Sanjaya Fernando

Sanjaya Fernando
Born	Magage Asantha Sanjaya Fernando February 23, 1982 (1982-02-23) (age 29) Colombo
Residence	Colombo
Nationality	Sri Lanka
Ethnicity	Sinhalese
Citizenship	Sri Lanka
Education	ACMA(UK), Certified in Treasury management and Forex operations (CBSL-SL)
Alma mater	Royal College, Colombo, Sri lanka
Occupation	Group Financial Controller
Years active	2001 - Present
Employer	Cosmos Group
Organization	Cosmos Group
Known for	Coach of first women’s water polo national team of Sri Lanka
Notable works	Won several national & international matches
Home town	Colombo
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Weight	83 Kg
Term	2009-date (as coach of national team)
Religion	Buddhism
Awards	Awarded diploma in water polo by Hong Kong swimming association

Magage Asantha Sanjaya Fernando is one of the two coaches of the first Sri Lankan women's water polo team. In 2009, under the supervision of Sanjaya, the women's team won the bronze medal at 11th Asia pacific water polo tournament held in Kowloon park, Hong Kong.

In addition to coaching the National team, Sanjaya has also coached other teams such as Royal College, Sri Lanka Air Force & Visakha Vidyalaya.

A national water polo player himself before becoming The coach; he was one of the prime drivers of the historical Royal College victory over S. Thomas College in year 2005.

Early life

Born into a well educated family, Sanjaya was educated in Colombo.

Royal College admission

At the age of six, while seeking admission to the Royal College, his admission was denied. As a result, his family filed a fundamental rights case in Supreme Court of Sri Lanka against the Government of Sri Lanka. Later the judgement was passed in favor of Sanjaya.

Career as water polo player

Sanjaya Fernando started playing water polo at the age of 13. He later represented Sri Lanka at the age of 18. He is the first goal keeper at Royal college water polo team to record an unbeaten season (2001).

Career as coach

Sanjaya Fernando has coached following teams (from 2005 to date);

1. Royal College
2. Sri Lanka Air Force
3. Visakha Vidyalaya
4. National team

Team performance

	Team	Duration	Matches played	Matches won	Team Ranking
01	Royal College	2005-2006	-	-	01
02	Sri Lanka Air Force	2007	-	-	03
03	Visakha Vidyalaya	2009-2010	-	-	01
04	National team	2009-date	-	-	03 (Asia Pacific)

Professional life

	Company	Position	From	To
01	PwC	Audit Associate	2001	2006
02	PwC	Senior Associate	2006	2007
03	ICICI Bank	Senior officer Treasury	2007	2008
04	ICICI Bank	Treasury dealer	2008	2010
05	NDB Bank	Money market dealer	2010	2011
06	Cosmos Group	Group financial controller	2011	present

References

External links

• Visakha Vidyalaya - waterpolo champions
• Team for 11th Asia Pacific Water Polo Tourney
• Manisha Rajanayake leads Sri Lanka’s first-ever women’s water polo team
• Sri Lanka Women's Water polo
• Ladies and Visakha clash at Waterpolo
• Visakha juniors win water polo championship
• Grand double for Visakha
• Ladies College suffer close defeat by Visakha
• Royal's Water Polo dream run 2005 -2009
• Royal, Visakha water polo champs
• Waterpolo title for Royal
• Royal-S.Thomas' keep waterpolo alive

Persondata
Name	Fernando. Sanjaya
Alternative names
Short description	Sri Lankan water polo coach
Date of birth	February 23, 1982
Place of birth	Colombo, Sri Lanka
Date of death
Place of death