Dani Fernández (footballer, born 2008)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fernández and the second or maternal family name is Melián.

Daniel "Dani" Fernández Melián (born 26 January 2008) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a midfielder for CD Tenerife.

Dani Fernández

Personal information
Full name	Daniel Fernández Melián
Date of birth	(2008-01-26) 26 January 2008 (age 17)
Place of birth	San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Tenerife
Number	32
Youth career
	Tenerife
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2024–	Tenerife	11	(1)
2024–	Tenerife B	19	(2)
International career‡
2023–	Spain U16	4	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 4 March 2024

Club career

Born in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Fernández was a CD Tenerife youth graduate. In April 2024, he agreed to a professional contract with the club, after spending a period separated from the Cadete squad prior to the renewal.^[1]

Before even having appeared with the reserves, Fernández began training with the main squad in May 2024.^[2] After being an unused substitute in a 1–1 away draw against Burgos CF, he made his senior – and professional – debut on 2 June, replacing Enric Gallego in a 2–1 Segunda División home win over Real Valladolid;^[3] aged 16 years and 128 days, he became the second-youngest to debut with the club, only behind Víctor Correa in 1984.^[4]

Fernández scored his first professional goal on 5 October 2024, netting the opener in a 2–0 home win over FC Cartagena; aged 16 years and 249 days, he became the youngest goalscorer of the club's history.^[5]

International career

On 18 October 2023, Fernández was called up to the Spain national under-16 team for two friendlies against Romania.^[6]