| Personal information | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Seriton Benny Fernandes | ||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 26 October 1992 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Goa, India | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||
| 2017–2025 | Goa | 140 | (0) | ||||||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | India | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:00, 8 March 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:24, 21 October 2021 (UTC) | |||||||||||||
Seriton Benny Fernandes (born 26 October 1992), is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender.
Career
Born in Goa, Fernandes started his career with the Dempo youth set-up.<ref>"Dempo To Begin Pre-Season Training From 15th July". Dempo Sports Club. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2016.</ref> After leaving Dempo, Fernandes played with both Laxmi Prasad and Churchill Brothers in the Goa Professional League.<ref>"Vasco SC and Tuff Laxmi Prasad qualify". The Hindu. 27 October 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2016.</ref><ref>"Seriton sends Churchill back on top". Navhind Times. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2016.</ref>
Before the 2015–16 I-League season, Fernandes was loaned to Sporting Goa.<ref>"Payback Time For Strike Force Odafa". Times of India. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.</ref> 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.<ref>"Bengaluru FC 1-2 Sporting Goa". Soccerway.</ref>
On 8 July 2016, it was announced that Fernandes had signed on permanently with Sporting Goa.<ref>"Sporting Clube de Goa start pre-season practice amidst uncertainty over I-League future". Goal.com. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.</ref> 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.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 25 February 2023<ref>Seriton Fernandes at Soccerway</ref>
| Club | Season | League | Cup | AFC | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |||
| Goa Total | 110 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 123 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 131 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 147 | 1 | ||
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Appearances in the Super Cup
- ↑ Appearances in AFC Champions League
- ↑ Appearances in Durand Cup
International
- As of 26 March 2022<ref>Seriton Fernandes at Soccerway</ref>
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2021 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 4 | 0 | |
Honours
Club
- FC Goa
- Indian Super Cup: 2019<ref>"FC Goa's long wait for a trophy ends". thehindu.com. Retrieved 14 April 2019.</ref>
- Indian Super League Premiers: 2019–20
- Durand Cup: 2021<ref>"FC Goa clinch maiden Durand Cup trophy after beating Mohammedan Sporting 1–0 in final". ESPN. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.</ref>
International
- India