Victorino Fernandes (born 3 February 1989) is an Indian

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who currently plays for

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 ...

in the

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Early career

Victorino started his footballing career at the age of 17 by playing for local amateur side Assolda-Chandor. However, the same year, Victorino joined local

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side Salgaocar's youth team, where he stayed till 2010 before signing for Sporting Goa. He then got suspended by the

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after it was found that he attempted to sign for

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while still contracted to Sporting Goa. While suspended Victorino played for Goa League 1st Division side Santa Cruz before finally signing for Sporting Goa officially.

Career

Sporting Clube de Goa

In June 2010, Victorino signed for Sporting Goa who were then playing in the

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. After one season in the 2nd division, he helped his side gain promotion to the

after Sporting Goa finished as runners-up in the

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. Victorino started the 2011–12 season in the

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with Sporting Goa. On 31 October 2011, he scored his first and second

goals against Shillong Lajong in Sporting's 4–3 victory. He then scored again on 19 November 2011, against Chirag United and then again on 23 November 2011, against

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. Fernandes helped Sporting qualify for 2014–15 Indian Federation Cup semi-finals. After trailing 1–3 against East Bengal in the last group game, Fernandes scored a hat-trick and helped the team reach semi finals. Victorino missed his teams' early

with injury.

FC Goa

In July 2015 Fernandes was drafted to play for

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in the

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International career

On 19 November 2013, Fernandes made his debut for the Indian team against

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in an International friendly match at

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Career statistics

Club

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fernandes, Victorino Indian men's footballers India men's international footballers 1989 births Living people I-League players Sporting Clube de Goa players FC Goa players Footballers from Goa Men's association football forwards Men's association football wingers