Aniston Fernandes

Aniston Fernandes (born 4 July 1993) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dempo in the I-League.

Aniston Fernandes

Personal information
Date of birth	(1993-07-04) 4 July 1993 (age 32)
Place of birth	Betalbatim, Goa, India
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Dempo
Number	-
Youth career
2008–2010	Tata FA
2011–2014	Dempo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–	Dempo	1	(0)
International career
2014	India U20
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Early career

Born in Betalbatim, Goa, Fernandes started playing football for his school team at the age of eight while attending St Anthony’s High School.^[1] He then joined his village school, St Judas High School, before joining the Tata Football Academy in 2008. He then joined the youth team at Dempo in 2011.^[1] While at Dempo, Fernandes played for the youth side in the GFA 2nd Division as well as the first-team in the Goa Professional League, the top state league in Goa.^[1] Also, in 2011, along with teammate Myron Fernandes, Aniston went abroad to Denmark for three to four months to train at the academy of Danish Superliga side FC Midtjylland.^[2][3]

Dempo

On 8 March 2014 Fernandes made his professional debut for Dempo in the I-League against Sporting Goa at the Fatorda Stadium. He came on as a 90th-minute substitute for Alwyn George as Dempo won the match 4–0.^[4]

International

Goa-India

On 7 January 2014 it was announced that Fernandes was selected in the 20-man squad for the Goa-India football team that would participate in the 2014 Lusophony Games being played in Goa.^[5]

Career statistics

As of 8 March 2014^[6]

Club	Season	League			Federation Cup		Durand Cup		AFC		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Dempo	2013–14	I-League	1	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	1	0
Career total			1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Honour

India U20 (Goa India)

• Lusofonia Games Gold medal: 2014^[7]