Paraguayans still bring up 7 June 1986 at the Azteca, when Hugo Sánchez stepped up against the goalkeeper everyone called Gato and put his penalty against the post in a 1-1 draw. He was in the Paraguay squad that won the Copa América in 1979, kept goal at the 1986 World Cup, won 78 caps, took Paraguayan titles with Cerro Porteño in 1990 and 1996, and the Copa do Brasil with Internacional in 1992.
Paraguay legends whose careers overlapped Fernández's
One rank above: Eugenio Morel at #13.
One rank below: Julio César Cáceres at #15.
Paraguay's editorial top five: Arsenio Erico · José Luis Chilavert · Carlos Gamarra · José Saturnino Cardozo · Julio César Romero.