Fernando de Ornelas
De Ornelas lining up for Venezuela at the 2007 Copa América
Personal information
Full name Fernando Franco de Ornelas[1]
Date of birth (1976-07-29) 29 July 1976
Place of birth Caracas, Venezuela
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1993–1996 Marítimo Caracas
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1997 UA Tachira
1997–1998 Marítimo Caracas
1998–1999 South China 35 (20)
1999 Crystal Palace 9 (0)
2000 Celtic 2 (0)
2001 South China 4 (1)
2001 Queens Park Rangers 2 (0)
2002 Marítimo 4 (0)
2003 Gansu Tianma 4 (0)
2003 FC Nürnberg 4 (0)
2004–2005 Olympiakos Nicosia 21 (3)
2005–2008 Odd Grenland 57 (11)
2008 Monagas 10 (1)
2009 Zulia 7 (0)
2009–2010 Mjøndalen 3 (0)
Total 129 (36)
International career
1999–2007 Venezuela 27 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 December 2009
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 April 2009

Fernando Franco de Ornelas (born 29 July 1976 in Caracas), is a retired Venezuelan football player.[2]

Club career

De Ornelas has played for clubs in several countries in his career, such as Norwegian Odd Grenland and Hong Kong First Division League giant South China. He has had short spells with Crystal Palace, Celtic and Queens Park Rangers, Olympiakos Nicosia, and played for two teams called Marítimo, CS Marítimo of Portugal and Marítimo Caracas.

Retirement

After finishing his career as a footballer, de Ornelas settled in Bamble, Norway. He currently works as a Pentecostal pastor in a Norwegian free church.[3]

International goals

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result CompetitionRef.
1.20 June 1999Misael Delgado, Valencia, Venezuela Peru3–03–0Friendly
2.10 August 2000Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela, Costa Rica Costa Rica1–41–5Friendly
3.6 September 2006St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland Austria0–10–1Friendly
4.28 March 2007José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo, Venezuela New Zealand2–05–0Friendly
5.28 March 2007José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo, Venezuela New Zealand3–05–0Friendly

References

  1. "Fernando de Ornelas". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  2. "De Ornelas til Mjøndalen". 100% Fotball (in Norwegian). fvn.no. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
  3. "Fernando De Ornelas Franco". PFF (in Norwegian Bokmål). 2018-02-08. Archived from the original on 2021-03-05. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
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