Myron Fernandes
{{Short description|Indian footballer}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Myron Fernandes
| image = Myron fernandes.jpg
| image_size = 220px
| caption = Myron during a training session with Dempo
| fullname = Myron Fernandes
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|5|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = Mapusa, Goa, India
| height = {{height|m=1.68}}
| currentclub =
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| position = Striker
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Goa United SA
| youthyears2 =
| youthclubs2 = Benny XI
| youthyears3 =
| youthclubs3 = Dempo
| years1 = 2013–2018
| clubs1 = Dempo
| caps1 = 232
| goals1 = 74
| nationalyears1 = 2014
| nationalteam1 = India U20
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| club-update =
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Myron Fernandes (born 2 May 1993) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a striker.
Career
=Youth=
Born in Mapusa, Goa, Fernandes started to play football from the age of nine years.{{cite web|last=De Sousa|first=Jonathan|title=Indian Football: Profiling The future – Myron Fernandes|url=http://www.thehardtackle.com/2011/indian-football-profiling-the-future-myron-fernandes/|work=The Hard Tackle|date=12 August 2011 |access-date=29 September 2013|archive-date=3 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003143000/http://www.thehardtackle.com/2011/indian-football-profiling-the-future-myron-fernandes/|url-status=live}} Early on, Myron was trained by then Churchill Brothers S.C. player, Sebastian D’Costa, who was also his uncle. In school Myron played for the U14 side for St. Britto's High School at the age of 11. Later Myron was selected to train at the Goa United Sports Academy under the coaching of Agostinho Dias. Then, at the age of only 15, Fernandes was signed by Benny XI to play for the club's senior side in the Goa First Division which is only a level below the Goa Professional League, the top-tier league in Goa. He managed to score six goals for the club before being signed by Dempo S.C. to join their youth set-up.
In 2008, Fernandes was selected to the Goa U15 to train in Portugal. While in Portugal, Fernandes and Goa trained at the academy of Vitória S.C. and even played against the academy sides of S.C. Braga, S.L. Benfica, and Boavista F.C. for a week. After the stint in Portugal Fernandes was then selected, along with 13 other footballers from Goa, to train at the Manchester United Soccer Schools in Manchester, England. The next year, Fernandes was the only Indian footballer selected for the "Gary Linekar scholarship" which saw him train for one week at the academy of Leicester City.
Then, in February 2011 Fernandes was selected, along with teammate Aniston Fernandes, to train at the academy of Danish Superliga side FC Midtjylland for three to four months.{{cite web|title=DENMARK DREAM FOR MYRON, ANISTON|url=http://demposportsclub.com/?p=48|work=Dempo Sports Club|access-date=29 September 2013|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/indian-football/interview-dempo-player-myron-fernandes|website=Sportskeeda|access-date=4 October 2021|date=19 September 2013|archive-date=2 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602151641/https://www.sportskeeda.com/amp/football/interview-dempo-player-myron-fernandes|url-status=live}}
=Dempo=
Fernandes made his professional debut for Dempo S.C. in the I-League on 29 September 2013 against Mumbai F.C. at the Balewadi Sports Complex in which he came on in the 92nd minute for Clifford Miranda as Dempo managed to only draw the match 1–1.{{cite web|title=MUMBAI VS. DEMPO 1 - 1|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/09/29/india/i-league/mumbai-fc/dempo-sports-club/1585287/|work=Soccerway|access-date=29 September 2013|archive-date=27 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131027220949/http://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/09/29/india/i-league/mumbai-fc/dempo-sports-club/1585287/|url-status=live}}
Personal
Fernandes is a fan of Manchester United F.C. and his favorite player is Cristiano Ronaldo.
Honours
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=myron-fernandes I-League Profile].
{{Dempo S.C. squad}}
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Category:Indian men's footballers
Category:India men's youth international footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards