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Artur Fernandes
Artur Fernandes was born in November 1970 in Viana do Castelo, Portugal. He studied at the Faculty of Sports, the Faculty of Arts (Geography), and the Faculty of Sociology in Porto.

Sports Career
As a player, he began his career at his hometown club and, still in service to Sport Clube Vianense, he was already the captain of the Portuguese National Football Team. In 1987, he transferred to Futebol Clube do Porto, a team based in the city of Porto. Throughout his career, he represented various prestigious clubs in Portugal, such as F.C. Paços de Ferreira, F.C. Penafiel, Desportivo das Aves, and Naval 1º Maio.

During this journey, he also wrote columns for a daily sports newspaper and served as a leader in the Players' Union

Career as a Sports Agent
Retired from his football career in 2001, he began working as a sports consultant for some clubs.

In 2004, he was ranked as the third agent in Portugal in a ranking promoted by a daily sports newspaper, with 22 operations in that summer market. Over 200 players transferred in 18 countries in just over 10 years.

He formalized his relationship with the World Champions Club in late 2005.

In collaboration with some of the most valuable and respected player agents in Portugal, he decided to create the National Association of Football Agents in 2006, where he remains to this day.

In 2007, he was invited to be one of the Advisors to the National Sports Council of the Portuguese Government, an invitation he proudly accepted, thus becoming involved in some of Portugal's most important sports projects, highlighting the New Legal Regime for Sports Federations.

He mentored the "Transfer House" dossier with an application for Portuguese football, which was presented to the National Sports Council in 2011.

In 2012, he took office as the "Ambassador for Ethics in Sport."

In October 2014, he moved to London and founded Soccer Club, his own company, with the purpose of representing and managing the careers of professional football players.

On February 1, 2017, he assumed the position of International Director at the Stellar Group (www.stellargroup.co.uk), also taking on the total responsibility for managing the Portuguese football market.

He is also a member of the European Association of Player Agents.

Artur Fernandes is also a great promoter of Social Solidarity worldwide, especially in Europe.

Transfers
Arsenal F.C., Dame Ndoye (Lokomotive Moscow), Southampton F.C., Weligton Oliveira (Malaga), Carlos Dunga, Queen Park Rangers, Mauricio Pochettino, Panathinaikos, David Trezeguet (River Plate), Ederson and Neto (SS Lazio), Malaga C.F., OGC Nice, Rui Fonte (SL Benfica), Olympiakos, Jose Fonte (Southampton F.C.), Wesley Silva (Al Hilal), Nene (PSG), Celta de Vigo, Villarreal F.C., Graziano Pellé, Maycon (A.S. Roma), F.C. Betis, RCDE Espanyol, Barcelona, Sérgio Conceição, Real Zaragoza, Ricardo Pereira (Leicester), Adrien Silva (Monaco), Bakambu (Beijing Gouan), Jose Fonte, André Castro (Braga), Ilaix Karouma and Serginho Dest (Barcelona), Tanlongo (Sporting of Portugal), Tiago Gouveia (Benfica), Rammazani (Almería), João Palhinha (Sporting Portugal), Ivan Jaime and Charles Pickel (Famalicão), Jeremy Doku (Stade Rennais), Miguel Lopes, Ederson Campos, Joachim Anderson, and Tagliafico (Olympique Lyonnais), Fausto Vera (Corinthians), Oscar Bobb (Manchester City), Luís Castro (manager, Al Nassr), Tiago Gouveia (SL Benfica), Rodrigo Zalazar (SC Braga), etc.