Raynier Fernandes

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Raynier Fernandes
Personal information
Full name Raynier Raymond Fernandes
Date of birth (1996-02-19) 19 February 1996 (age 29)
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*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2018 Mohun Bagan 19 (0)
2018–2023 Mumbai City 70 (3)
2022–2023Odisha (loan) 20 (0)
2023–2024 Goa 19 (0)
2024– Odisha 0 (0)
International career
2019–2021 India 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:57, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 June 2024

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

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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 June 2024 [11]
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Mohun Bagan 2016–17 I-League 205 [a] 05 [b] 0120
2017–18 1703 [c] 0200
Mohun Bagan total1908050320
Mumbai City 2018–19 Indian Super League 1721 [c] 0182
2019–20 161161
2020–21 210210
2021–22 1605 [d] 0210
Mumbai City total7031050763
Odisha (loan) 2022–23 Indian Super League2002 [c] 04 [e] 0260
Goa 2023–24 Indian Super League1902 [c] 04 [e] 0250
Odisha 2024–25 Indian Super League00000000
Career total1283130100801593
  1. Appearance(s) in Federation Cup
  2. Appearance(s) in AFC Cup
  3. 1 2 3 4 Appearance(s) in Super Cup
  4. Appearance(s) in AFC Champions League
  5. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Durand Cup

International

As of match played till 29 March 2021 [12]
National teamYearAppsGoals
India 201930
202120
Total50

Honours

Mumbai City

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. "Bipin steals late winner as Mumbai City FC win maiden Hero ISL trophy after beating ATK Mohun Bagan". indiansuperleague.com. 13 March 2021. Archived from the original on 17 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  14. "Mumbai City FC clinch League Winners Shield after beating ATK Mohun Bagan". indiansuperleague.com. 28 February 2021. Archived from the original on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  15. 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.