Aniston Fernandes

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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*
YearsTeamApps(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.

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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]
ClubSeasonLeagueFederation CupDurand Cup AFC Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dempo 2013–14 I-League 100010
Career total1000000010

Honour

India U20 (Goa India)

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References

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