Gelson Fernandes

Retired
Last club: E. Frankfurt Most games for: FC Sion Retired since: Jul 1, 2020

Date of birth/Age: Sep 2, 1986 (37)
Place of birth: Praia
Citizenship: Switzerland

Height: N/A
Position: Defensive Midfield

Former International: Switzerland
Caps/Goals: 67 / 2

Last position:

Vice-President Club: FC Sion

National team career

#	National team		Debut			Coach at debut	Age at debut
	Switzerland
16		Switzerland	Aug 22, 2007	67	2	Jakob Kuhn	20 years 11 months 20 days
	Switzerland U21
-		Switzerland U21	Apr 26, 2006	9	-	Bernard Challandes	19 years 07 months 24 days
	Switzerland U20
-		Switzerland U20	Oct 20, 2004	7	-	Pierre-André Schürmann	18 years 01 month 18 days
	Switzerland U19
-		Switzerland U19	Mar 31, 2004	8	-		17 years 06 months 29 days
	Switzerland U16
-		Switzerland U16	Nov 13, 2001	1	-	Yves Débonnaire	15 years 02 months 11 days

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Competition		wettbewerb
Total :			67	2	1	-	37	20	9	-	-	-	1.548'	3.096'
	International Friendlies	38	-	1	-	19	13	3	-	-	-	-	1.921'
	World Cup qualification	14	1	-	-	9	4	3	-	-	-	498'	498'
	EURO	6	-	-	-	3	1	1	-	-	-	-	312'
	European Qualifiers	5	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	98'
	World Cup	4	1	-	-	1	2	2	-	-	-	267'	267'

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	Matchday	Venue	Date			Result	Pos.
	International Friendlies
		Carouge	Aug 22, 2007	Switzerland	Netherlands	2:1	CM		1			67'	67'
		Wien	Sep 6, 2007	Switzerland	Chile	2:1	With U21 national team
		Klagenfurt am Wörthersee	Sep 10, 2007	Switzerland	Japan	3:4	With U21 national team
		Zürich	Oct 13, 2007	Switzerland	Austria	3:1	CM			✔		82'	82'
		Basel	Oct 17, 2007	Switzerland	USA	0:1					46'		45'
		Zürich	Nov 19, 2007	Switzerland	Nigeria	0:1	DM						90'
		London	Feb 6, 2008	England	Switzerland	2:1	DM					84'	84'
		Basel	Mar 26, 2008	Switzerland	Germany	0:4	DM						90'
		Lugano	May 24, 2008	Switzerland	Slovakia	2:0	RM						90'
		St. Gallen	May 30, 2008	Switzerland	Liechtenstein	3:0	RB					86'	86'
	EURO 2008
	Group A	Basel	Jun 7, 2008	Switzerland	Czechia	0:1	DM						90'
	Group A	Basel	Jun 11, 2008	Switzerland	Türkiye	1:2	DM					76'	76'
	Group A	Basel	Jun 15, 2008	Switzerland	Portugal	2:0	DM			90'			90'
	International Friendlies
		Carouge	Aug 20, 2008	Switzerland	Cyprus	4:1					62'		28'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group B	Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv	Sep 6, 2008	Israel	Switzerland	2:2	on the bench
	Group B	Zürich	Sep 10, 2008	Switzerland	Luxembourg	1:2	on the bench
	Group B	St. Gallen	Oct 11, 2008	Switzerland	Latvia	2:1					84'		6'
	Group B	Piräus	Oct 15, 2008	Greece	Switzerland	1:2				82'	33'		57'
	International Friendlies
		St. Gallen	Nov 19, 2008	Switzerland	Finland	1:0	LM					46'	45'
		Carouge	Feb 11, 2009	Switzerland	Bulgaria	1:1	RB						90'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group B	Chisinau	Mar 28, 2009	Moldova	Switzerland	0:2		1			79'		11'
	Group B	Carouge	Apr 1, 2009	Switzerland	Moldova	2:0	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		Basel	Aug 12, 2009	Switzerland	Italy	0:0	DM						90'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group B	Basel	Sep 5, 2009	Switzerland	Greece	2:0	DM					68'	68'
	Group B	Riga	Sep 9, 2009	Latvia	Switzerland	2:2						79'	79'
	Group B	Luxemburg	Oct 10, 2009	Luxembourg	Switzerland	0:3	on the bench
	Group B	Basel	Oct 14, 2009	Switzerland	Israel	0:0	DM			65'			90'
	International Friendlies
		Carouge	Nov 14, 2009	Switzerland	Norway	0:1	on the bench
		St. Gallen	Mar 3, 2010	Switzerland	Uruguay	1:3				85'	75'		15'
		Sion	Jun 1, 2010	Switzerland	Costa Rica	0:1				87'	61'		29'
		Carouge	Jun 5, 2010	Switzerland	Italy	1:1	LM					87'	87'
	World Cup 2010
	Group H	Durban	Jun 16, 2010	Spain	Switzerland	0:1	RM	1					90'
	Group H		Jun 21, 2010	Chile	Switzerland	1:0	LM					77'	77'
	Group H	Westdene, Bloemfontein	Jun 25, 2010	Switzerland	Honduras	0:0	LM			34'		46'	45'
	International Friendlies
		Klagenfurt am Wörthersee	Aug 11, 2010	Austria	Switzerland	0:1					81'		9'
		St. Gallen	Sep 3, 2010	Switzerland	Australia	0:0	CB						90'
	European Qualifiers
	Group G	Basel	Sep 7, 2010	Switzerland	England	1:3	on the bench
	Group G	Podgorica	Oct 8, 2010	Montenegro	Switzerland	1:0	on the bench
	Group G	Basel	Oct 12, 2010	Switzerland	Wales	4:1					90'		1'
	International Friendlies
		Carouge	Nov 17, 2010	Switzerland	Ukraine	2:2					46'		45'
		Attard	Feb 9, 2011	Malta	Switzerland	0:0					73'		17'
	European Qualifiers
	Group G	Sofia	Mar 26, 2011	Bulgaria	Switzerland	0:0					16'		74'
	Group G	London	Jun 4, 2011	England	Switzerland	2:2	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		Vaduz	Aug 10, 2011	Liechtenstein	Switzerland	1:2	Not in squad
	European Qualifiers
	Group G	Basel	Sep 6, 2011	Switzerland	Bulgaria	3:1					88'		2'
	Group G	Swansea	Oct 7, 2011	Wales	Switzerland	2:0	on the bench
	Group G	Basel	Oct 11, 2011	Switzerland	Montenegro	2:0					83'		7'
	International Friendlies
		Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Nov 11, 2011	Netherlands	Switzerland	0:0					76'		14'
		Luxemburg	Nov 15, 2011	Luxembourg	Switzerland	0:1	DM						90'
		Bern	Feb 29, 2012	Switzerland	Argentina	1:3	on the bench
		Basel	May 26, 2012	Switzerland	Germany	5:3	DM					90'	90'
		Luzern	May 30, 2012	Switzerland	Romania	0:1	on the bench
		Split	Aug 15, 2012	Croatia	Switzerland	2:4	RB				46'		45'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group E	Ljubljana	Sep 7, 2012	Slovenia	Switzerland	0:2					85'		5'
	Group E	Luzern	Sep 11, 2012	Switzerland	Albania	2:0	on the bench
	Group E	Bern	Oct 12, 2012	Switzerland	Norway	1:1	on the bench
	Group E	Reykjavík	Oct 16, 2012	Iceland	Switzerland	0:2	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		Tunis	Nov 14, 2012	Tunisia	Switzerland	1:2	DM				46'		45'
		Piräus	Feb 6, 2013	Greece	Switzerland	0:0	CB				74'		16'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group E	Nicosia	Mar 23, 2013	Cyprus	Switzerland	0:0	on the bench
	Group E	Carouge	Jun 8, 2013	Switzerland	Cyprus	1:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Basel	Aug 14, 2013	Switzerland	Brazil	1:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group E	Bern	Sep 6, 2013	Switzerland	Iceland	4:4	Not in squad
	Group E	Oslo	Sep 10, 2013	Norway	Switzerland	0:2					74'		16'
	Group E	Tirana	Oct 11, 2013	Albania	Switzerland	1:2					68'		22'
	Group E	Bern	Oct 15, 2013	Switzerland	Slovenia	1:0					87'		3'
	International Friendlies
		Seoul	Nov 15, 2013	South Korea	Switzerland	2:1	RB				65'		25'
		St. Gallen	Mar 5, 2014	Switzerland	Croatia	2:2	on the bench
		Luzern	May 30, 2014	Switzerland	Jamaica	1:0	RW				72'		18'
		Luzern	Jun 3, 2014	Switzerland	Peru	2:0	on the bench
	World Cup 2014
	Group E	Brasília	Jun 15, 2014	Switzerland	Ecuador	2:1	on the bench
	Group E	Salvador	Jun 20, 2014	Switzerland	France	2:5	on the bench
	Group E		Jun 25, 2014	Honduras	Switzerland	0:3	on the bench
	Round of 16		Jul 1, 2014	Argentina	Switzerland	1:0 AET	AM			73'	66'		54'
	European Qualifiers
	Group E	Basel	Sep 8, 2014	Switzerland	England	0:2	on the bench
	Group E	Ljubljana	Oct 9, 2014	Slovenia	Switzerland	1:0	on the bench
	Group E	Serravalle	Oct 14, 2014	San Marino	Switzerland	0:4	on the bench
	Group E	St. Gallen	Nov 15, 2014	Switzerland	Lithuania	4:0	LB				75'		15'
	International Friendlies
		Wroclaw	Nov 18, 2014	Poland	Switzerland	2:2	DM					62'	62'
	European Qualifiers
	Group E	Luzern	Mar 27, 2015	Switzerland	Estonia	3:0	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		Zürich	Mar 31, 2015	Switzerland	USA	1:1	CM					119'	119'
		Thun	Jun 10, 2015	Switzerland	Liechtenstein	3:0	DM				46'		45'
	European Qualifiers
	Group E	Vilnius	Jun 14, 2015	Lithuania	Switzerland	1:2	on the bench
	Group E	Basel	Sep 5, 2015	Switzerland	Slovenia	3:2	on the bench
	Group E	London	Sep 8, 2015	England	Switzerland	2:0	on the bench
	Group E	St. Gallen	Oct 9, 2015	Switzerland	San Marino	7:0	Not in squad
	Group E	Tallinn	Oct 12, 2015	Estonia	Switzerland	0:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Trnava	Nov 13, 2015	Slovakia	Switzerland	3:2	CM					58'	58'
		Wien	Nov 17, 2015	Austria	Switzerland	1:2	on the bench
		Dublin	Mar 25, 2016	Ireland	Switzerland	1:0					71'		19'
		Zürich	Mar 29, 2016	Switzerland	Bosnia	0:2	DM					46'	45'
		Carouge	May 28, 2016	Switzerland	Belgium	1:2	DM				84'		6'
		Lugano	Jun 3, 2016	Switzerland	Moldova	2:1	on the bench
	EURO 2016
	Group A	Lens	Jun 11, 2016	Albania	Switzerland	0:1	DM				88'		2'
	Group A	Paris	Jun 15, 2016	Romania	Switzerland	1:1	on the bench
	Group A	Villeneuve-dAscq	Jun 19, 2016	Switzerland	France	0:0	CM				79'		11'
	Round of 16	Saint-Etienne	Jun 25, 2016	Switzerland	Poland	5:6 on pens	DM				77'		43'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group B	Basel	Sep 6, 2016	Switzerland	Portugal	2:0	DM				89'		1'
	Group B		Oct 7, 2016	Hungary	Switzerland	2:3	DM				81'		9'
	Group B	Andorra la Vella	Oct 10, 2016	Andorra	Switzerland	1:2	DM					66'	66'
	Group B	Luzern	Nov 13, 2016	Switzerland	Faroe Islands	2:0	on the bench
	Group B	Carouge	Mar 25, 2017	Switzerland	Latvia	1:0	DM			48'		65'	65'
	International Friendlies
		Neuchâtel	Jun 1, 2017	Switzerland	Belarus	1:0					66'		24'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group B	Tórshavn	Jun 9, 2017	Faroe Islands	Switzerland	0:2	on the bench
	Group B	St. Gallen	Aug 31, 2017	Switzerland	Andorra	3:0	on the bench
	Group B	Riga	Sep 3, 2017	Latvia	Switzerland	0:3	on the bench
	Group B	Basel	Oct 7, 2017	Switzerland	Hungary	5:2	Torn muscle fiber
	Group B	Lissabon	Oct 10, 2017	Portugal	Switzerland	2:0	Torn muscle fiber
	World Cup qualification Playoffs
	Qualifying Round 1st leg	Belfast	Nov 9, 2017	N. Ireland	Switzerland	0:1	on the bench
	Qualifying Round 2nd leg	Basel	Nov 12, 2017	Switzerland	N. Ireland	0:0	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		Athen	Mar 23, 2018	Greece	Switzerland	0:1					61'		29'
		Luzern	Mar 27, 2018	Switzerland	Panama	6:0	DM					58'	58'
		Villarreal	Jun 3, 2018	Spain	Switzerland	1:1					63'		27'
		Lugano	Jun 8, 2018	Switzerland	Japan	2:0	on the bench
	World Cup 2018
	Group E		Jun 17, 2018	Brazil	Switzerland	1:1	on the bench
	Group E		Jun 22, 2018	Serbia	Switzerland	1:2	on the bench
	Group E		Jun 27, 2018	Switzerland	Costa Rica	2:2	on the bench
	Round of 16		Jul 3, 2018	Sweden	Switzerland	1:0	on the bench
Squad: 108, Starting eleven: 30, Substituted in: 37, On the bench: 41, Suspended: 0, Injured: 2,