 After a successful trial, Fernandes signed with Greek club PAOK FC, playing in just four Superleague games in his first two seasons combined.In 2005, the team's general manager – and former player – Giorgos Kostikos took over the team's fortunes, after coach Nikos Karageorgiou was sacked following a bad string of results.He immediately replaced ageing Kyriakos Tohouroglou in his starting XI with the Portuguese.