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{{short description|Indian footballer (born 2004)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Clarence Fernandes
| image =
| caption =
| full_name = Clarence Savio Fernandes
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2004|07|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Goa]], India
| height =
| position = [[Midfielder]] / [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| currentclub = [[Hyderabad FC|Hyderabad]]
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 2019–2020
| youthclubs1 = [[Churchill Brothers FC Goa|Churchill Brothers Youth]]
| youthyears2 = 2020–2023
| youthclubs2 = [[Dempo SC|Dempo Youth]]
| youthyears3 = 2023–2024
| youthclubs3 = [[Bengaluru FC Reserves and Academy|Bengaluru Youth]]
| years1 = 2023–2024
| clubs1 = [[Bengaluru FC Reserves and Academy|Bengaluru B]]
| caps1 = 1
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2024–
| clubs2 = [[Hyderabad FC|Hyderabad]]
| caps2 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2025
| clubs3 = → [[SC Bengaluru|Sporting Bengaluru]] (loan)
| caps3 = 11
| goals3 = 3

| nationalyears1 = 2025–
| nationalteam1 = [[India national under-23 football team|India U23]]
| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalgoals1 =
| club-update = 14:00, 26 May 2025 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update = 14:00, 26 May 2025 (UTC)
}}
'''Clarence Savio Fernandes''' (born 25 July 2004) is an Indian professional [[Association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[midfielder#Defensive midfielder|defensive midfielder]] for the [[Indian Super League]] (ISL) club [[Hyderabad FC|Hyderabad]].<ref name="aiff">{{cite web |title=Clarence Fernandes profile |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/players/profile/80072?type=club |publisher=[[All India Football Federation]] |access-date=26 May 2025}}</ref>

==Club career==
Fernandes started his youth career with [[Churchill Brothers FC Goa|Churchill Brothers]]' under 16 team in 2019. In 2020, he transferred to [[Dempo]], played almost three year with their age group teams. In 2023, he joined [[Bengaluru FC|Bengaluru]]. From 2023 to 2024, he represented the [[Bengaluru FC Reserves and Academy|youth team]] of Bengaluru in the [[Reliance Foundation Development League|Development League]]. He won the [[2023 Reliance Foundation Development League|2023]] Development League with Bengaluru.<ref name="aiff"/><ref name="hyd1">{{cite web |title=Hyderabad FC Sign Defender Clarence Fernandes |url=https://hyderabadfc.co.in/2025/announcement/hyderabad-fc-sign-defender-clarence-fernandes/ |publisher=[[Hyderabad FC]] |access-date=26 May 2025 |date=24 January 2025}}</ref><ref name="isl">{{cite web |title=Clarence Fernandes profile |url=https://www.indiansuperleague.com/players/defender-184686-clarence-savio-fernandes-profile |publisher=[[Indian Super League]] |access-date=26 May 2025}}</ref><ref name="RFDL2">{{cite web |title=Bengalurur FC crowned RFDL champion after a thrilling title defence against Sudeva Delhi FC |url=https://www.indiansuperleague.com/news/bengaluru-fc-crowned-rfdl-champion-after-a-thrilling-title-defence-against-sudeva-delhi-fc |publisher=[[Indian Super League]] |access-date=22 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213061700/https://www.indiansuperleague.com/news/bengaluru-fc-crowned-rfdl-champion-after-a-thrilling-title-defence-against-sudeva-delhi-fc |archive-date=13 December 2024 |date=14 May 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>

For [[2022–23 Bengaluru FC season|2022–23]] season he played one match for [[Bengaluru FC Reserves and Academy|Bengaluru B]] in the [[2022–23 I-League 2nd Division]].This was the first match of his senior career. He played another match during [[2024 Durand Cup]] for the main team of [[Bengaluru FC|Bengaluru]]. In 2024, he left Bengaluru and joined [[Hyderabad FC|Hyderabad]], but during [[2024–25 in Indian football|2024–25 season]], he was transferred on loan to [[SC Bengaluru|Sporting Bengaluru]]. He played eleven matches for the club in the [[2024–25 I-League]] until his loan expired. He rejoined Hyderabad and yet to make a debut in the ISL.<ref name="aiff"/><ref name="hyd1"/><ref name="isl"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Clarence Fernandes Hyderabad fc bio |url=https://hyderabadfc.co.in/players-and-staff/clarence-fernandes/ |publisher=[[Hyderabad FC]] |access-date=26 May 2025}}</ref><ref name="Soccerway"/>

==International career==
Fernandes was part of the [[India national under-17 football team|India under-15]] squad during 2017 exposure tour in UAE and Saudi Arabia but never played any matches.<ref>{{cite news |title=Football does not always go how you want, have to keep working hard: Clarence |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/football-does-not-always-go-how-you-want-have-to-keep-working-hard-clarence/articleshow/117866475.cms |access-date=26 May 2025 |work=[[The Times of India]] |agency=TNN |date=3 February 2025}}</ref> In May 2025, [[India national under-23 football team|India under-23]] head coach [[Naushad Moosa]] listed Fernandes in the 29-members probable squad for two friendlies that will be held in Tajikistan in June 2025.<ref>{{cite web |title=Naushad Moosa names 29-member probable squad for India U23s |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/article/naushad-moosa-names-29-member-probable-squad-for-india-u23s |publisher=[[All India Football Federation]] |access-date=22 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250522171716/https://www.the-aiff.com/article/naushad-moosa-names-29-member-probable-squad-for-india-u23s |archive-date=22 May 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===Club===
{{updated|26 May 2025}}<ref name="Soccerway">{{Soccerway|clarence-savio/657549}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|[[Super Cup (India)|Super Cup]]
!colspan="2"|[[Durand Cup]]
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goal
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Bengaluru FC Reserves and Academy|Bengaluru B]]
|[[2022–23 Bengaluru FC season|2022–23]]
|[[I-League 2]]
|1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||1||0
|-
! colspan="2"| Total
!1!!0!!colspan="2"|–!!colspan="2"|–!!colspan="2"|–!!1!!0
|-
|[[2024–25 Bengaluru FC season|2024–25]]
|[[Indian Super League]]
|0||0||0||0||1||0||0||0||1||0
|-
! colspan="2"| Total
!colspan="2"|–!!colspan="2"|–!!1!!0!!colspan="2"|–!!1!!0
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[SC Bengaluru|Sporting Bengaluru]] (loan)
|[[2024–25 SC Bengaluru season|2024–25]]
|[[I League]]
|11||3||0||0||0||0||0||0||11||3
|-
! colspan="2"| Total
!11!!3!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!11!!3
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!12!!3!!0!!0!!1!!0!!0!!0!!13!!3
|}


==Honours==
'''[[Bengaluru FC Reserves and Academy|Bengaluru FC B]]'''
* [[Reliance Foundation Development League|Development League]]: [[2023 Reliance Foundation Development League|2023]]<ref name="RFDL2"/>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Portal bar|India|Association football|Biography}}
* [https://www.the-aiff.com/players/profile/80072?type=club Clarence Fernandes profile] at AIFF
* [https://www.indiansuperleague.com/players/defender-184686-clarence-savio-fernandes-profile Clarence Fernandes profile] at ISL
* {{Soccerway|657549}}

{{Hyderabad FC squad}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fernandes, Clarence}}
[[Category:Churchill Brothers FC players]]
[[Category:Dempo SC players]]
[[Category:SC Bengaluru players]]
[[Category:Hyderabad FC players]]
[[Category:2004 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Footballers from Goa]]
[[Category:Indian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]
[[Category:I-League players]]
[[Category:Indian Super League players]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportsmen]]
[[Category:Bengaluru FC players]]

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Mohit Kumar at 19:19, 14 January 2026