Enzo Fernández Biography: Age, Position, Height, Girlfriend/Wife, Stats, Net Worth, Salary, House & Cars
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Stage Name: | Enzo Fernández |
Real Name: | Enzo Jeremías Fernández |
Occupation: | Professional Football Player |
Date Of Birth/Age: | January 17, 2001 (22 Years Old |
Place of Birth: | San Martin, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Gender: | Male |
Nationality: | Argentine |
Marital Status: | Valentina Cervantes (Wife) |
Education: | River Plate |
Biography
Enzo Jeremías Fernández is a famous Argentine professional football player. He plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Chelsea, and the Argentina National team. He represented his country at under-18 level, before making his senior international debut in 2022. Fernández was chosen for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. He scored one goal during the competition, and won the tournament’s Young Player Award. With the team (and Lionel Messi as captain), Argentina won their third title.
Fernández’s parents named him after three-time Copa América winner and former River Plate player Enzo Francescoli. His father Raúl was fascinated with the Uruguayan footballer. According to Wikipedia, “he usually makes quick short passes, accurate long passes, and lobbed balls. He is very combative in his midfield duels, protects the space and his backline efficiently, he possesses a good passing range, excellent vision and high levels of accuracy, which is very purposeful in his midfield actions and can dribble into dangerous territory or out of it to devastating effect.”
Age
Enzo Fernández was born in San Martin, Buenos Aires, Argentina on January 17, 2001. He celebrated his 22nd birthday on January 17, 2023.
Position
According to CoachesVoice.com, Enzo Fernández is a right-footed midfielder who has experience as a number eight in central midfield and in a deeper defensive-midfield position. He wears the number 5 jersey at Chelsea.
Height
Enzo Fernández is 1.78 m tall (5 ft 10 in).
Girlfriend/Wife
Enzo Fernández’s wife is named Valentina Cervantes. According to an article by The Sun, Enzo and Valentina have been together since 2019. Valentina is also a year older. The couple has a young daughter named Olivia, born in 2020. There are claims that they met when Valentina was studying to become an English teacher in Argentina. They instantly hit it off, fell in love, and have been together ever since. According to reports, when Enzo agreed to join Benfica, Valentina followed him without hesitation. She relocated to Portugal to be with her boyfriend. There have also been reports that she will move to the UK with him and he finally starts playing for Chelsea. The two live with their beautiful daughter, Olivia. Valentina frequently posts photos of her beautiful family on her social media.
Stats (until early 2023)
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
River Plate | 2019-2020 | Argentine Primera División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
2021 | Argentine Primera División | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 2 | ||
2022 | Argentine Primera División | 20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 10 | ||
Total | 40 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 12 | ||
Defensa ye Justicia (loan) | 2020-2021 | Argentine Primera División | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | — | 17 | 1 | |
2021 | Argentine Primera División | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
Total | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 1 | ||
Benfica | 2022-2023 | Primeira Liga | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | – | 29 | 4 | |
Chelsea | 2022-23 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |||
Career total | 71 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 113 | 17 |
Net Worth
The exact estimate of Enzo Fernández’s net worth is unknown to the public. According to several sport news publications, he is worth between $1.5 million to $5 million. His annual salary at Benfica was $2,650,000 while his weekly take-home cheque was $51,000. He is currently sponsored by Nike and wears the Nike Phantom GT2.
Also, due to his new contract with Chelsea, Enzo is expected to be worth way more than that by the end of the year.
Salary
According to reports, Chelsea signed midfielder Enzo Fernandez from Benfica for a British-record deal of £106.8m. The Argentine’s deal surpassed the £100m Manchester City paid for Jack Grealish from Aston Villa. The deal will keep Enzo at Stamford Bridge for eight-and-a-half years.
House
Following his move to Chelsea, Enzo Fernández now resides in the UK. It is unknown where he lives. He does not post photos of his house.
Cars
Enzo Fernández does not flaunt the things he has on social media. He has only been pictured entering his car. Find the photo below.