As reported by the public relations of Sepahan Foolad Mobarake Club, The managing director and the members of board director of Foolad Mobarake Sepahan Club negotiated online with Manuel Fernandez, the former star of the Valencia and Everton teams at the request of Jose Morais, the head coach of Sepahan. Finally this Portuguese player attended Sepahan's camp in Turkey and signed his contract with Sepahan for one season after doing medical tests.
Fernandez started his professional football career from the Benfica club academy and has played for Portsmouth and Everton in England, Valencia in Spain, Krasnodar and Lokomotiv Moscow in Russia, Kaiserspor and Besiktas in Turkey.
Winning a championship of the Russian Pro League and three championships of the Cup of this country in Lokomotiv team, one championship in Pro League, the Cup and the Portuguese Super Cup in Benfica team, the championship of the Turkish Cup in Besiktas team, the championship of Spanish Cup in Valencia team is the honor of Sepahan's new player in European football.
He played 15 times with the Portuguese national team shirt and scored three goals for his country's national team