Aniston Fernandes
{{short description|Indian professional footballer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Aniston Fernandes
| image =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|7|4|df=y}}
| birth_place = Betalbatim, Goa, India
| height =
| currentclub = Dempo
| clubnumber = -
| position = Midfielder
| youthyears1 = 2008–2010
| youthclubs1 = Tata FA
| youthyears2 = 2011–2014
| youthclubs2 = Dempo
| years1 = 2014–
| clubs1 = Dempo
| caps1 = 1
| goals1 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2014
| nationalteam1 = India U20
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Aniston Fernandes (born 4 July 1993) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dempo in the I-League.
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.{{cite web|last=Fernandes |first=Minoo |title=Midfielder Aniston relishing Dempo role |url=http://www.navhindtimes.in/sports/midfielder-aniston-relishing-dempo-role |work=Navhind Times |accessdate=8 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309142312/http://www.navhindtimes.in/sports/midfielder-aniston-relishing-dempo-role |archivedate=9 March 2014 }} 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. 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. 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.{{cite web|title=DENMARK DREAM FOR MYRON, ANISTON|url=http://demposportsclub.com/?p=48|work=Dempo Sports Club|accessdate=8 March 2014|archive-date=9 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309034509/http://demposportsclub.com/?p=48|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Interview: Dempo's emerging star Myron Fernandes|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/amp/football/interview-dempo-player-myron-fernandes|website=Sportskeeda|access-date=4 October 2021|date=19 September 2013|archive-date=4 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004103944/https://www.sportskeeda.com/amp/football/interview-dempo-player-myron-fernandes|url-status=live}}
=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.{{cite web|title=DEMPO VS. SPORTING GOA 4 - 0|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2014/03/08/india/i-league/dempo-sports-club/sporting-club-de-goa/1585409/|work=Soccerway|accessdate=8 March 2014|archive-date=21 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221222513/http://int.soccerway.com/matches/2014/03/08/india/i-league/dempo-sports-club/sporting-club-de-goa/1585409/|url-status=live}}
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.{{cite web|title=Goa Football Association (GFA) has announced a 20-member Goa-India squad for the Lusofonia Games Goa 2014 |url=http://www.newswala.com/Sports-News/Goa-Football-Association-GFA-has-announced-a-20-member-Goa-India-squad-for-the-Lusofonia-Games-Goa-2014-54834.html |work=NewsWala |accessdate=8 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309040322/http://www.newswala.com/Sports-News/Goa-Football-Association-GFA-has-announced-a-20-member-Goa-India-squad-for-the-Lusofonia-Games-Goa-2014-54834.html |archivedate=9 March 2014 }}
Career statistics
{{updated|8 March 2014}}{{soccerway|aniston-fernandes/271484}}
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| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Federation Cup !colspan="2"|Durand Cup !colspan="2"|AFC !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="1"|Dempo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Honour
India U20 (Goa India)
- Lusofonia Games Gold medal: 2014[https://blog.cpdfootball.de/2014/01/28/goa-india-win-lusofonia-games-football-tournament/amp/ Goa-India win the Lusofonia Games football tournament] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008140842/https://blog.cpdfootball.de/2014/01/28/goa-india-win-lusofonia-games-football-tournament/amp/ |date=8 October 2021 }} blog.cpdfootball.de. Retrieved 7 September 2021
References
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External links
- [http://i-league.org/?tb_player=aniston-fernandes I-League Profile].
{{Dempo S.C. squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fernandes, Aniston}}
Category:Indian men's footballers
Category:India men's youth international footballers