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Fernando Morientes
Personal information
Full name Fernando Morientes Sánchez
Height 1.86 m (6ft 2in)
Position(s) Centre Forward
Team information
Current team
 Valencia
Number 9
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 Mar 2006

Fernando Morientes Sánchez (born April 5 1976 in Cáceres, Spain) is a footballer who plays for Valencia. He is married to Victoria and has two children, Fernandito and Lucía.

Career

Morientes began his top-flight career at Albacete in 1993, transferring to Real Zaragoza in 1995. He joined Real Madrid in the summer of 1997, and remained there for eight years, except for a brief spell on loan, where he helped AS Monaco reach the final of the 2004 Champions League. He was later nominated for the 2004 World Player Of The Year Award, although his position was disappointing. In 2004, Morientes was voted the best European striker of the year after finishing as the topscorer in the Champions League.

Morientes transferred to Liverpool in January 2005 for a fee of £6.3m, and made his debut for the club against rivals Manchester United and he scored his first Liverpool goal on February 1, 2005 against Charlton.

Morientes has been a regular for his national team since 1998, when he scored twice in the first five minutes of his debut against Sweden. He has played for Spain in the 1998 and 2002 World Cups, and in Euro 2004, although he was a shock omission from the Spanish squad at Euro 2000. As of June 22, 2006, Morientes is third on the Spanish all-time topscorer's list with 26 goals, behind former Real Madrid teammates Raúl (44 goals) and Fernando Hierro (29 goals).

Morientes has scored on his debut for Albacete, Real Zaragoza, Real Madrid B, Real Madrid, Valencia, Spain Under-21s and the full national side.

Although Morientes came to Liverpool with a very good reputation, his transfer to Merseyside was followed by a large dip in form. He scored only 3 goals in the 2004/05 season. The start of the new season did not see a large improvement, although Morientes did score a few important goals and ended 2005 on a high note with a recall to the Spanish national team. However, his form did not fluctuate for the remainder of the season. He was not chosen by Spanish national team coach Luis Aragonés for the 2006 World Cup, although he was part of a 31-man initial squad named by Aragonés.

Fernando Morientes joined Valencia for a fee of £3m in May 2006 on a three-year deal after failing to impress at Anfield. He scored only 12 goals in 41 appearances for Liverpool.

Morientes made his debut for Valencia on 29 July, 2006, in a friendly against Charlton Athletic. Morientes scored Valencia's first goal in the match, which Valencia won 3-1. He made his league debut on 27 August, 2006 against Real Betis, and also scored the first goal for Valencia.

Statistics

Club Performance
Club Season Premiership FA Cup League Cup Europe Others Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
Liverpool FC 2005-06 28 5 4 1 1 0 11 3 1 0 45 9
2004-05 13 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 3
Club Season Primera Div Spanish Cup --------- Europe Others Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
Real Madrid 2004-05 13 0 2 1 - - 6 2 0 0 21 3
Club Season Ligue 1 French Cup Ligue Cup Europe Others Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
Monaco Loan 2003-04 28 10 2 3 0 0 12 9 0 0 42 22
Club Season Primera Div Spanish Cup --------- Europe Others Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
Real Madrid 2003-04 1 0 0 0 - - 0 0 0 0 1 0
2002-03 18 5 2 1 - - 7 0 0 0 27 6
2001-02 33 18 5 0 - - 11 3 2 0 51 21
2000-01 22 6 1 0 - - 8 4 1 0 32 10
1999-00 29 12 ? ? - - 14 6 3 1 46 19
1998-99 33 19 ? 6 - - 5 0 0 0 38 25
1997-98 33 12 ? ? - - 10 4 0 0 43 16
Real Zaragoza 1996-97 37 15 ? ? - - 0 0 0 0 37 15
1995-96 29 13 ? ? - - 5 2 0 0 34 15
Albacete 1994-95 20 5 ? ? - - 0 0 0 0 20 5
1993-94 2 0 ? ? - - 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 339 123 16 12 3 0 89 33 7 1 454 169

Career Honours

Honours As Player

Spain Real Madrid

Winner

Runner Up

France Monaco

Runner Up

England Liverpool

Winner

Runner Up


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