Fernando Prass

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Büttenbender and the second or paternal family name is Prass.
Fernando Prass
Personal information
Full name Fernando Büttenbender Prass
Date of birth (1978-07-09) 9 July 1978
Place of birth Porto Alegre, Brazil
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Palmeiras
Number 1
Youth career
Grêmio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1998–1999 Grêmio 38 (0)
2000 Francana 24 (0)
2001 Vila Nova 31 (0)
2002–2005 Coritiba 186 (0)
2005–2009 União Leiria 81 (0)
2009–2012 Vasco Gama 149 (0)
2013– Palmeiras 80 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:16, 22 January 2016 (UTC).

† Appearances (goals)

Fernando Büttenbender Prass (born 9 July 1978 in Porto Alegre[1]) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras as a goalkeeper.

Football career

After starting professionally with local Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, Prass joined Associação Atlética Francana in 2000, moving after one season to another modest side, Vila Nova Futebol Clube. In 2002 he signed for Coritiba Foot Ball Club, spending four seasons at the club.

Subsequently, Prass moved abroad and joined Portugal's U.D. Leiria, as compatriot Helton left the team to join Primeira Liga club FC Porto. He made his league debut on 11 September 2005 in a 0–0 home draw against C.S. Marítimo, and retained first-choice status from that moment onwards.

In the 2006–07 season, Prass only missed two league games as Leiria finished seventh and qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup, eventually being one of the competition's winners and appearing in the UEFA Cup, being ousted by Bayer 04 Leverkusen in the first round (4–5 on aggregate). The following campaign, the club dropped down to the second level.

After appearing in 14 matches to help União return to the top flight in 2009, 31-year-old Prass returned to his country and signed for CR Vasco da Gama, playing in the second division for the first time in 110 years of history. As first-choice he helped the Rio de Janeiro side finish as champions and promote back, with the best defensive record in the league.

On 10 December 2012 Prass left Vasco and joined Palmeiras, freshly relegated to division two.[2]

On 3 April 2016, he saved Lucca's penalty in a 1–0 home win over Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, the Alviverde's first such win over their rival for nearly 21 years.[3]

Honours

Grêmio
Vila Nova
Coritiba
União Leiria
Vasco
Palmeiras

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Bate-papo" [Chat]. Site Oficial do Goleiro Fernando Prass (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Palmeiras anuncia a contratação do goleiro Fernando Prass, ex-Vasco" [Palmeiras announces signing of goalkeeper Fernando Prass, formerly with Vasco]. Gazeta Esportiva.net (in Portuguese). 11 December 2012. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Com Prass e Dudu heróis, Palmeiras bate Corinthians e fecha tabu de 21 anos" [With Prass and Dudo the heroes, Palmeiras beat Corinthians and end 21-year taboo] (in Portuguese). UOL. 3 April 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "Finalistas, Palmeiras e Santos dominam a seleção do Paulistão" [Finalists, Palmeiras and Santos dominate Paulistão's team of the year] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 30 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.

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