Dawson Fernandes

Dawson Fernandes
Personal information
Date of birth27 July 1990 [1]
Place of birthNavelim, Goa, India
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current team
Salgaocar
Number8
Youth career
Fransa-Pax
Salgaocar
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2008–2011Salgaocar1(1)
2011–2014Sporting Goa39(12)
2014–Salgaocar0(0)
National team
2013–India3(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:44, 9 April 2015 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Dawson Fernandes (born 27 July 1990 in Navelim, Goa) is an Indian footballer who plays as a Striker for Salgacar in the I-League.[2]

Career

Early career

Dawson would play for his school team and gradually went on to play for Goa U-16 in the Subroto Cup. It was then that he realised that he could continue playing football at the highest level. During his schooling days, his parents had no clue about his playing football, as he knew that they would never encourage him to continue. It was only when he wanted to play for the state team and next for Fransa-Pax FC that his parents came to know about it. To his fortune, they let him play for the state team, and since then there has been no looking back.

Then he represented Salgaocar youth team through various championships, eventually representing his state at the U-19 national championship and was captain for the U-21 Goa side for the final of Dutta Trophy in 2009-10, which his team won thanks to a solitary goal from him, defeating hosts Haryana.

Sporting Goa

After spending 3 seasons at Salgaocar in the I-League, Fernandes signed for Sporting Goa also in the I-League. He made his debut for the club on 22 December 2011 against Dempo and he also scored in the match as Sporting lost 2–3.[3] He then scored his second goal for the club on 1 February 2012 against Pune in the 91st minute in a match that ended with Sporting winning 4–2.[4] In the next game against Chirag United Fernandes scored a double as Sporting came out 3–0 winners.[5] He then scored another double on the last game of the season against HAL on 5 May 2012.[6]

Salgaocar

On May 31 Fernandes rejoined Salgaocar signing a one year deal after an impressive season with Sporting.[7]

International career

On 5 August 2013,Dawson received his first call for India for an International Friendly match against Tajikistan on 14 August 2013.[8]

Career Statistics

Club

As of 9 April 2015[9]
Club Season League Federation Cup Duran Cup AFC Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Salgaocar 2010–11 1100————11
Sporting Goa 2011–12 11600————116
2012–13 2053300——238
2013–14 8100————81
Salgaocar 2014–15 000000——00
Career total 40133300004316

References

  1. ↑ "DAWSON FERNANDES". Sporting Goa. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
  2. ↑ http://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=5120
  3. ↑ "Dempo 3-2 Sporting Clube De Goa – Armando Colaco's Side End Their Three Match Losing Streak". goal.com. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
  4. ↑ Noronha, Anselm. "Sporting Clube de Goa 4-2 Pune FC – Ogba Kalu inspires a 'Flaming Oranje' comeback against the Red Lizards". goal.com. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
  5. ↑ Srivastava, Ayush. "Chirag United Kerala 0-3 Sporting Clube de Goa – The Flaming Oranje brush aside Nizam Packeer Ali's side". goal.com. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
  6. ↑ Noronha, Anselm. "Sporting Clube de Goa 7-0 HAL Bangalore: The Flaming Oranje sign off the season in style". goal.com. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
  7. ↑ Atanu Mitra (31 May 2014). "Dawson Fernandes joins Salgaocar in a one year deal". Goal.com. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  8. ↑ http://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=5104
  9. ↑ Dawson Fernandes profile at Soccerway