Victorino Fernandes

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Victorino Fernandes
Personal information
Full name Victorino Fernandes
Date of birth (1989-02-03) 3 February 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Goa, India
Height1.67 m (5 ft 5+12 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Sporting Goa
Youth career
2006 Assolda–Chandor
2006–2010 Salgaocar
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2017 Sporting Goa
2015Goa (loan) 3 (0)
2017 Mumbai 13 (3)
2017– Sporting Goa
International career
2013–2014 India 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:59, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:59, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

Victorino Fernandes (born 3 February 1989) is an Indian footballer who currently plays for Sporting Clube De Goa in the Goa Professional League.

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Early career

Victorino started his footballing career at the age of 17 by playing for local amateur side Assolda-Chandor. [1] However, the same year, Victorino joined local I-League side Salgaocar's youth team, where he stayed till 2010 before signing for Sporting Goa. He then got suspended by the Goa Football Association after it was found that he attempted to sign for Dempo while still contracted to Sporting Goa. While suspended Victorino played for Goa League 1st Division side Santa Cruz before finally signing for Sporting Goa officially. [2]

Career

Sporting Clube de Goa

In June 2010, Victorino signed for Sporting Goa who were then playing in the I-League 2nd Division. After one season in the 2nd division, he helped his side gain promotion to the I-League after Sporting Goa finished as runners-up in the 2011 I-League 2nd Division.

Victorino started the 2011–12 season in the 2011–12 I-League with Sporting Goa. On 31 October 2011, he scored his first and second I-League goals against Shillong Lajong in Sporting's 4–3 victory. [3] He then scored again on 19 November 2011, against Chirag United and then again on 23 November 2011, against Mumbai. [4]

Fernandes helped Sporting qualify for 2014–15 Indian Federation Cup semi-finals. After trailing 1–3 against East Bengal in the last group game, Fernandes scored a hat-trick and helped the team reach semi finals. [5] Victorino missed his teams' early I-League with injury.

FC Goa

In July 2015 Fernandes was drafted to play for FC Goa in the 2015 Indian Super League. [6]

International career

On 19 November 2013, Fernandes made his debut for the Indian team against Nepal in an International friendly match at Siliguri, West Bengal.

Career statistics

Club

As of 15 January 2017 [7]
ClubSeasonLeagueFederation CupDurand Cup AFC Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sporting Goa 2011 I-League 2nd Division 00000000
2011–12 I-League 43000043
2012–13 I-League 2141121246
2013–14 I-League 1635400217
2014–15 I-League 1434300186
2015–16 I-League 824000122
FC Goa (loan) 2015 Indian Super League 3030
Mumbai 2016-17 Indian Super League 2121
Career total6816148218425

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