Seriton Benny Fernandes (born 26 October 1992), is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Goa in the Indian Super League and the India national team.
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| Full name | Seriton Benny Fernandes | ||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1992-10-26) 26 October 1992 (age 30) | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Goa, India | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 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) | ||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | → Sporting Goa (loan) | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2017– | Goa | 111 | (1) | ||||||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||||||
| 2021– | India | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:24, 25 February 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:24, 21 October 2021 (UTC) | |||||||||||||
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.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | AFC | Total | |||||
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| 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[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | ||
| Goa | 2017–18 | Indian Super League | 19 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 22 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | 21 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | — | 25 | 1 | |||
| 2019–20 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| 2021-22 | 17 | 2 | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |||
| 2022-23 | 3 | 0[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | — | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Goa Total | 95 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 111 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 116 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 134 | 1 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| India | 2021 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 4 | 0 | |
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