Equi Fernández
 Fernández with Bayer Leverkusen in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ignacio Ezequiel Agustín Fernández Carballo[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 25 July 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2012-2021 | Boca Juniors | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2024 | Boca Juniors | 26 | (2) |
| 2022 | → Tigre (loan) | 25 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | Al-Qadsiah | 32 | (1) |
| 2025– | Bayer Leverkusen | 28 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Argentina U17 | 13 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | Argentina U23 | 11 | (1) |
| 2026– | Argentina | 1 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:30, 31 October 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10:21, 1 October 2026 (UTC) | |||
Ignacio Ezequiel Agustín Fernández Carballo (born 25 July 2002), better known as Equi Fernández, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen and the Argentina national team.
Club career
[edit]Boca Juniors
[edit]Fernández started to play in Boca Juniors in 2012, after an agreement signed with Barcelona through which both clubs committed to collaborate in youth players training.[2] He debuted as professional in May 2021, when Boca Juniors was defeated by Patronato 1–0, where he stayed 60 minutes on field.
He was traded to Tigre in February 2022 on loan for a year. The transaction was completed for an estimated fee of €450,000. Fernández played a total of 42 matches with that club. After the loan expired, Fernández returned to Boca Juniors in 2023.[3]
Al-Qadsiah
[edit]In August 2024, he was transferred to Saudi Pro League club Al Qadsiah.[4]
Bayer Leverkusen
[edit]On September 1, 2025, Fernández moved to Germany and signed with Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen.[5] Later that month, on 13 September, he made his debut in a 3–1 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt, receiving a red card in the stoppage time.[6]
International career
[edit]Fernández was called up for the Argentina U17 then coached by Pablo Aimar to play the 2019 South American Championship in Peru, where the national side crowned champions. He also played for Argentina in the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup held in Brazil.
On 13 December 2023, Fernández made his debut for the Argentina U23 in 3–0 friendly match victory against Ecuador U23.[7] Fernández was also a member of the Argentina national under-23 football team that played at the 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament and qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics men's football tournament in France.[8]
Fernández competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[9] He was one of the key players of Argentina,[10][4] where he scored a goal against Iraq.[11]
On 30 September 2026, Fernández made his debut with the Argentina national team in a 4–0 friendly win against Bolivia.[12]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]| 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 | ||
| Boca Juniors | 2021 | AFA Liga Profesional de Fútbol | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2023 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 8[c] | 0 | 2[d] | 0 | 44 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5[e] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | ||
| Total | 26 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 67 | 2 | ||
| Tigre (loan) | 2022 | Argentine Primera División | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | — | 1[f] | 0 | 42 | 0 | |
| Al-Qadsiah | 2024–25 | Saudi Pro League | 32 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 37 | 1 | |||
| Bayer Leverkusen | 2025–26 | Bundesliga | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 9[g] | 0 | — | 30 | 0 | ||
| 2026–27 | Bundesliga | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 3[h] | 0 | — | 13 | 1 | |||
| Total | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | — | 43 | 1 | ||||
| Career total | 111 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 189 | 4 | ||
- ↑ Includes Copa Argentina, King's Cup
- ↑ Includes Copa de la Liga
- ↑ Appearances in Copa Libertadores
- ↑ One appearance in Supercopa Argentina, one appearance in Supercopa Internacional
- ↑ Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
- ↑ Appearance in Trofeo de Campeones
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
International
[edit]- As of match played 1 October 2026
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 2026 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
Honours
[edit]Boca Juniors
Argentina U17
References
[edit]- ↑ "Squad List: Men's Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024: Argentina (ARG)" (PDF). FIFA. 27 July 2024. p. 1. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ↑ Acuerdo histórico entre Boca Juniors y el FC Barcelona on iprofesional, 2 March 2012
- ↑ Equi Fernández vuelve a Boca tras su préstamo en Tigre, TyC Sports, 27 December 2022
- 1 2 Equi Fernández se va de Boca y jugará en Arabia Saudita: los números de una transferencia millonaria on La Nueva, 4 August 2024
- ↑ "Bayer Leverkusen sign Ezequiel Fernández from Al-Qadsiah".
- ↑ Nemer, Roy (13 September 2025). "Equi Fernández red carded for Bayer Leverkusen in 3-1 win vs. Eintracht Frankfurt". Mundo Albiceleste.
- ↑ "Con tantos de Gondou, Di Césare y Castro, la Selección Argentina Sub 23 derrotó 3–0 a Ecuador". Sitio Oficial de la Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ↑ "Argentina le ganó el clásico a Brasil y logró la clasificación a los Juegos Olímpicos de Paris 2024". ESPNdeportes.com (in Spanish). 11 February 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ↑ "FERNANDEZ Ezequiel". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on 12 August 2024.
- ↑ Equi Fernández mejora lo que tiene alrededor by Ariel Senosiain on TyC Sports, 1 August 2024
- ↑ Confirmado: jugó los Juegos Olímpicos y seguirá su carrera en Arabia Saudita on DirecTV Sports, 4 August 2024
- ↑ "Argentina 4–0 Bolivia | Friendlies". BBC Sport. 1 October 2026. Retrieved 1 October 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "E. Fernández". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ↑ "Ignacio Ezequiel Agustín Fernández - Trayectoria y Biografía de Jugadores - Historia de Boca Juniors". Historia de Boca (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 May 2024.
External links
[edit]- Ezequiel Fernandez at Soccerway
- Ezequiel Fernandez at Olympics.com
- Ezee Fernandez on Instagram
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Argentine men's footballers
- Argentina men's youth international footballers
- Argentina men's international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Footballers from Buenos Aires
- Argentine Primera División players
- Boca Juniors footballers
- Club Atlético Tigre footballers
- Saudi Pro League players
- Al Qadsiah FC players
- Bundesliga players
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen players
- Footballers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers for Argentina
- Argentine expatriate men's footballers
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- 21st-century Argentine sportsmen