Career
Early career
Dawson would play for his school team and gradually went on to play for Goa U-16 in the Subroto Cup. lieutenant was then that he realised that he could continue playing football at the highest level To his fortune, they let him play for the state team, and since then there has been no looking back.
Sporting Goa
After spending 3 seasons at Salgaocar in the I-League, Fernandes signed for Sporting Goa also in the I-League.
He made his debut for the club on 22 December 2011 against Dempo and he also scored in the match as Sporting lost 2–3. He then scored his second goal for the club on 1 February 2012 against Pune in the 91st minute in a match that ended with Sporting winning 4–2.
In the next game against Chirag United Fernandes scored a double as Sporting came out 3–0 winners. He then scored another double on the last game of the season against HAL on 5 May 2012.
Salgaocar
On May 31 Fernandes rejoined Salgaocar signing a one-year deal after an impressive season with Sporting.
On 5 August 2013,Dawson received his first call for India for an International Friendly match against Tajikistan on 14 August 2013.
