Juan Fernández (basketball, born 1990)
Fernández playing with Basket Brescia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 – Luiss Roma | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Basket Serie B | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | July 22, 1990 Río Tercero, Córdoba, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Argentine / Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 93 kg (205 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| High school | Dr. Alexis Carrel | ||||||||||||||||||||
| College | Temple (2008–2012) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2012: undrafted | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2012–present | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Basket Brescia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Dinamo Sassari | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Obras Sanitarias | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Basket Brescia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | CB Breogán | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2022 | Pallacanestro Trieste | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Reyer Venezia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025-2026 | Luiss Roma | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Juan Manuel "Lobito" Fernández (born July 22, 1990) is an Argentine-Italian professional basketball player for Reyer Venezia of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). His father, Gustavo, was a point guard for a number of professional basketball teams in Argentina. Pepe Sánchez convinced Fernández to play basketball at his alma mater, Temple University, and Fernández joined the Temple Owls team in December 2008. As a sophomore, he was named Atlantic 10 Tournament Most Valuable Player. After struggling through a prolonged shooting slump as a junior, he hit an off-balance 18-foot shot with .4 seconds remaining to defeat Penn State in the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament and was named to the All-Atlantic 10 Third Team. In addition to his college exploits, he defended Argentina bringing home a gold medal at the 2008 Under-18 World Championship.