Jana Fernández

Jana Fernández Velasco (born 18 February 2002) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a defender for FC Barcelona and captains the Spanish women's under-20 football team.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fernández and the second or maternal family name is Velasco.
Jana Fernández
Personal information
Full name Jana Fernández Velasco
Date of birth (2002-02-18) 18 February 2002
Place of birth Sant Esteve Sesrovires, Spain
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Right back, Center back
Club information
Current team
 Barcelona
Number 3
Youth career
2014–2018 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 Barcelona B 33+ (3+)
2018– Barcelona 23 (1)
National team‡
2018–2019 Spain U17 17 (0)
2019–2020 Spain U19 1 (1)
2020– Spain U20
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 November 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 September 2021

Club career

Fernández was born in Tagamanent in the town of Bajo Llobregat in the Province of Barcelona. She began her football training at FC Barcelona's La Masia in 2014 at 12 years old.

Fernández made her debut for Barcelona in November 2018 at 16 years and 9 months,[1] while she was still playing with the club's Juvenil-Cadet section. She was the club's second-youngest debutant after FC Barcelona Femení's professionalization in 2015.[2]

In the summer of 2020, Fernández signed her first full-team contract for three seasons.[2]

On 10 March, 2021, she made her first start in the UEFA Women's Champions League in a 5–0 win against Danish side Fortuna Hjørring.[3] Barcelona went on to win the Champions League that year for the first time in their history. Fernández made 16 league appearances in her first senior season, a competition that Barcelona also won. On 27 May, 2021, Fernández made her first appearance in the Copa de la Reina in a 4–0 win against Madrid CFF.[4] Barcelona won the 2021 Copa de la Reina on 30 May and completed the continental treble.[2]

Fernández scored her first goal with Barcelona in 2021 in a 9–1 win against Deportivo Alavés.[5][6]

Club summary
As of 22 November 2021[7]
Club Season League Cup UWCL Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Barcelona 2018–19 Primera División 10––10
2020–21 1601030200
2021–22 61002081
Career total 2311050291

International career

Fernández has played with all official categories of Spanish youth national teams, including their U17s, U19s, and U20s.

She was a part of Spain's U-17 national team that won the 2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship.[8] By winning the UEFA Women's U-17 Championship, Spain automatically qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Fernandez played every match for the Spanish side that won the tournament, the first World Cup won by Spanish women in any age category.[9][10]

Honours

Club

International

References
  1. Jana, BDFutbol
  2. "Jana Fernández stats - FC Barcelona players". fcbarcelona.com. FC Barcelona. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  3. "Fortuna Hjørring 0-5 Barça: Into the quarterfinals!". fcbarcelona.com. FC Barcelona. 10 March 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  4. "Madrid CFF 0 - Barcelona 4: resumen de la Copa de la Reina". as.com. Diario AS. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  5. "La sesrovirenca Jana Fernández marca en la golejada del Barça". regio7.cat. Regió7. 4 October 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  6. Espinosa Badias, Raúl (3 October 2021). "Melanie Serrano: "Es un gol especial porque voy a ser madre"". vavel.com. Vavel. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  7. "Player profile". FlashScore. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  8. "Official squad lists for the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship 2018". womenssoccerunited.com. Women's Soccer United. 7 May 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  9. Menayo, David (30 November 2018). "Cata Coll, Jana Fernández, María Méndez y Claudia Pina, las intocables de 'La Rojita'". marca.com. Marca. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  10. Menayo, David (2 December 2018). "España conquista el Mundial Sub'17 tras vencer a México en la final". marca.com. Marca. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
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