Cajetan Fernandes

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Cajetan Fernandes
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-02-28) 28 February 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth Nuvem, Goa, India
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sporting Goa
Number 21
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2013 Salgaocar 5 (2)
2013–present Sporting Goa 36 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 May 2015

Cajetan Fernandes (born 28 February 1989) is an Indian footballer who plays for Sporting Clube de Goa as a midfielder in I-League.

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Career

Early career

Fernandes first hit the headlines when he scored India’s solitary goal in a 1–6 loss to Portugal at the 2009 Lusophony Games.

Fernandes attended Mãe de Pobres High School in Nuvem and started his youth career with Fransa Pax before moving onto Salgaocar at the age of 17.

Salgaocar

Cajetan won the I-league title with Salgaocar in 2010-11 and was instrumental in Karim Bencherifa's young Indian midfield. His most memorable moment came after scoring & winning the Man of the Match award as Salgaocar came from 2 goals down to beat East Bengal on their way to winning the I-league title. [1] Cajetan also scored an 88th-minute goal for Salgaocar in Delhi as they beat Indian Arrows 3-1 away from home. [2]

Sporting Goa

Fernandes made his debut for Sporting Goa in the I-League on 21 September 2013 against Mumbai F.C. at the Balewadi Sports Complex; as Sporting Goa drew the match 1–1. [3]

Career statistics

Club

As of 30 May 2014 [4]
ClubSeasonLeagueCup AFC Total
AppsGoalsAssistsAppsGoalsAssistsAppsGoalsAssistsAppsGoalsAssists
Salgaocar 2012–13 200000---200
Sporting Goa 2013-14 1920000---1920
Sporting Goa 2014-15 1500000---1500
Career total36200000003620

Honours

Club

Salgaocar SC
Sporting Club de Goa

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References

  1. ↑ Srivastava, Ayush (25 June 2013). "Beevan D'Mello and Cajetan Fernandes make the switch to Sporting Goa". Goal.com . Archived from the original on 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  2. ↑ "Indian Arrows vs. Salgaocar - 15 May 2011". Int.soccerway.com.
  3. ↑ "Mumbai FC 1-1 Sporting Goa: Kalu's penalty wins a point for the visitors". Goal.com. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  4. ↑ Cajetan Fernandes at Soccerway
  5. 1 2 3 "India - C. Fernandes - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Int.soccerway.com.
  6. ↑ "From the history book, roll of honour". The-aiff.com. 10 January 2015.
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