Raynier Fernandes
Personal information
Full name Raynier Raymond Fernandes
Date of birth (1996-02-19) 19 February 1996
Place of birth Mumbai, India
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Goa
Number 8
Youth career
2014–2016 Air India
2016 Maharashtra
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Mohun Bagan 19 (0)
2018–2023 Mumbai City 70 (3)
2022–2023 → Odisha (loan) 20 (0)
2023– Goa 0 (0)
International career‡
2019–2021 India 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:57, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 March 2021

Raynier Raymond Fernandes (born 19 February 1996) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Indian Super League club Goa.

Career

Born in Mumbai, Fernandes began his career with Air India.[1][2] He stayed with the club, playing in the MDFA Elite Division, until 2016.[3] He also represented Maharashtra in the Santosh Trophy in 2016.[4]

Mohun Bagan

On 5 August 2016 it was announced that Fernandes had signed with Mohun Bagan of the I-League.[5] He made his debut for the first-team of Mohun Bagan not long after signing on 10 August in their Calcutta Football League opener against George Telegraph.[6] He then made his professional debut for the club in the I-League on 13 January 2017 against Shillong Lajong. He started and played 69 minutes as Mohun Bagan won 2–0.[7]

Odisha

In June 2022, Fernandes moved to Odisha on loan from fellow Indian Super League club Mumbai City.[8] On 17 August, he made his debut for the club against NorthEast United in the Durand Cup, in a thumping 6–0 win.[9][10]

International career

On 5 June 2019, he made his senior international debut for India in a 3–1 defeat against Curaçao at the 2019 King's Cup in Thailand.

Career statistics

Club

As of 29 April 2023[11]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup AFC Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Mohun Bagan 2016–17 I-League 20005[lower-alpha 1]05[lower-alpha 2]0120
2017–18 170003[lower-alpha 3]0—200
Mohun Bagan total 190008050320
Mumbai City 2018–19 Indian Super League 172001[lower-alpha 3]0—182
2019–20 1610000—161
2020–21 2100000—210
2021–22 16000005[lower-alpha 4]0210
Mumbai City total 703001040753
Odisha (loan) 2022–23 Indian Super League 2004[lower-alpha 5]02[lower-alpha 3]01[lower-alpha 6]0270
Goa 2023–24 Indian Super League 000000—00
Career total 1093401101101353
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in Federation Cup
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in AFC Cup
  3. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in Super Cup
  4. ↑ Appearance(s) in AFC Champions League
  5. ↑ Appearance(s) in Durand Cup
  6. ↑ Appearance(s) in play-offs for AFC Cup

International

As of match played till 29 March 2021[12]
National teamYearAppsGoals
India 201930
202120
Total 50

Honours

India

Odisha

References

  1. ↑ "10-man ONGC ground AI to lift Nadkarni Cup". Mumbai Football Club. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  2. ↑ Noronha, Anselm (20 August 2020). "Raynier Fernandes: MDFA to ISL in three years and his brisk rise in Indian football". www.goal.com. Goal. Archived from the original on 5 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  3. ↑ "Air India strikes six to defeat ONGC". DNA India. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "70th Santosh Trophy kicks-off in Nagpur, Maharashtra". The All India Football Federation. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "Fernandes to Mohun Bagan". Football Counter (Twitter).
  6. ↑ "George Telegraph fall prey to a ruthless Mohun Bagan". The Home of Indian Football. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  7. ↑ "Mohun Bagan 2-0 Shillong Lajong". Soccerway.
  8. ↑ "Raynier Fernandes moves to Odisha FC". odishafc.com. 26 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  9. ↑ "Half a dozen for Odisha FC to start the campaign!". odishafc.com. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  10. ↑ "NorthEast United 0 – 6 Odisha". the-aiff.com. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  11. ↑ Raynier Fernandes at Soccerway
  12. ↑ "Raynier Fernandes". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  13. ↑ Rawat, Akhil (25 April 2023). "Odisha FC bask in Kozhikode rain; beat Bengaluru FC to claim Hero Super Cup crown". the-aiff.com. Kozhikode: All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 25 April 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2023.


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