Gabriel Fernandes (born 22 April 1988) is an Indian professional

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who plays as a winger for English club

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in the Hellenic League.

Career

Early career

Born in

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, Fernandes began his career at

Sporting Clube de Goa Sporting Clube de Goa, simply known as Sporting Goa (also known by its abbreviation SCG), is an Indian professional football club based in Panaji, in the Indian state of Goa, that competes in Goa Professional League. The club has also competed ...

before joining

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in the

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. Fernandes made his debut for Mumbai on 6 October 2012 against

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at the

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. He came on as a 66th-minute substitute for

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as Mumbai lost 3–2. He then scored his first professional goal for Mumbai on 9 November 2014 against Sporting Goa on 9 November 2014 in which his 26th-minute strike was the first of three in a comeback from Mumbai as they won 3–2 after going down 2–0 earlier in the match.

Dempo

On 24 May 2013 it was announced that Fernandes had signed with

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of the

. Fernandes said that his reason for returning to the club where he spent part of his youth career was so he could remain close to family. He made his debut for Dempo on 22 September 2013 against Shillong Lajong at the

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. He came on as an 82nd-minute substitute for

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as Dempo lost 3–0.

Pune (loan)

On 13 January 2014 it was confirmed that Fernandes had signed for

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of the

on loan from

for the rest of the season. He then made his debut for Pune the next day in the club's opening

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fixture against

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. He came on as a half-time substitute for

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as Pune drew 1–1. Fernandes then scored his first goals for the club two games later against

Churchill Brothers Churchill Brothers FC Goa, or simply known as Churchill Brothers, is an Indian professional football club based in Margao, Goa, that competes in the I-League, alongside Goa Professional League. Founded in 1988 in Margao, the club usually part ...

on 20 January 2014. He scored two in this match but they were not enough as Pune lost 3–2 and were thus knocked-out of the Federation Cup. Fernandes then scored his first league goal for Pune on 19 February 2014 against

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as Pune won 2–0.

East Bengal

In June 2017, Fernandes signed for

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. He made his debut for

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in the

in a 7–1 home win against

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on 24 February 2018. He came in as an 80th-minute substitute for Brandon Vanlalremdika and scored his first goal for the club in the 84th minute.

Shrivenham FC

In 2019, Farnandes moved to England and signed with

Hellenic Football League The Hellenic Football League, currently known as the Uhlsport Hellenic Football League for sponsorship reasons, is an English men's football league covering an area including the English counties of Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, southern Buck ...

outfit

Career statistics

Honours

Sporting Clube dé Goa *

I-League 2nd Division I-League 2, previously known as I-League 2nd Division and officially known as or Hero I-League 2 (for sponsorship ties with Hero MotoCorp), is an Indian men's professional football league. It is the 3rd tier of Indian football, behind Indian ...

runner-up: 2010–11 Dempo *

Indian Federation Cup The Federation Cup (also known as Hero Federation Cup for sponsorship reasons) was an annual knockout football competition in Indian football which started in 1977. From its inception, until I-League was started in 1997 (then called NFL), it ...

: 2014–15

References

External links

I-League Profile

Gabriel Fernandes
at MyKhel * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fernandes, Gabriel 1988 births Living people People from North Goa district Indian men's footballers Indian expatriate men's footballers Mumbai FC players Dempo SC players Pune FC players Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Goa I-League players FC Goa players Mumbai City FC players Churchill Brothers FC Goa players East Bengal Club players Indian Super League players Indian expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in England