Seriton Fernandes

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Seriton Fernandes
Personal information
Full name Seriton Benny Fernandes
Date of birth (1992-10-26) 26 October 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Goa, India
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right back
Club information
Current team
Goa
Number 20
Youth career
Dempo
2014 Laxmi Prasad
2015 Churchill Brothers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Churchill Brothers 13 (0)
2015–2016Sporting Goa (loan) 8 (0)
2017– Goa 78 (0)
National team
2021– India 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 March 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:26, 07 October 2021 (UTC)

Seriton Benny Fernandes is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Goa in the Indian Super League.

Career[edit]

Born in Goa, Fernandes started his career with the Dempo youth set-up.[1] After leaving Dempo, Fernandes played with both Laxmi Prasad and Churchill Brothers in the Goa Professional League.[2][3]

Before the 2015–16 I-League season, Fernandes was loaned to Sporting Goa.[4] He made his professional debut for the club on 6 February 2016 against Bengaluru. He started the match and played 70 minutes as Sporting Goa won the match 2–1.[5]

On 8 July 2016, it was announced that Fernandes had signed on permanently with Sporting Goa.[6] Seriton then was selected by Derick Periera to play for Goa for the 2017-18 Indian Super League season. He has also appeared with Goa in the 2021 AFC Champions League.

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of 13 March 2021[7]
Club Season League Federation Cup/Super Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sporting Goa (loan) 2015–16 I-League 8 0 0 0 8 0
Churchill Brothers 2016–17 13 0 3 0 16 0
Goa 2017–18 Indian Super League 19 0 3 0 22 0
2018–19 21 0 4 1 25 1
2019–20 19 0 0 0 19 0
2020–21 19 0 0 0 5[lower-alpha 1] 0 24 0
Total 78 0 7 1 5 0 90 1
Career total 99 0 10 1 5 0 114 1
  1. Appearances in AFC Champions League

International[edit]

As of 7 October 2021[8]
National team Year Apps Goals
India 2021 3 0
Total 3 0

Honours[edit]

Club[edit]

FC Goa

References[edit]

  1. "Dempo To Begin Pre-Season Training From 15th July". Dempo Sports Club. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  2. "Vasco SC and Tuff Laxmi Prasad qualify". The Hindu. 27 October 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  3. "Seriton sends Churchill back on top". Navhind Times. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  4. "Payback Time For Strike Force Odafa". Times of India. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  5. "Bengaluru FC 1-2 Sporting Goa". Soccerway.
  6. "Sporting Clube de Goa start pre-season practice amidst uncertainty over I-League future". Goal.com. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  7. Seriton Fernandes at Soccerway
  8. Seriton Fernandes at Soccerway
  9. "FC Goa's long wait for a trophy ends". thehindu.com. Retrieved 14 April 2019.