Wayne Fernandes (born December 29, 1978, in

Etobicoke Etobicoke (, ) is an administrative district of, and one of six municipalities amalgamated into, the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Comprising the city's west-end, Etobicoke was first settled by Europeans in the 1790s, and the municipalit ...

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) is a Canadian field hockey player, who earned his first cap in 1996 against Pakistan. Fernandes started playing hockey at the age of ten, and made his first international goal in 1999 against Germany in the Sultan Azlan Shah Tournament, in Kuala Lampur. He is a member of a Canadian club called ''GOA Reds''. Fernandes got the winning goal at the

2007 Pan American Games The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic Com ...

in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

International senior competitions

* 2001 — World Cup Qualifier, Edinburgh (8th) * 2002 — Indoor Pan American Cup, Rockville (1st) * 2002 —

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...

, Manchester (6th) * 2003 — Indoor World Cup, Leipzig (6th) * 2003 —

Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...

, Santo Domingo (2nd) * 2004 — Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Madrid (11th) * 2004 — Pan Am Cup, London (2nd) * 2006 —

, Melbourne (9th) * 2007 —

, Rio de Janeiro (1st) * 2008 —

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...

, Beijing (10th) * 2009 — Pan American Cup, Santiago (1st) * 2010 —

2010 Men's Hockey World Cup The 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 12th edition of Men's Hockey World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national field hockey teams organized by the International Hockey Federation. It was held from 28 February to 13 March ...

, New Delhi, India

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Wayne Fernandes on Real Champions
1978 births Canadian sportspeople of Indian descent Living people Canadian people of Goan descent Male field hockey defenders Male field hockey midfielders Canadian male field hockey players Field hockey people from Ontario Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2007 Pan American Games Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for Canada Pan American Games competitors for Canada Sportspeople from Etobicoke Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada Pan American Games medalists in field hockey Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players Male indoor hockey players 2007 FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup players {{Canada-fieldhockey-bio-stub