Fernando Morientes

Fernando Morientes (born 5 April 1976) is a former Spanish football player. He used to play for Olympique Marseille and is well known for his time at Liverpool.

Fernando Morientes
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Personal information
Full nameFernando Morientes Sánchez[1][2]
Date of birth5 April 1976
     (aged 50)
[1]
Place of birthCilleros, Spain[1]
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Playing positionStriker
Youth career
Sonseca
1992–1993Albacete
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1993–1995Albacete22(5)
1995–1997Zaragoza66(28)
1997–2005Real Madrid183(72)
2003–2004Monaco (loan)28(10)
2005–2006Liverpool41(8)
2006–2009Valencia66(19)
2009–2010Marseille12(1)
2015Santa Ana3(0)
Total421(143)
National team
1993–1994Spain U1812(10)
1995Spain U205(1)
1995–1998Spain U2116(4)
1996Spain U232(0)
1998–2007Spain47(27)
Teams managed
2012Huracán (youth)
2012–2014Real Madrid (youth)
2015–2016Fuenlabrada
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Albacete 1993–94[3] La Liga 2 0 2 1 0 0 4 1
1994–95[3] La Liga 20 5 6 2 0 0 1[c] 0 27 7
Total 22 5 8 3 0 0 1 0 31 8
Zaragoza 1995–96[3] La Liga 29 13 3 3 5[d] 2 2[e] 0 39 18
1996–97[3] La Liga 37 15 3 1 40 16
Total 66 28 6 4 5 2 2 0 79 34
Real Madrid 1997–98[3] La Liga 33 12 2 0 10[f] 4 45 16
1998–99[3] La Liga 33 19 5 6 4[f] 0 1[e] 0 43 25
1999–2000[3] La Liga 29 12 5 0 14[f] 6 3[g] 1 51 19
2000–01[3] La Liga 22 6 1 0 8[f] 4 1[h] 0 32 10
2001–02[3] La Liga 33 18 5 0 11[f] 3 2[i] 0 51 21
2002–03[3] La Liga 19 5 2 1 7[f] 0 0 0 28 6
2003–04[3] La Liga 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2004–05[3] La Liga 13 0 2 1 6[f] 2 21 3
Total 183 72 22 8 61 19 6 1 272 100
Monaco (loan) 2003–04[4] Ligue 1 28 10 2 3 0 0 12[f] 9 42 22
Liverpool 2004–05[4] Premier League 13 3 0 0 2 0 15 3
2005–06[4] Premier League 28 5 5 1 1 0 10[f] 3 2[j] 0 46 9
Total 41 8 5 1 3 0 10 3 2 0 61 12
Valencia 2006–07[3] La Liga 24 12 3 0 10[f] 7 37 19
2007–08[3] La Liga 22 6 1 1 8[f] 1 31 8
2008–09[3] La Liga 20 1 6 2 7[k] 3 1[i] 1 34 7
Total 66 19 10 3 25 11 1 1 102 34
Marseille 2009–10[4] Ligue 1 12 1 2 0 0 0 5[f] 0 19 1
Santa Ana 2014–15 Preferente 3 0 3 0
Career total 421 143 55 22 3 0 115 44 12 2 606 211
  1. Includes Copa del Rey, Coupe de France, FA Cup
  2. Includes Football League Cup
  3. Appearance in La Liga relegation play-offs
  4. Appearances in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
  5. 5.0 5.1 Appearances in UEFA Super Cup
  6. 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  7. Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
  8. Appearance in Intercontinental Cup
  9. 9.0 9.1 Appearances in Supercopa de España
  10. One appearance in UEFA Super Cup, one appearance in FIFA Club World Cup
  11. Appearances in UEFA Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[5][6]
National team Year Apps Goals
Spain 1998 6 7
1999 6 2
2000 0 0
2001 4 3
2002 11 5
2003 3 3
2004 8 4
2005 4 2
2006 2 0
2007 3 1
Total 47 27
Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Morientes goal.[5][6]
List of international goals scored by Fernando Morientes
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 25 March 1998 Balaídos, Vigo, Spain  Sweden 1–0 4–0 Friendly
2 2–0
3 3 June 1998 El Sardinero, Santander, Spain  Northern Ireland 3–1 4–1 Friendly
4 4–1
5 24 June 1998 Félix Bollaert, Lens, France  Bulgaria 3–0 6–1 1998 FIFA World Cup
6 4–1
7 5 September 1998 Antonis Papadopoulos, Larnaca, Cyprus  Cyprus 2–3 2–3 Euro 2000 qualifying
8 18 August 1999 Polish Army, Warsaw, Poland  Poland 1–1 2–1 Friendly
9 10 October 1999 Carlos Belmonte, Albacete, Spain  Israel 1–0 3–0 Euro 2000 qualifying
10 28 March 2001 Mestalla, Valencia, Spain  France 2–0 2–1 Friendly
11 1 September 2001 Mestalla, Valencia, Spain  Austria 2–0 4–1 2002 World Cup qualification
12 3–0
13 13 February 2002 Lluís Companys, Barcelona, Spain  Portugal 1–1 1–1 Friendly
14 17 April 2002 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland  Northern Ireland 5–0 5–0 Friendly
15 7 June 2002 Jeonju World Cup, Jeonju, South Korea File:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay 1–1 3–1 2002 FIFA World Cup
16 2–1
17 16 June 2002 Suwon World Cup, Suwon, South Korea  Ireland 1–0 1–1 2002 FIFA World Cup
18 30 April 2003 Vicente Calderón, Madrid, Spain File:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador 2–0 4–0 Friendly
19 3–0
20 4–0
21 31 March 2004 El Molinón, Gijón, Spain  Denmark 1–0 2–0 Friendly
22 5 June 2004 Alfonso Pérez, Getafe, Spain  Andorra 1–0 4–0 Friendly
23 16 June 2004 Bessa, Porto, Portugal  Greece 1–0 1–1 UEFA Euro 2004
24 18 August 2004 Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela 1–0 3–2 Friendly
25 3 September 2005 El Sardinero, Santander, Spain  Canada 2–0 2–1 Friendly
26 12 November 2005 Vicente Calderón, Madrid, Spain  Slovakia 5–1 5–1 2006 World Cup qualification
27 24 March 2007 Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain  Denmark 1–0 2–1 Euro 2008 qualifying

Honours

Real Madrid

Monaco

Liverpool

Valencia

Marseille

Spain U21

Individual

Fernando Morientes Media

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 (in es) Fernando MORIENTES Sánchez. https://www.elmundo.es/elmundodeporte/especiales/2003/06/madridcampeon/jugadores/morientes.html. Retrieved 28 December 2022. 
  2. FIFA Club World Championship Japan 2005 – Official rosters (4 December 2005)FIFA. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  3. 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 Fernando Morientes at BDFutbol
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Fernando Morientes at WorldFootball.net
  5. 5.0 5.1 MorientesEuropean Football. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Pla Díaz, Emilio. Fernando Morientes Sánchez – International MatchesRSSSF. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Morientes podría preparar su adiós (in es) (2010)Defensa Central. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  8. Real Madrid 3–0 Valencia. 24 May 2000. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2000/may/24/championsleague.sport1. Retrieved 7 April 2016. 
  9. Madrid win ninth European crown (15 May 2002)UEFA. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  10. Porto 3–0 Monaco (26 May 2004)BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  11. Liverpool 2–3 Chelsea (aet) (27 February 2005)BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  12. Turner, Lucy. Morientes glad as Valencia get relief (17 April 2008)UEFA. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  13. OM: que sont devenus les champions de France 2010? (in fr) (4 May 2020)RMC. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  14. (in es) Morientes gana su primer título en Francia. 27 March 2010. https://www.marca.com/2010/03/27/futbol/futbol_internacional/liga_francesa/1269729967.html. Retrieved 22 July 2025. 
  15. (in es) Príncipes. 1 June 1998. http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1998/06/01/pagina-14/398538/pdf.html. Retrieved 22 January 2024. 
  16. Italia ya ganó un Europeo a España en el 1996 (in es) (18 June 2013)Orgullo Bianconero. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
  17. Stratmann, Edward (7 April 2020). Remembering Morientes' Champions League heroics vs. Real Madrid in 2004. https://www.monaco-tribune.com/en/2020/04/remembering-morientes-champions-league-heroics-vs-real-madrid-in-2004/. Retrieved 23 March 2021. 
  18. Trophées UNFP – Oscars du football – Equipe-type de Ligue 1 (in fr)Sport Palmares. Retrieved 26 June 2015.