Raynier Fernandes

Raynier Fernandes

Personal information
Full name	Raynier Raymond Fernandes
Date of birth	(1996-02-19) 19 February 1996 (age 27)
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 [lower-alpha 1]	0	5 [lower-alpha 2]	0	12	0
	2017–18		17	0	0	0	3 [lower-alpha 3]	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 [lower-alpha 3]	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 [lower-alpha 4]	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 [lower-alpha 5]	0	2 [lower-alpha 3]	0	1 [lower-alpha 6]	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. 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

• Indian Super Cup: 2023 ^[13]

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