Fernando Brassard

Fernando Brassard
Personal information
Full name Fernando José Alves Brassard
Date of birth (1972-04-11) 11 April 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth Lourenço Marques, Mozambique
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1983–1990 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1997 Benfica 2 (0)
1990–1991 → Louletano (loan) 0 (0)
1991–1992 → Marítimo (loan) 6 (0)
1992–1993 → Gil Vicente (loan) 33 (0)
1993–1994 → Vitória Guimarães (loan) 19 (0)
1994–1995 → Gil Vicente (loan) 18 (0)
1997–1998 Varzim 34 (0)
1998–2001 Vitória Setúbal 26 (0)
Total 138 (0)
International career
1991 Portugal U20 9 (0)
1991–1994 Portugal U21 27 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Winner 1991 Portugal
Winner 1989 Saudi Arabia
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Runner-up 1994 France
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Runner-up 1988 Spain
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fernando José Alves Brassard ComIH (born 11 April 1972) is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Playing career

Born in Lourenço Marques, Portuguese Mozambique, Brassard emerged through S.L. Benfica's youth system, but was soon deemed surplus to requirements, making his professional debut with lowly Louletano D.C. on loan. In the following years he represented on the same basis C.S. Marítimo, Gil Vicente FC (two spells) and Vitória de Guimarães.[1]

In the summer of 1995, Brassard returned to Benfica for two unassuming seasons, as he had to settle with battling for backup status behind Belgian Michel Preud'homme. He then spent one year with Varzim SC – starting but seeing his club be relegated from the Primeira Liga – closing out his career at Vitória de Setúbal aged only 29, being again second-choice for three years.[1]

Brassard was in the squad for both of Portugal winning teams in the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 1989 and 1991, being part of the dubbed Golden Generation. Alongside teammate João Vieira Pinto and Argentinian Sergio Agüero, he was the only player in the world to win the tournament twice, although he did not play one second in the first edition.[2][3][4]

Coaching career

In 2003, shortly after his retirement, Brassard joined the senior national team's coaching staff, working with the goalkeepers for several years.[5] In 2010, in the same capacity, he switched to the under-21 side.[6][7]

Honours

Benfica

Portugal

References

  1. ^ a b "Fernando Brassard: «Não estava a cem por cento e só me restava o abandono»" [Fernando Brassard: "I was not feeling a hundred percent and all I had left was retiring"]. Record (in Portuguese). 14 June 2001. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Agüero, para entrar en la historia" [Agüero, out to make history]. La Nación (in Spanish). 21 July 2007. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  3. ^ Ribeiro, Ireneu (20 August 2011). "Geração de ouro faz 20 anos" [Golden generation celebrates 20th birthday]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  4. ^ Alvarenga, Vítor Hugo (3 March 2014). "Riade, 25 anos: como foi e onde estão os campeões" [Riyadh, 25 years: how did it go and where are the champions] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Selecção: Brassard será o treinador de guarda-redes" [National team: Brassard will be the goalkeeper coach] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 29 May 2003. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Treinador assume comando da selecção Sub-21" [Manager takes over the Under-21 national team] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 26 November 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  7. ^ "José Couceiro e Brassard no Dia do Futebol" [José Couceiro and Brassard in Football Day] (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. 30 April 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  8. ^ Da Cunha, Pedro Jorge (29 June 2015). "Seleção Sub-21: (pre)destinados à glória" [Under-21 national team: (pre)destined to glory] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 18 January 2024.