Anthony Fernandes is an Indian professional football coach and former

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, who currently works as the assistant coach of

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club

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Coaching career

Air India: 2012–2013

Fernandes technically took over as the interim head coach of

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in October after then current head coach

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was revealed to be away from the team due to salary issues. However Fernandes was officially made the interim head coach of the

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side on 30 December 2012, three days after it was confirmed that Pereira had left his post, when Air India played against Salgaocar F.C. at the

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in the I-League in which Air India lost the match 4–0.

Statistics

Coach

''Since 2 March 2013''

References

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