Seriton Benny Fernandes (born 26 October 1992), is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Goa in the Indian Super League.
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| Full name | Seriton Benny Fernandes | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 26 October 1992 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Goa, India | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Right back | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Goa | |||||||||||||
| Number | 20 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| Dempo | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Laxmi Prasad | |||||||||||||
| 2015 | Churchill Brothers | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Churchill Brothers | 13 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | → Sporting Goa (loan) | 8 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2017– | Goa | 120 | (0) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | India | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:24, 25 February 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:24, 21 October 2021 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||
Career
editBorn in Goa, Fernandes started his career with the Dempo youth set-up.[1] After leaving Dempo, Fernandes played with both Laxmi Prasad and Churchill Brothers in the Goa Professional League.[2][3]
Before the 2015–16 I-League season, Fernandes was loaned to Sporting Goa.[4] He made his professional debut for the club on 6 February 2016 against Bengaluru. He started the match and played 70 minutes as Sporting Goa won the match 2–1.[5]
On 8 July 2016, it was announced that Fernandes had signed on permanently with Sporting Goa.[6] Seriton then was selected by Derick Periera to play for Goa for the 2017-18 Indian Super League season. He has also appeared with Goa in the 2021 AFC Champions League.
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of 25 February 2023[7]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | AFC | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sporting Goa (loan) | 2015–16 | I-League | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |
| Churchill Brothers | 2016–17 | 13 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | ||
| Goa | 2017–18 | Indian Super League | 19 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | — | 22 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | 21 | 0 | 4[a] | 1 | — | 25 | 1 | |||
| 2019–20 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5[b] | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| 2021-22 | 17 | 2 | 1[c] | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |||
| 2022-23 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |||
| Goa Total | 110 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 123 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 131 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 147 | 1 | ||
- ^ a b c Appearances in the Super Cup
- ^ Appearances in AFC Champions League
- ^ Appearances in Durand Cup
International
edit- As of 26 March 2022[8]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2021 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 4 | 0 | |
Honours
editClub
edit- FC Goa
International
edit- India
References
edit- ^ "Dempo To Begin Pre-Season Training From 15th July". Dempo Sports Club. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ^ "Vasco SC and Tuff Laxmi Prasad qualify". The Hindu. 27 October 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ^ "Seriton sends Churchill back on top". Navhind Times. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ^ "Payback Time For Strike Force Odafa". Times of India. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ^ "Bengaluru FC 1-2 Sporting Goa". Soccerway.
- ^ "Sporting Clube de Goa start pre-season practice amidst uncertainty over I-League future". Goal.com. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ^ Seriton Fernandes at Soccerway
- ^ Seriton Fernandes at Soccerway
- ^ "FC Goa's long wait for a trophy ends". thehindu.com. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ^ "FC Goa clinch maiden Durand Cup trophy after beating Mohammedan Sporting 1–0 in final". ESPN. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
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