{"id":4296,"date":"2026-09-18T14:59:46","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T14:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/?p=4296"},"modified":"2026-09-18T14:59:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T14:59:46","slug":"roberto-fernandez-forged-at-nervion-earns-first-spain-call-up-after-flying-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/?p=4296","title":{"rendered":"Roberto Fern\u00e1ndez, forged at Nervi\u00f3n, earns first Spain call-up after flying start"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/en\/player\/roberto-fernandez-432052\">Roberto Fern\u00e1ndez<\/a> has earned his first <a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/en\/team\/spain-34\">Spain<\/a> senior call-up under Luis de la Fuente after a blistering start, the RCD <a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/en\/team\/espanyol-215\">Espanyol<\/a> striker scoring six goals in six <a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/en\/competition\/laliga-10\/fixtures\">LaLiga<\/a> matches following formative years in Sevilla\u2019s academy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>According to Zona Mixta, the Puente Genil forward joined Sevilla at 13 and spent three seasons there from 2014 to 2017.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>His route then took him through C\u00f3rdoba CF, M\u00e1laga CF, Bar\u00e7a Atl\u00e8tic and Sporting de Braga before Espanyol, where he has emerged as a key attacking presence this term.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Fern\u00e1ndez\u2019s form has placed him among LaLiga\u2019s standout strikers. Internationally, he had already featured for Spain Under-21s and took part in the 2025 European Championship with La Rojita.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>He had recently said he was watching de la Fuente\u2019s list and that fulfilling a childhood dream would feel special.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>His Sevilla spell included life in the club residence. The early months proved difficult after his roommate left, yet he stayed to complete his education before returning to C\u00f3rdoba.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>At M\u00e1laga he debuted in Segunda Divisi\u00f3n, later scoring 20 goals in Primera Federaci\u00f3n to aid promotion. A stint at Sporting de Braga preceded a January 2025 loan to Espanyol, who exercised the option and tied him down until 2031.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><em>\u201cArtificial intelligence was used to assist in creating this article based on reporting from the original source quoted.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/en\/news\/roberto-fernandez-forged-at-nervion-earns-first-spain-call-up-after-flying-start-43483315\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roberto Fern\u00e1ndez has earned his first Spain senior call-up under Luis de la Fuente after&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2Fv22Fphotobooth2Fcms2Fen2F434833153Fdate2026-09-18.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}