Paolo Fernandes
Spanish association football player
Paolo Fernandes Cantin (born 19 August 1998) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Turkish Süper Lig club Alanyaspor, on loan from Greek Super League side AEK Athens. Mainly a left winger, he also plays as an attacking midfielder.
Club career
Manchester City
Born in Zaragoza, Aragon to a Capeverdean father, Fernandes started his career at Real Zaragoza. In 2013, aged 15, he joined Manchester City after being invited to train for the squad. Zaragoza later claimed to the Royal Spanish Football Federation that the player was not allowed to join City, and the English club agreed to pay a compensation fee for the move (rumoured to be € 180,000); despite still training at City, he was only registered in August 2014 when he reached the age of 16.
Initially assigned to the under-18 squad, Fernandes progressed through the EDS and represented the under-21s and under-23s. With the latter side he scored 11 goals in 22 appearances in the 2016–17 Premier League 2 Division 1.
Loan to NAC Breda
On 24 June 2017, after finishing his formation, Fernandes, Thierry Ambrose and fellow compatriot Pablo Marí were loaned to Eredivisie side Breda. He made his professional debut on 12 August, coming on as a half-time substitute for Giovanni Korte in a 1–4 away loss against Vitesse.
Fernandes scored his first professional goal on 3 December 2017, netting his team's third in a 3–1 home win against Excelsior.
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