Aniston Fernandes

Aniston Fernandes
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-07-04) 4 July 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Betalbatim, Goa, India
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Dempo
Number -
Youth career
2008–2010 Tata FA
2011–2014 Dempo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014– Dempo 1 (0)
International career
2014 India U20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Aniston Fernandes (born 4 July 1993) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dempo in the I-League.

Career

Early career

Born in Betalbatim, Goa, Fernandes started playing football for his school team at the age of eight while attending St Anthony’s High School.[1] He then joined his village school, St Judas High School, before joining the Tata Football Academy in 2008. He then joined the youth team at Dempo in 2011.[1] While at Dempo, Fernandes played for the youth side in the GFA 2nd Division as well as the first-team in the Goa Professional League, the top state league in Goa.[1] Also, in 2011, along with teammate Myron Fernandes, Aniston went abroad to Denmark for three to four months to train at the academy of Danish Superliga side FC Midtjylland.[2][3]

Dempo

On 8 March 2014 Fernandes made his professional debut for Dempo in the I-League against Sporting Goa at the Fatorda Stadium. He came on as a 90th-minute substitute for Alwyn George as Dempo won the match 4–0.[4]

International

Goa-India

On 7 January 2014 it was announced that Fernandes was selected in the 20-man squad for the Goa-India football team that would participate in the 2014 Lusophony Games being played in Goa.[5]

Career statistics

As of 8 March 2014[6]
Club Season League Federation Cup Durand Cup AFC Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dempo 2013–14 I-League 1 0 0 0 — — — — 1 0
Career total 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Honour

India U20 (Goa India)

References

  1. ^ a b c Fernandes, Minoo. "Midfielder Aniston relishing Dempo role". Navhind Times. Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  2. ^ "DENMARK DREAM FOR MYRON, ANISTON". Dempo Sports Club. Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Interview: Dempo's emerging star Myron Fernandes". Sportskeeda. 19 September 2013. Archived from the original on 4 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  4. ^ "DEMPO VS. SPORTING GOA 4 - 0". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  5. ^ "Goa Football Association (GFA) has announced a 20-member Goa-India squad for the Lusofonia Games Goa 2014". NewsWala. Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  6. ^ Aniston Fernandes at Soccerway
  7. ^ Goa-India win the Lusofonia Games football tournament Archived 8 October 2021 at the Wayback Machine blog.cpdfootball.de. Retrieved 7 September 2021