Paraguayan match". BBC Sport.
- ^ Vera, Pablo (29 February 2024). "Sonó en el Barcelona y llegó al fútbol chileno: "Se dio todo muy rápido"". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ "Ovelar guía el triunfo albirrojo" (in Spanish). ABC Color. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ "Fernando Ovelar, de 14 años, debuta con Cerro Porteño" (in Spanish). AS. 29 October 2018.
External links
- Fernando Ovelar at Soccerway