Raynier Fernandes

Raynier Fernandes (born 19 February 1996) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Mumbai City in the Indian Super League[1] and the India national team.

Raynier Fernandes
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-02-19) 19 February 1996
Place of birth Mumbai, India.
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Mumbai City
Number 11
Youth career
2014–2016 Air India
2016 Maharashtra
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Mohun Bagan 19 (0)
2018– Mumbai City 70 (3)
National team‡
2019– India 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:57, 5 March 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2021

Career

Born in Mumbai, Fernandes began his career with Air India.[2][3] He stayed with the club, playing in the MDFA Elite Division, until 2016.[4] He also represented Maharashtra in the Santosh Trophy in 2016.[5]

Mohun Bagan

On 5 August 2016 it was announced that Fernandes had signed with Mohun Bagan of the I-League.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8]

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

International
As of match played 13 March 2021
National teamYearAppsGoals
India 201930
Total30

Club
As of 18 April 2022[9]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Mohun Bagan 2016–17 I-League 20505[lower-alpha 1]0120
2017–18 17030––200
Mohun Bagan total 1908050320
Mumbai City 2018–19 Indian Super League 17210––182
2019–20 16100––161
2020–21 21000––210
2021–22 160004[lower-alpha 2]0200
Mumbai City total 7031040753
Career total 89390901073
  1. Appearance(s) in AFC Cup
  2. Appearance(s) in AFC Champions League

References
  1. Guha, Sayantan (6 April 2022). "All you need to know about Mumbai City FC's AFC Champions League 2022 campaign". sportskeeda.com. Sportskeeda. Archived from the original on 6 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  2. "10-man ONGC ground AI to lift Nadkarni Cup". Mumbai Football Club. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  3. 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.
  4. "Air India strikes six to defeat ONGC". DNA India. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  5. "70th Santosh Trophy kicks-off in Nagpur, Maharashtra". The All India Football Federation. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  6. "Fernandes to Mohun Bagan". Football Counter (Twitter).
  7. "George Telegraph fall prey to a ruthless Mohun Bagan". The Home of Indian Football. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  8. "Mohun Bagan 2-0 Shillong Lajong". Soccerway.
  9. Raynier Fernandes at Soccerway


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