Dawson Fernandes

Dawson Fernandes
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-07-27) 27 July 1990 (age 34) [1]
Place of birth Navelim, Goa, India
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Salgaocar
Number 8
Youth career
Fransa-Pax
Salgaocar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Salgaocar 1 (1)
2011–2014 Sporting Goa 39 (12)
2014–2016 Salgaocar 0 (0)
2021– Goan United 0 (0)
International career
2013 India 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:44, 9 April 2015 (UTC)

Dawson Fernandez (born 27 July 1990 in Navelim, Goa) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a striker. He last played in India for Salgacar in the I-League,[2] and currently plays for Goan United FC in the Middlesex County Football League.[3][4]

Career

Early career

Dawson would play for his school team and gradually went on to play for Goa U-16 in the Subroto Cup. It was then that he realised that he could continue to play football at the highest level. During his schooling days, his parents had no clue about his playing football, as he knew that they would never encourage him to continue. It was only when he wanted to play for the state team and next for Fransa-Pax FC that his parents became aware of it. To his fortune, they let him play for the state team.

Then he represented Salgaocar youth team through various championships,[5] eventually representing his state at the U-19 national championship and was captain for the U-21 Goa side for the final of Dutta Trophy in 2009–10, which his team won thanks to a solitary goal from him, defeating hosts Haryana. He also went to Portugal for training with Primeira Liga club Vitória de Guimarães.[6]

Sporting Goa

After spending 3 seasons at Salgaocar in the I-League, Fernandes signed for Sporting Goa also in the I-League. He made his debut for the club on 22 December 2011 against Dempo and he also scored in the match as Sporting lost 2–3.[7] He then scored his second goal for the club on 1 February 2012 against Pune in the 91st minute in a match that ended with Sporting winning 4–2.[8] In the next game against Chirag United Fernandes scored a double as Sporting came out 3–0 winners.[9] He then scored another double in the last game of the season against HAL on 5 May 2012.[10]

Salgaocar

On 31 May, Fernandes rejoined Salgaocar signing a one-year deal after an impressive season with Sporting.[11]

International career

On 5 August 2013, Dawson received his first call for India for an International friendly match against Tajikistan on 14 August 2013.[12] He made three appearances for his country.

Career statistics

Club

As of 9 April 2015[13]
Club Season League Federation Cup Duran Cup AFC Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Salgaocar 2010–11 1 1 0 0 — — — — 1 1
Sporting Goa 2011–12 11 6 0 0 — — — — 11 6
2012–13 20 5 3 3 0 0 — — 23 8
2013–14 8 1 0 0 — — — — 8 1
Salgaocar 2014–15 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Career total 40 13 3 3 0 0 0 0 43 16

Honours

India

See also

References

  1. ^ "DAWSON FERNANDEZ". Sporting Goa. Archived from the original on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Seniors have made me comfortable, echoes Dawson". Archived from the original on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  3. ^ Goans unite in London to form football club of their own The Times of India. Retrieved 9 August 2021
  4. ^ Cherry Red Books Middlesex County Football League: Goan United FC season Archived 9 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine football.mitoo.co.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2021
  5. ^ Interview: Dawson Fernandes, the new kid in Indian football opens up Archived 24 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine. www.sportskeeda.com. Sportskeeda. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  6. ^ Chaudhuri, Arunava (September 2007). "NEWS FOR THE MONTH OF September 2007 - Four Goan Teenagers leave for Portugal". www.indianfootball.de. Indian Football Network. Archived from the original on 5 February 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Dempo 3-2 Sporting Clube De Goa – Armando Colaco's Side End Their Three Match Losing Streak". goal.com. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
  8. ^ Noronha, Anselm. "Sporting Clube de Goa 4-2 Pune FC – Ogba Kalu inspires a 'Flaming Oranje' comeback against the Red Lizards". goal.com. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
  9. ^ Srivastava, Ayush. "Chirag United Kerala 0-3 Sporting Clube de Goa – The Flaming Oranje brush aside Nizam Packeer Ali's side". goal.com. Archived from the original on 8 February 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
  10. ^ Noronha, Anselm. "Sporting Clube de Goa 7-0 HAL Bangalore: The Flaming Oranje sign off the season in style". goal.com. Archived from the original on 14 May 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
  11. ^ Atanu Mitra (31 May 2014). "Dawson Fernandes joins Salgaocar in a one year deal". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  12. ^ "Koevermans announces 20-member squad for Tajikistan Friendly". Archived from the original on 24 August 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  13. ^ Dawson Fernandes at Soccerway