Personal information | |||
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Full name | Romeo Fernandes | ||
Date of birth | 6 July 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Assolna, Goa, India | ||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Playing position | Right Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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East Bengal (On loan from Goa) |
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Youth career | |||
2010–2011 | Dempo | ||
2010–2011 | Margao | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2016 | Dempo | 23 | (1) |
2014 | → Goa (loan) | 11 | (3) |
2015 | → Atlético Paranaense (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2015 | → Goa (loan) | 14 | (2) |
2016– | Goa | 12 | (1) |
2017– | → East Bengal (loan) | 3 | (0) |
National team | |||
2012–2016 | India U23 | 4 | (3) |
2015– | India | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 February 2017. |
Romeo Fernandes (born 6 July 1992) is an Indian footballer who plays primarily as a winger for FC Goa in the Indian Super League.
Romeo was scouted by Dempo youth team scout Joaquim Crasto in 2010, joining the club's youth team the same year. He was a key player for the Dempo's youth teams at U18, U19 and U20 levels. Dempo loaned out Romeo to Margao SC in the Goa Second Division where he helped Margao to promotion to the Goa Professional League in 2011. Back at Dempo for the 2011–12 I-League, he made his professional senior team debut the same season while he would also make 8 appearances, scoring 7 times during the 2012 I-League U20 Romeo registered his first I-League assist for Dempo on 28 November 2012 against Mohun Bagan, assisting Joaquim Abranches in the 40th minute for the first goal of the match in a 3–0 win.
Romeo joined FC Goa on loan for the 2014 Indian Super League. On 22 November, Romeo scored his first goal for the club in a 2–0 win over Pune City, starting in place of the injured Robert Pirès and opening the scoring in the fifth minute with a glancing header. On 1 December 2014, he again found the net, in the 33rd minute, opening the scoring in a 3–0 against NorthEast United which also happened to be the 100th goal of the 2014 season. He scored his third goal for his team in a 3–1 win away at Chennaiyin, the latter's first home defeat of the season. Fernandes' impressive performances led to high praise from FC Goa coach and Brazilian legend Zico as well as interest from Brazilian club Atlético Paranaense.