{{short description|Venezuelan footballer (born 1976)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Fernando de Ornelas | image = Fernando De Ornelas.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = De Ornelas lining up for Venezuela at the 2007 Copa América | fullname = Fernando Franco de Ornelas<ref>{{Hugman|5031|accessdate=11 March 2017}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|7|29|df=yes}} | birth_place = Caracas, Venezuela | height = {{height|ft=6|in=1}} | position = Midfielder | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 1993–1996 | youthclubs1 = Marítimo Caracas | years1 = 1996–1997 | clubs1 = UA Tachira | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1997–1998 | clubs2 = Marítimo Caracas | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 1998–1999 | clubs3 = South China | caps3 = 35 | goals3 = 20 | years4 = 1999 | clubs4 = Crystal Palace | caps4 = 9 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2000 | clubs5 = Celtic | caps5 = 2 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2000 | clubs6 = | caps6 = 2 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2001 | clubs7 = South China | caps7 = 4 | goals7 = 1 | years8 = 2001 | clubs8 = Queens Park Rangers | caps8 = 2 | goals8 = 0 | years9 = 2002 | clubs9 = Marítimo | caps9 = 4 | goals9 = 0 | years10 = 2003 | clubs10 = Gansu Tianma | caps10 = 4 | goals10 = 0 | years11 = 2003 | clubs11 = FC Nürnberg | caps11 = 4 | goals11 = 0 | years12 = 2004–2005 | clubs12 = Olympiakos Nicosia | caps12 = 21 | goals12 = 3 | years13 = 2005–2008 | clubs13 = Odd Grenland | caps13 = 57 | goals13 = 11 | years14 = 2008 | clubs14 = Monagas | caps14 = 10 | goals14 = 1 | years15 = 2009 | clubs15 = Zulia | caps15 = 7 | goals15 = 0 | years16 = 2009–2010 | clubs16 = Mjøndalen | caps16 = 3 | goals16 = 0 | totalcaps = 129 | totalgoals = 36 | nationalyears1 = 1999–2007 | nationalteam1 = Venezuela | nationalcaps1 = 27 | nationalgoals1 = 5 | ntupdate = 15 April 2009 | pcupdate = 11 December 2009 }} '''Fernando Franco de Ornelas''' (born 29 July 1976 in Caracas), is a retired Venezuelan football player.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fotball.fvn.no/forstediv/article144438.ece |title=De Ornelas til Mjøndalen |publisher=fvn.no |work=100% Fotball |language=Norwegian |accessdate=9 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724180050/http://fotball.fvn.no/forstediv/article144438.ece |archivedate=24 July 2011}}</ref>
==Club career== De Ornelas has played for clubs in several countries in his career, such as Norwegian Odd Grenland and Hong Kong First Division League giant South China. He has had short spells with Crystal Palace, Celtic, Queens Park Rangers, Olympiakos Nicosia, and played for two teams called Marítimo; CS Marítimo of Portugal and Marítimo Caracas.
==Retirement== After finishing his career as a footballer, de Ornelas settled in Bamble, Norway. He currently works as a Pentecostal pastor in a Norwegian free church.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-02-08|title=Fernando De Ornelas Franco|url=https://www.forkynnerfellesskapet.no/forkynnerprofil/fernando-de-ornelas-franco/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305192147/https://www.forkynnerfellesskapet.no/forkynnerprofil/fernando-de-ornelas-franco/|archive-date=2021-03-05|access-date=2021-03-30|website=PFF|language=nb-NO}}</ref>
==International goals== {{International goals header}} |- | 1. || 20 June 1999 || Misael Delgado, Valencia, Venezuela || {{fb|PER}} || '''3'''–0 || 3–0 || Friendly |- | 2. || 10 August 2000 || Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela, Costa Rica || {{fb|CRC}} || 1–'''4''' || 1–5 || Friendly |- | 3. || 6 September 2006 || St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland || {{fb|AUT}} || 0–'''1''' || 0–1 || Friendly |- | 4. || 28 March 2007 || José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo, Venezuela || {{fb|NZL}} || '''2'''–0 || 5–0 || Friendly |- | 5. || 28 March 2007 || José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo, Venezuela || {{fb|NZL}} || '''3'''–0 || 5–0 || Friendly |- {{end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Soccerbase}} *{{NFT player|pid=7221}}
{{Venezuela Squad Copa América 2007}}
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