Wayne Fernandes


Last Name	Fernandes
First Name	Wayne

Position	Defender
Height	180 cm
Weight	75 kg
Date of Birth	29 December 1978
Place of Birth	Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada
Hometown	Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Residence
Languages Spoken	English

Club	G.O.A Reds / RS Tenis
International Caps	163

Sports Information	Veteran of the Canadian team...Pan American Games gold medalist in 2007, scoring the winning goal in overtime against Argentina - this victory earned Canada an automatic berth to the 2008 Olympics Games and erased 7 years of disappointment for the Canadian Men's Field hockey team "with one flick of his stick"...Pan Am silver medalist in 2003...represented Canada at 2 Commonwealth Games (6th in 2002, 9th in 2006)...on junior national team from 1994-1997, and senior team from 1997 until today...career highlights are finishing 6th at the 2003 World Indoor World Cup in Germany, and winning gold at the 2007 Pan Am Games ...first international cap was in 1996 against Pakistan…first international goal was in 1999 against Germany in the Sulan Azlan Shah Tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...coached by Louis Mendonca (previously coached by Gene Muller)...currently plays for G.O.A. Reds and RS Tenis in Spain...started playing at age 10 and competed at the 1988 Ontario Summer Games, his first career victory...has been representing Ontario since 1994…
Human Interest	Attended Philip Pocock Catholic Secondary School in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada…studies Economics at York University in North York, Ontario…single…mother Shirley is a Benefits Analyst with Canada Post…father Ed is in the hospitality business…both sisters are field hockey players on athletic scholarship in the USA - Joanna is at the University of Maine, and Tara is at Boston College...
Competitions	2008 Olympic Games, CHN 2008 Tour of Europe 2008 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, MAL 2008 Tour of Germany 2008 South Africa Tour 2007 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, MAS 2007 Ireland / France Tour 2007 Pan American Games, BRA 2007 Indoor World Cup, AUT 2007 UK Tour 2007 Indoor Training Tour, GER 2007 AKPro Chile Series, CAN 2006 World Cup Qualifier, CHN 2006 Commonwealth Games, AUS 2006 USA Test Series, CA 2006 New Zealand Series 2005 Scotland Series, CAN 2005 English Tour 2005 Germany Tour 2005 Pan American Indoor Cup, CAN 2004 Pan American Cup, CAN 2004 South Africa Tour 2004 Olympic Qualifier, ESP 2003 Pan American Games, DOM 2003 Indoor World Cup, GER 2003 World Indoor Classic, SCO 2003 New Zealand Tour 2003 3-Nations Tournament, CAN 2002 Indoor Pan American Cup, USA 2002 Commonwealth Games, GBR 2001 World Cup Qualifier, SCO 2000 Barcelona 4-Nation Tournament 1999 World Indoor Classic, SCO 1999 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, MAS 1999 Akhbar El Yom Tournament, EGY 1996 Junior Pan American Games, BAR