CLUB's
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
Sevilla FC
From 2000 to 2006, starting as an assistant to the sports management, to continue as Head of International Football until 2003, and finally serving as Technical Secretary for the last three seasons.2000-2006
2006 - 2007
Xerez CD
The 2006/07 season assumes the position of Sports Director of Xerez, a club in the Spanish Second Division. The team leads the league table for fourteen weeks, but in the end must give way to rivals with bigger budgets and have to settle for eighth position.Valencia CF
Still, Antonio Fernandez’s good work at the helm of the Andalusian club does not go unnoticed and in July 2007 he receives a call from Miguel Angel Ruiz, Sports Director of Valencia CF, who offers him the position of Technical Secretary of the club. In his first and only year in the team, he recommends and oversees the signings of Edwiges Maduro, Manuel Fernandes and Ever Banega, among others, and the season culminates with the 2008 Copa del Rey title.2007 - 2008
2008 - 2010
Spanish National Team
With the challenge of the 2010 World Cup as the main objective, Antonio Fernández accepts the proposal and for the next two and a half years he will track down the best Spanish players that Vicente del Bosque will call for his team. It also produces reports and analysis of the opponents Spain faces on the way to the final stages of the World Cup tournament. On 11 July 2010, the Spanish national team defeated the Netherlands 1-0 and became world champions for the first time in history.