Myron Fernandes

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Myron Fernandes (born 2 May 1993) is an Indian footballer who plays as a striker. He was born in Mapusa, Goa, and started playing football at age nine. His uncle, Sebastian D’Costa, was a local coach who helped him learn the game. He played for St. Britto's High School’s U14 team and then trained at the Goa United Sports Academy.

At 15 he joined Benny XI to play for their senior team in Goa First Division, scoring six goals. He then joined Dempo’s youth system. In 2008 he trained with Goa U15 in Portugal at Vitória S.C. academy and played against academies of Braga, Benfica, and Boavista. He later got opportunities to train abroad: Manchester United Soccer Schools in England, and the Gary Lineker scholarship at Leicester City. In February 2011 he trained at FC Midtjylland in Denmark for a few months.

He made his professional debut for Dempo in the I-League on 29 September 2013, coming on as a 92nd-minute substitute in a 1-1 draw with Mumbai F.C. He played for Dempo from 2013 to 2018, making 232 appearances and scoring 74 goals.

Internationally, Fernandes played for India’s U20 team in 2014, earning four caps and scoring one goal. He is 1.68 m tall. He is a Manchester United fan and his favorite player is Cristiano Ronaldo.