Fernando Richarte | |
Current Team: | Fundidores de Monterrey |
Number: | 6 |
Position: | Wide receiver |
Birth Date: | 29 December 1991 |
Birth Place: | Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 0 |
Weight Lbs: | 183 |
College: | UANL |
Cfldraftyear: | 2019 LFA |
Cfldraftround: | 2 |
Cfldraftpick: | 16 |
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Cfl: | fernando-richarte/164981/ |
Fernando Richarte Martínez (born 12 December 1991) is a Mexican professional gridiron football wide receiver for the Fundidores de Monterrey of the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (LFA). He played college football at UANL and had a brief participation in the Canadian Football League (CFL) with the BC Lions.
Born in Monterrey, Nuevo León,[1] Richarte played college football for the Auténticos Tigres UANL of the Autonomous University of Nuevo León, where he earned a degree in Law.[2]
Richarte played for the Dinos de Saltillo of the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (LFA) from 2017 to 2019.[3]
In January 2019, Richarte was picked by the BC Lions in the CFL–LFA Draft; he was the team's second selection and the sixteenth overall pick.[1] Richarte joined the BC Lions, alongside fellow countryman Gerardo Álvarez.[4] He made his CFL debut on 10 August against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and played in six more games.[5]
Richarte joined the Fundidores de Monterrey ahead of the 2021 season.[5]