Martim Fernandes


Martim Moreira Moutinho Fernandes is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Primeira Liga club Porto.

Club career

Born in Valongo, Porto District, Fernandes joined FC Porto's academy aged 11. On 18 January 2022, his 16th birthday, he signed his first professional contract.
Fernandes made his senior debut with the B team on 7 August 2022, starting a 1–0 Liga Portugal 2 home loss against S.C. Covilhã, and at 16 years and six months became their youngest ever debutant in the division, breaking Rui Pedro's record by four months. On 28 September 2023, he was named Porto's Young Athlete of the Year and, the following month, was included in The Guardian's: Next Generation 2023 list of outstanding talents.
On 20 October 2023, Fernandes played his first competitive match with the main squad, as a 73rd-minute replacement for João Mário in the 2–0 away win over GD Vilar de Perdizes in the third round of the Taça de Portugal. He scored his first professional goal on 17 March 2024, helping Porto's reserves to a 1–1 draw at C.D. Feirense.
With starting right-back João Mário injured, Fernandes was surprisingly picked by manager Sérgio Conceição for an important match against rivals Sporting CP on 29 April 2024; in the 40th minute of his Primeira Liga bow, he made a long run forward and assisted Pepê for Porto's second goal, but the hosts eventually conceded a 2–2 draw. He went on to start the remaining three league matches of the season, being a used substitute in the Portuguese Cup final, a 2–1 victory over the same opposition.
Following a collision with S.L. Benfica's Sidny Lopes Cabral in the Portuguese Cup quarter-finals on 14 January 2026, Fernandes played more than 70 minutes with a broken nose; Porto won 1–0 at the Estádio do Dragão to go through. He scored his first goal for the first team 12 days later, the second in a 3–0 home defeat of Gil Vicente F.C. where he was voted player of the match.

International career

Fernandes was part of the Portugal under-17 squad at the 2019 UEFA European Championship. He then represented the under-19s in the 2023 European Championship, where they finished runners-up; in the final against Italy, he had a second-half chance to equalise Michael Kayode's winner, but Davide Mastrantonio saved it to keep the score at 1–0.
On 10 October 2025, Fernandes earned his first cap at under-21 level, featuring 59 minutes of a 3–0 home win over Bulgaria in the 2027 UEFA European Championship qualifiers.

Career statistics

Honours

Porto
  • Taça de Portugal: 2023–24
  • Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2024