| Fernando Ovelar | |
| Fullname: | Fernando Fabián Ovelar Martínez |
| Birth Date: | 2004 1, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Asunción, Paraguay |
| Currentclub: | Unión Española (on loan from Pachuca) |
| Position: | Winger |
| Youthclubs1: | Cerro Porteño |
| Years1: | 2018–2022 |
| Clubs1: | Cerro Porteño |
| Caps1: | 32 |
| Goals1: | 2 |
| Years2: | 2023– |
| Clubs2: | Pachuca |
| Caps2: | 2 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2023 |
| Clubs3: | → Atlante (loan) |
| Caps3: | 19 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2024– |
| Clubs4: | → Unión Española (loan) |
| Caps4: | 0 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2018–2019 |
| Nationalteam1: | Paraguay U17 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
| Pcupdate: | 29 February 2024 |
| Ntupdate: | 27 April 2019 |
Fernando Fabián Ovelar Martínez (born 6 January 2004) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Chilean club Unión Española on loan from Liga MX club Pachuca. He is the youngest ever player to score in the Paraguayan Primera División, when he netted at only 14 years old.
Ovelar made his professional debut for Cerro Porteño in a 1–1 Paraguayan Primera División tie with 3 de Febrero on 28 October 2018.[1] Ovelar scored his first professional goal the following week in the Paraguayan Superclásico against Club Olimpia on 4 November 2018.[2] Ovelar is the youngest player to ever play in the Paraguayan Primera División, and also the youngest ever scorer in the league,[3] at the age of 14 years, 9 months and 27 days.[4]
In 2024, he joined Chilean Primera División side Unión Española on loan from Pachuca.[5]
On 12 December 2018, Ovelar made his debut for Paraguay U17, scoring in a 1–0 victory against Mexico U17.[6]
Ovelar's grandfather, Gerónimo Ovelar, was also a professional footballer who played for Cerro Porteño and the Paraguay national football team in the 1970s and 1980s.[7]