panaji goan football woke up to a rude shock on new yearrsquos day as the death of a young footballer avrhisto fernandes shocked the fraternity on monday the sporting clube de goa midfielder was 21 and counted among the brightest prospects not just at the club but also goan football from among six indian players he was the only goan selected for a training stint at german giants fc bayern munich in 2011 on monday morning he was found hanging from a nylon rope to the fanrsquos ceiling in his room at his residence at grand morod in saligao according to sources avrhisto a sporting clube regular in the goa professional league attended the midnight mass at mae de deus church in saligao and also mingled with his friends till the early hours of the morning he then went home and was found dead by his family members when repeated knocks on the door evoked no response ldquohe had gone to sleep at around 430am on new yearrsquos day when he did not wake up at the expected time the family peeped into the room through a window and found him hanging from a ceiling fan the saligao police were informed at around 9am about the incidentrdquo said santosh dessai saligao police inspector before joining sporting clube on a five year contract at the beginning of the 20162017 season avrhisto donned colours for calangute association in the goa pro league he took his first lessons in football from coach alex alvares at chubby cheeks high school pilerne and overcame a knee injury to get his career back on track ldquoavrhisto was a player with prodigious talent having good technique passing and shooting ability he was shaping up into an excellent creative midfielder before his tragic demiserdquo the club said in a statement on monday sporting president peter vaz said the club has lost a player who could have made it to the national team while manager angelo albuquerque said avrhisto was ldquosoft spoken polite and wellmanneredrdquo avrhistorsquos funeral is scheduled to be held on tuesday at 4pm