Fernando de Ornelas

Fernando de Ornelas

De Ornelas lining up for Venezuela at the 2007 Copa América
Personal information
Full name	Fernando Franco de Ornelas[1]
Date of birth	(1976-07-29) 29 July 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth	Caracas, Venezuela
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1993–1996	Marítimo Caracas
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1997	UA Tachira
1997–1998	Marítimo Caracas
1998–1999	South China	35	(20)
1999	Crystal Palace	9	(0)
2000	Celtic	2	(0)
2001	South China	4	(1)
2001	Queens Park Rangers	2	(0)
2002	Marítimo	4	(0)
2003	Gansu Tianma	4	(0)
2003	FC Nürnberg	4	(0)
2004–2005	Olympiakos Nicosia	21	(3)
2005–2008	Odd Grenland	57	(11)
2008	Monagas	10	(1)
2009	Zulia	7	(0)
2009–2010	Mjøndalen	3	(0)
Total		129	(36)
International career^‡
1999–2007	Venezuela	27	(5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 December 2009 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 April 2009

Fernando Franco de Ornelas (born 29 July 1976 in Caracas), is a retired Venezuelan football player.^[2]

Club career

De Ornelas has played for clubs in several countries in his career, such as Norwegian Odd Grenland and Hong Kong First Division League giant South China. He has had short spells with Crystal Palace, Celtic and Queens Park Rangers, Olympiakos Nicosia, and played for two teams called Marítimo, CS Marítimo of Portugal and Marítimo Caracas.

Retirement

After finishing his career as a footballer, de Ornelas settled in Bamble, Norway. He currently works as a Pentecostal pastor in a Norwegian free church.^[3]

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1.	20 June 1999	Misael Delgado, Valencia, Venezuela	Peru	3–0	3–0	Friendly
2.	10 August 2000	Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela, Costa Rica	Costa Rica	1–4	1–5	Friendly
3.	6 September 2006	St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland	Austria	0–1	0–1	Friendly
4.	28 March 2007	José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo, Venezuela	New Zealand	2–0	5–0	Friendly
5.	28 March 2007	José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo, Venezuela	New Zealand	3–0	5–0	Friendly

References

1. "Fernando de Ornelas". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
2. "De Ornelas til Mjøndalen". 100% Fotball (in Norwegian). fvn.no. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
3. "Fernando De Ornelas Franco". PFF (in Norwegian Bokmål). 8 February 2018. Archived from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.

External links

• Fernando de Ornelas at Soccerbase
• Fernando de Ornelas at National-Football-Teams.com