Name: Lukas Fernandes
               Age: 19 (01.03.1993)
          Position: Goalkeeper
              Club: Lyngby BK
International caps: Denmark U19: 4 Match(es)
                                 0 Goal(s)
                    Denmark U18: 2 Match(es)
                                 0 Goal(s)
                    Denmark U17: 7 Match(es)
                                 0 Goal(s)
                    Denmark U16: 3 Match(es)
                                 0 Goal(s)
            Value: £100.000 (transfermarkt.co.uk)

He is 19-year old, have played in Lyngby since 2008 and is considered as one of the clubs best talents. This weeks "Keep an eye on" is Lukas Fernandes.

Asked to describe his young goalkeeper, Lyngby coach Niels Frederiksen said, 'despite his young age, he is a very calm who, in general, never get stressed. He is a very strong goalkeeper and is good with his feets'.

Fernandes joined Lyngby after some of his former teammates from his childhood club, joined LB and invited him to come and play with them. The keeper soon became profile in the youth department, and this was discovered by the Premier Leauge club Stoke City, who invited Fernandes on a trial.
'It was exciting to be able to train with some professionals, however; it was only for a few days. I had two training sessions in the club, and trained with Thomas Sørensen and Asmir Begovic - players you normally only see in the TV'.

However, Fernandes returned to Lyngby where he won silver with Lyngby in the Danish U19 league, before being promoted to the first team squad. Here, he had his debut in the 1-0 victory in the Danish Siuperliga against FC Nordsjælland on the 30th October 2011. Today Lyngby is in the top of the Danish 1. Division and the young keeper have only played 2 matches this season. Another young goalkeeper, Nicklas Højlund, is guarding the goal.

'My personal goal is not  only to be playing the last couple of matches', Fernandes says and continues, 'I just have to train hard, and at some point I will get a chance'. His coach, Niels Frederiksen, explains why Højlund currently is the main goalkeeper:
'We always have to weigh up what qualities we need at the moment, and both have their individual strenght'.

However, Frederiksen underlines that Fernades 'overall is a good goalkeeper'.

The national career for Lukas Fernandes has so far given him sixteen matches for different Danish youth teams, the latest in March this year against Ukraine. The goalkeeper is currently not on any of the Danish national teams, but the dream of representing Denmark on the highest level is alive:

'It is every players dream, but it is hard to say if it will ever happen. However, I would not play football if I didn't believe it could happen, and it would certainly be a big dream'.

Niels Frederiksen belives his goalkeeper can go far as he most goalkeepers are best at around the age of 30, and Fernandes has already shown great potential before he has turned 20. However, the Lyngby coach urges his talent to keep his feet on the ground.