Gabriel Fernandes

Gabriel Fernandes
Personal information
Date of birth22 April 1988[1]
Place of birthPorvorim, Goa, India[2]
Height1.67 m (5 ft 5 12 in)[3]
Playing positionRight winger
Club information
Current team
Dempo
Number14
Youth career
Dempo
Sporting Goa
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2012Sporting Goa
2012–2013Mumbai24(4)
2013–Dempo12(0)
2013–2014Pune (loan)9(2)
2014FC Goa (loan)8(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:27, 25 April 2015 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Gabriel Fernandes (born 22 April 1988) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Dempo in the I-League.

Career

Early career

Born in Porvorim, Goa, Fernandes began his career at Sporting Clube de Goa before joining Mumbai in the I-League.[4] Fernandes made his debut for Mumbai on 6 October 2012 against Pailan Arrows at the Salt Lake Stadium. He came on as a 66th minute substitute for Subhash Chakraborty as Mumbai lost 3–2.[5] He then scored his first professional goal for Mumbai on 9 November 2014 against Sporting Goa on 9 November 2014 in which his 26th minute strike was the first of three in a comeback from Mumbai as they won 3–2 after going down 2–0 earlier in the match.[6]

Dempo

On 24 May 2013 it was announced that Fernandes had signed with Dempo of the I-League.[4] Fernandes said that his reason for returning to the club where he spent part of his youth career was so he could remain close to family.[4] He made his debut for Dempo on 22 September 2013 against Shillong Lajong at the Duler Stadium. He came on as a 82nd minute substitute for Clifford Miranda as Dempo lost 3–0.[7]

Pune (loan)

On 13 January 2014 it was confirmed that Fernandes had signed for Pune F.C. of the I-League on loan from Dempo for the rest of the season.[8] He then made his debut for Pune the next day in the clubs opening Federation Cup fixture against Eagles. He came on as a half-time substitute for Arata Izumi as Pune drew 1–1.[9] Fernandes then scored his first goals for the club two games later against Churchill Brothers on 20 January 2014. He scored two in this match but they were not enough as Pune lost 3–2 and were thus knocked-out of the Federation Cup.[10]

Fernandes then scored his first league goal for Pune on 19 February 2014 against Mohammedan as Pune won 2–0.[11]

Career statistics

As of 28 April 2014
Club Season League Federation Cup Durand Cup AFC Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Mumbai 2012–13 I-League2440000244
Dempo 2013–14 I-League90000090
Pune (loan) 2013–14 I-League92320051175
FC Goa (loan) 2014 I-League8080
Dempo 2014–15 I-League20000020
Career total 526320051609

References

  1. Gabriel Fernandes profile at Soccerway
  2. "Pune Football Club Adds Nicolau Borges, Gabriel Fernandes, and Nawab Zeeshan For Remainder Of 2013-2014 Season". India Noon. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  3. "Gabriel Fernandes". Football Database. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Gabriel Fernandes signs for Dempo". Goal.com. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  5. "Arrows vs. Mumbai 3 - 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  6. "Mumbai vs. Sporting Goa 3 - 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  7. "Dempo vs. Shillong Lajong 0 - 3". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  8. "Pune FC add Nicolau, Gabriel and Zeeshan to line up". Zee News. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  9. Noronha, Anselm. "Pune FC 1-1 Eagles FC: Rozario's side steal a point". Goal.com. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  10. Noronha, Anselm. "Churchill Brothers SC 3-2 Pune FC: A brace on either side in five-goal thriller". Goal.com. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  11. "Pune FC blank Mohammedan 2-0". Times of India. Retrieved 20 February 2014.

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