Adrián Gustavo Fernández

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Personal information
Adrián Fernández
Full name	Adrián 'Carucha' Fernández
Date of birth	November 28, 1980 (1980-11-28) (age 27)
Place of birth	General San Martín Partido, Argentina
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	FC St. Gallen
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998-2003 2003-2004 2004 2005 2006 2006-2007 2007-	Nueva Chicago El Porvenir Colo-Colo The Strongest Al-Shaab FC Schaffhausen FC St. Gallen	102 (28) - 19 (8) 12 (6) - 26 (3) 25 (3)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 May 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Adrián 'Carucha' Fernández (born 28 November 1980 in General San Martín Partido, Greater Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football player.

Between 1998 and 2003, 'Carucha' played in second-line argentinean soccer teams, such as Nueva Chicago and El Porvenir. In spite of his poor background, during 2004, Fernandez arrived to the most important chilean soccer team: Colo Colo.

In Colo Colo, Fernandez debuted in in the most important match in the chilean league: the superclásico (Colo Colo v/s Universidad de Chile). In that match 'Carucha' lost several easy-goal-opportunities. For this reason, press and people laughed him and started to define "caruchazo" as the action of fail an easy-goal-opportunity. In the rest of the Clausura tournament, Fernandez continued doing "caruchazos" and, at the end of the season, he only scored three goals. Colo Colo didn´t enlarge his contract.

Although his performance, Adrian 'Carucha' Fernandez was so appreciated by the Colo Colo´s barra brava due to the effort he put during his stay in Chile.

After his chilean experience, 'Carucha' played in the bolivian The Strongest, Saudi Arabia and in the swiss league. He currently plays for FC St. Gallen.