Raynier Fernandes

Indian professional footballer

Raynier Fernandes
Personal information
Full name Raynier Raymond Fernandes
Date of birth (1996-02-19) 19 February 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Mumbai, India
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Goa
Number 8
Youth career
2014–2016 Air India
2016 Maharashtra
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Mohun Bagan 19 (0)
2018–2023 Mumbai City 70 (3)
2022–2023 → Odisha (loan) 20 (0)
2023– Goa 0 (0)
International career‡
2019–2021 India 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:57, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 March 2021

Raynier Raymond Fernandes (born 19 February 1996) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Indian Super League club Goa.

Career

Born in Mumbai, Fernandes began his career with Air India.[1][2] He stayed with the club, playing in the MDFA Elite Division, until 2016.[3] He also represented Maharashtra in the Santosh Trophy in 2016.[4]

Mohun Bagan

On 5 August 2016 it was announced that Fernandes had signed with Mohun Bagan of the I-League.[5] He made his debut for the first-team of Mohun Bagan not long after signing on 10 August in their Calcutta Football League opener against George Telegraph.[6] He then made his professional debut for the club in the I-League on 13 January 2017 against Shillong Lajong. He started and played 69 minutes as Mohun Bagan won 2–0.[7]

Odisha

In June 2022, Fernandes moved to Odisha on loan from fellow Indian Super League club Mumbai City.[8] On 17 August, he made his debut for the club against NorthEast United in the Durand Cup, in a thumping 6–0 win.[9][10]

International career

On 5 June 2019, he made his senior international debut for India in a 3–1 defeat against Curaçao at the 2019 King's Cup in Thailand.

Career statistics

Club

As of 29 April 2023[11]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup AFC Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Mohun Bagan 2016–17 I-League 2 0 0 0 5[a] 0 5[b] 0 12 0
2017–18 17 0 0 0 3[c] 0 — 20 0
Mohun Bagan total 19 0 0 0 8 0 5 0 32 0
Mumbai City 2018–19 Indian Super League 17 2 0 0 1[c] 0 — 18 2
2019–20 16 1 0 0 0 0 — 16 1
2020–21 21 0 0 0 0 0 — 21 0
2021–22 16 0 0 0 0 0 5[d] 0 21 0
Mumbai City total 70 3 0 0 1 0 4 0 75 3
Odisha (loan) 2022–23 Indian Super League 20 0 4[e] 0 2[c] 0 1[f] 0 27 0
Goa 2023–24 Indian Super League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Career total 109 3 4 0 11 0 11 0 135 3
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in Federation Cup
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in AFC Cup
  3. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in Super Cup
  4. ^ Appearance(s) in AFC Champions League
  5. ^ Appearance(s) in Durand Cup
  6. ^ Appearance(s) in play-offs for AFC Cup

International

As of match played till 29 March 2021[12]
National team Year Apps Goals
India 2019 3 0
2021 2 0
Total 5 0

Honours

India

  • King's Cup third place: 2019

Odisha

References

  1. ^ "10-man ONGC ground AI to lift Nadkarni Cup". Mumbai Football Club. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2017.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Noronha, Anselm (20 August 2020). "Raynier Fernandes: MDFA to ISL in three years and his brisk rise in Indian football". www.goal.com. Goal. Archived from the original on 5 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Air India strikes six to defeat ONGC". DNA India. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  4. ^ "70th Santosh Trophy kicks-off in Nagpur, Maharashtra". The All India Football Federation. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Fernandes to Mohun Bagan". Football Counter (Twitter).
  6. ^ "George Telegraph fall prey to a ruthless Mohun Bagan". The Home of Indian Football. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  7. ^ "Mohun Bagan 2-0 Shillong Lajong". Soccerway.
  8. ^ "Raynier Fernandes moves to Odisha FC". odishafc.com. 26 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Half a dozen for Odisha FC to start the campaign!". odishafc.com. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  10. ^ "NorthEast United 0 – 6 Odisha". the-aiff.com. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  11. ^ Raynier Fernandes at Soccerway
  12. ^ "Raynier Fernandes". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  13. ^ Rawat, Akhil (25 April 2023). "Odisha FC bask in Kozhikode rain; beat Bengaluru FC to claim Hero Super Cup crown". the-aiff.com. Kozhikode: All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 25 April 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2023.

External links

  • Raynier Fernandes at Global Sports Archive
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