Seriton Fernandes

Seriton Fernandes
Personal information
Full name Seriton Benny Fernandes
Date of birth (1992-10-26) 26 October 1992 (age 32)
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
Representing  India
SAFF Championship
Winner 2021 Maldives
*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)

Seriton Benny Fernandes (born 26 October 1992), is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Goa in the Indian Super League.

Career

Born 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

Club

As of 25 February 2023[7]
Club Season League Cup AFC Total
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
  1. ^ a b c Appearances in the Super Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in AFC Champions League
  3. ^ Appearances in Durand Cup

International

As of 26 March 2022[8]
National team Year Apps Goals
India 2021 3 0
2022 1 0
Total 4 0

Honours

Club

FC Goa

International

India

References

  1. ^ "Dempo To Begin Pre-Season Training From 15th July". Dempo Sports Club. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Vasco SC and Tuff Laxmi Prasad qualify". The Hindu. 27 October 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Seriton sends Churchill back on top". Navhind Times. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  4. ^ "Payback Time For Strike Force Odafa". Times of India. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  5. ^ "Bengaluru FC 1-2 Sporting Goa". Soccerway.
  6. ^ "Sporting Clube de Goa start pre-season practice amidst uncertainty over I-League future". Goal.com. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  7. ^ Seriton Fernandes at Soccerway
  8. ^ Seriton Fernandes at Soccerway
  9. ^ "FC Goa's long wait for a trophy ends". thehindu.com. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  10. ^ "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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