page_title: Mário Fernandes (footballer)
section_title: Russia
hierarchical_section_title: Mário Fernandes (footballer) / International career / Russia
caption_attribution_description: English: Russia vs. Czech Republic, 10 September 2018
context_page_description: Mário Figueira Fernandes is a Brazilian-Russian professional footballer who plays as a right back for Russian club CSKA Moscow and the Russia national team.
context_section_description: After acquiring Russian citizenship, he was called up to the Russia national football team for the friendly games against Turkey on 31 August 2016 and Ghana on 6 September 2016. However, at that point, he had only been a CSKA Moscow player since April 2012, which meant he had not lived in Russia continuously for at least five years yet. Thus, he was not eligible to play for Russia until April 2017.
  On 23 March 2017, it was announced that he would make his debut for Russia on 24 March in a friendly against Ivory Coast. He did not appear in that game. He made his debut for Russia on 7 October 2017 in a friendly game against South Korea.
  On 11 May 2018, he was included in Russia's extended 2018 FIFA World Cup squad. On 3 June 2018, he was included in the finalized World Cup squad.
  He played a key role in Russia's performance at the 2018 FIFA World Cup. In the quarter finals against Croatia, he scored an equalising goal in extra time, which sent the match to a penalty shootout. However, Russia was eliminated after losing the shootout.
caption: Fernandes playing for the Russia national football team
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