Fernando Henrique da Conceição (born 16 March 1993), known as Fernando, Fernandinho, or by his Mandarin name Fei Nanduo (), is a professional footballer who plays as a winger. Born in Brazil, he plays for the China national team.
Fernandinho began his professional career with local side Atlético Sorocaba after graduating from their youth team.
After playing in several games he was bought by sports marketing company Traffic and trained with top tier club Flamengo who decided to buy 70% of the economic rights of the player. On 15 August 2012, manager Dorival Júnior decided to give Fernandinho his debut for the club in a league game against Palmeiras where he came on as a substitute for Thomás Jaguaribe in a game that ended in a 1âÂÂ0 defeat. The following season Mano Menezes became the manager of the team and decided to give him a run of games.
At the start of the 2014 league season it was decided that Fernandinho needed regular playing time and he joined third tier club Madureira.
On 7 February 2014, Fernandinho would soon join top tier Portuguese team Estoril Praia.
Fernandinho went on loan to struggling Chinese Super League side Chongqing Lifan in the 2016 summer transfer window. After helping the newly promoted team stay up, he joined permanently on a 4âÂÂyear deal in January 2016. On 6 March 2016, he scored 2 identical solo run goals after dribbling past the entire opposition defence and handed Chongqing a shock 2âÂÂ1 home win against 5-time defending champions Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao.
After four seasons with Chongqing, Fernandinho joined Chinese club, Guangzhou Evergrande and was immediately loaned to Hebei China Fortune for the rest of the season.
Fernandinho was fined a club-record amount of ÃÂ¥3 million ($430,000) for a breach of discipline as he was absent for Guangzhou's preseason training camp in Dubai.
On 15 July 2019, Fernandinho joined Hebei China Fortune on loan until the end of the 2019 Chinese Super League season. He returned to Evergrande before the 2020 season but overall failed to settle in the team and make an impact.
On 11 April 2023, Fernandinho returned to the Chinese Super League after not playing for over a year and joined Shandong Taishan. On 16 April 2023, he made his debut in a 1âÂÂ0 away defeat against Shanghai Shenhua. On 29 June 2023, he scored his first goal for Taishan in a 4âÂÂ1 home win against Changchun Yatai.
On 11 July 2024, Fernandinho joined Shanghai Shenghua on loan until the end of the 2024 season. On 13 September, he scored a goal and recorded two assists which help Shanghai Shenhua to win 4âÂÂ3 against Zhejiang Professional.
In 2020, Fernandinho gained Chinese citizenship through naturalisation. Following his naturalisation as a Chinese citizen, his name was Sinicised as Fei Nanduo.
On 21 March 2024, Fernandinho made his international debut for China in a 2âÂÂ2 away draw against Singapore in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification. On 26 March 2024, Fernandinho scored his first international goal for China, a penalty in a 4âÂÂ1 home win over Singapore in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
Updated to 13 March 2023