Daniel Fernández Artola (born 20 January 1983) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who has amongst others played for FC Barcelona, Metalurh Donetsk and Feyenoord as a right back.

In the 2004–05 pre-season he was invited to the first team by manager Frank Rijkaard, and appeared in friendlies with CD Banyoles, UE Figueres and Palamós CF, adding one official match on 15 November 2005, the Copa Catalunya semi-final against Gimnàstic de Tarragona.

[6] Due to disappointing results, Alonso was replaced by Dutch Co Adriaanse in December 2006, and Fernández was not a big fan of the new manager: "It was not easy to get along with him.

"[7] In December 2007 Metalurh Donetsk found itself in a crisis, and decided to seize all operations with the club's vice president, Dmitry Selyuk; this led to the departure of almost all foreign players.

Selyuk turned out to be the owner of various player's transfer rights, including Fernández's, and the former placed the latter at another Ukrainian team, FC Arsenal Kyiv.

However, the player did not appear in a single match for them as both he and his wife were having a hard time adjusting to the country's lifestyle; after one and a half year, he requested a transfer.

's good performances after the winter break, the player had a hard time fighting himself into the first team,[7] and only played four league games.

On 31 August 2015, Fernández signed a contract with CE L'Hospitalet which competed in the Segunda División B.