Augustin Fernandes

Augustin Melwyn Fernandes (born 13 October 1988) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Jamshedpur in the Indian Super League.

Augustin Fernandes
Personal information
Full name Augustin Melwyn Fernandes
Date of birth (1988-10-13) 13 October 1988
Place of birth Goa, India
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Jamshedpur
Number 31
Youth career
Sesa Football Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2016 Salgaocar 98 (8)
2015 → Atlético de Kolkata (loan) 13 (1)
2016 → Pune City (loan) 4 (0)
2017–2018 ATK 0 (0)
2019– Jamshedpur 3 (1)
National team
2015–2016 India 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:31, 8 May 2019 (UTC)

Career

Born in Goa, Fernandes began his career with the Sesa Football Academy before signing a professional contract with I-League side Salgaocar in 2011.[1] During his first season with the club, Fernandes helped Salgaocar win the I-League and Federation Cup titles.[1]

In 2015, Fernandes was part of the Indian Super League Draft where he was selected in the second round by Atlético de Kolkata.[2] After spending the 2015 season with Atlético on loan, Fernandes decided to join Pune City on loan for the 2016 ISL season.[1]

On 23 July 2017, Fernandes was selected in the 12th round of the 2017–18 ISL Players Draft by ATK for the 2017–18 Indian Super League season.[3] He was released by the club in January 2018 without making a single appearance for the side.[4]

A year later, on 25 January 2019, Fernandes was signed by fellow Indian Super League club, Jamshedpur.[5]

International

Fernandes made his international senior debut for India on 12 November 2015 in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Guam. He came on as a 91st-minute substitute as India won 1–0.[6] On 3 January 2016, Fernandes was in the starting line-up as India defeated Afghanistan in the 2015 SAFF Championship Final.[7]

Honours

Club
Salgaocar[8]

International
India[8]
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References
  1. "FC Pune City ropes in Narayan Das, Augustin Fernandes". Indian Express. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  2. "ISL 2015 Domestic Players Draft: As it happened". SportsKeeda. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  3. "ISL 2017 player draft, as it happened: ATK, Jamshedpur FC and Pune strike big". The Field. 23 July 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  4. Banerjee, Ritabrata (4 January 2019). "Jamshedpur FC set to sign Augustin Fernandes". Goal.com. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  5. "Augustin Fernandes signs for Jamshedpur". Jamshedpur (Twitter).
  6. "India 1-0 Guam". Soccerway.
  7. "India 2-1 Afghanistan". Soccerway.
  8. "Augustin Fernandes". Soccerway.
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