Stendly Fernandes
{{Short description|Indian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Stendly Fernandes
|image =
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|full_name = Stendly Teotonio Fernandes
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|4|22|df=yes}}
|birth_place = Goa, India
|height =
|position = Midfielder
|currentclub = Churchill Brothers
|clubnumber = 7
|youthyears1 = 2007–2012
|youthclubs1 = Sirlim Sports Club
|youthyears2 = 2012–2018
|youthclubs2 = Sporting Goa
|years1 = 2018–2023
|clubs1 = Sporting Goa
|caps1 =
|goals1 =
|years2 = 2021
|clubs2 = → Bengaluru United (loan)
|caps2 =
|goals2 = 0
|years3 = 2023–
|clubs3 = Churchill Brothers
|caps3 = 22
|goals3 = 5
|medaltemplates =
|club-update = 16 April 2024
}}
Stendly Teotonio Fernandes (born 22 April 2000) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Churchill Brothers in the I-League.{{cite web |last1=Bhowmick |first1=Mohul |title="I always try to be better than what I was yesterday" - Churchill Brothers' Stendly Fernandes speaks about his preparation |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/indian-football/news-i-always-try-better-i-yesterday-churchill-brothers-stendly-fernandes-speaks-preparation-i-league-2023-24 |website=Sportskeeda |access-date=14 March 2024 |date=4 March 2024}} In the Santosh Trophy, he plays for his home state, Goa.{{cite web |title=GFA announces Goa's Santosh Trophy squad |url=https://www.thegoan.net/sports/%EF%BB%BFgfa-announces-goas-santosh-trophy-squad/92983.html |website=The Goan EveryDay |access-date=14 March 2024 |language=en}}
Career
Fernandes played for Sirlim Sports Club in Goa as a seven-year-old. In 2012, he was drafted into Sporting Goa's youth development program. In 2018, he was part of their youth team in All India Football Federation's U-18 Youth League, in the Goa Zone. Fernandes was a student at the Rosary Higher Secondary School, Navelim, during this time. In January that year, he earned the Reliance Foundation Youth Sports scholarship, the only Goan among 19 others.{{cite news |title=Stendly earns RFYS scholarship |url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/Sports/Stendly-earns-RFYS-scholarship/125645 |access-date=14 March 2024 |work=O Heraldo |date=19 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314134350/https://www.heraldgoa.in/Sports/Stendly-earns-RFYS-scholarship/125645 |archive-date=14 March 2024}}{{cite web |title=Stendly Fernandes has glitter capable of dousing flaming orange {{!}} The Navhind Times |url=https://www.navhindtimes.in/2018/02/15/sports/stendly-fernandes-glitter-capable-dousing-flaming-orange |website=The Navhind Times |access-date=14 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314134627/https://www.navhindtimes.in/2018/02/15/sports/stendly-fernandes-glitter-capable-dousing-flaming-orange/ |archive-date=14 March 2024 |date=15 February 2018}} Fernandes played as an attacking midfielder for his team. A 2018 report stated: "There are times when he moves way forward and times when he falls back. When he is up, he is quick to take shots at goals and has shown his penchant to shoot from out of the box often."
= Sporting Goa =
Starting 2018, Fernandes played for Sporting Goa Reserves competing in the Goa Football League.{{cite web |title=Goa’s elite Pro League kicks off today |url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/m/details.php?n_id=137265 |website=O Heraldo |access-date=14 March 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Gurung |first1=Yuvraj |title=Goa Professional League Roundup – Matchday 4 |url=https://theawayend.co/2018/11/05/goa-professional-league-roundup-matchday-4 |website=The Away End |access-date=14 March 2024 |date=5 November 2018}}{{cite web |last1=Gurung |first1=Yuvraj |title=Goa Professional League 2019-20: Round 17 |url=https://theawayend.co/2020/02/07/goa-professional-league-2019-20-round-17 |website=The Away End |access-date=14 March 2024 |date=7 February 2020}} In 2019, he captained Sporting Goa's under-20 side to the final of the Goa Football Association's (GFA) U-20 Taca Goa tournament, where they lost to Goan FC.{{cite web |title=Goan FC clinch GFA U-20 Taca Goa title |url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/m/details.php?n_id=146908 |website=O Heraldo |access-date=14 March 2024}} After a loan stint with Bengaluru United in 2021 to compete in the I-League qualifiers,{{cite web |title=Ex-Dempo SC keeper Melroy joins FC Bengaluru United |url=https://www.thegoan.net/sports/exdempo-sc-keeper-melroy-joins-fc-bengaluru-united/73009.html |website=The Goan EveryDay |access-date=14 March 2024 |language=en}} he returned to SC Goa the same year.
= Churchill Brothers =
In September 2023, Fernandes' signing was announced by Churchill Brothers, that competed in the I-League.{{Cite Instagram |user=
churchillbrothersfcgoa |postid=Cw7kh2ftU1V |title=Welcome Stendly Fernandes |date= 8 September 2023}} Playing in its 2023–24 season, he scored his first goal for the club in a 4–1 win at home against NEROCA on 10 December.{{cite news |title=Churchill Brothers make NEROCA FC crawl at Tilak Maidan {{!}} I-League |url=https://i-league.org/churchill-brothers-make-neroca-fc-crawl-at-tilak-maidan |access-date=14 March 2024 |work=i-league.org}} On 4 March 2024, he scored the opening goal against Shillong Lajong in a 2–1 victory.{{cite news |title=Churchill Brothers defeat Shillong Lajong at Tilak Maidan {{!}} I-League |url=https://i-league.org/churchill-brothers-defeat-shillong-lajong-at-tilak-maidan |access-date=14 March 2024 |work=i-league.org |date=4 March 2024}}
Career statistics
{{updated|16 April 2024}}{{soccerway|stendly-teotonio-fernandes/939464}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup{{efn|Includes Durand Cup and Super Cup}} !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="2"|Sporting Goa
|rowspan="2"|Goa Football League | — | — | |— | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2019–20 | — | — | |— | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bengaluru United (loan)
|2021 | — | — | |— | — | — | — | — | — |
| Churchill Brothers
|22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 5 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!22 | 5 | 0||0||—||—||22 | 5 |
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References
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External links
- [https://www.the-aiff.com/players/profile/43412?type=club Stendly Fernandes profile] at All India Football Federation
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Category:Indian men's footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders