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'''Magage Asantha Sanjaya Fernando''' is a Sri Lankan [[water polo]] coach and 
accountantInvestment Banker. A former national water polo player, he was one of the two coaches of the first Sri Lankan women's water polo team. He is also the [[Comptroller|Group Financial Controller]] of the Cosmos GroupVice President]] of [[Faber Capital Limited]].<ref>[http://www.island.lk/2009/09/01/sports3.html  Manisha Rajanayake leads Sri Lanka’s first-ever women’s water polo team]</ref>

==Early life and education==
Born into a well-educated family in [[Colombo]]. At the age of six, while seeking admission to the [[Royal College, Colombo]], his admission was denied. As a result, his family filed a violation of fundamental rights petition at the [[Supreme Court of Sri Lanka]] against the [[Government of Sri Lanka]]. Later the judgement was passed in favour of Sanjaya and he was admitted to Royal College.

He is an Associate of [[Chartered Institute of Management Accountants]] and a [[Chartered Global Management Accountant]]. He also holds a Masters in Financial Economics from the [[University of Colombo]], Certificate in Treasury management and Forex operations from the [[Central Bank of Sri Lanka]] and a diploma in Water polo from the Hong Kong Swimming Association.

==Water polo career==
Fernando started playing water polo at the age of 13, later represented [[Sri Lanka]] at the age of 18. He is the first goal keeper atof Royal College water polo team to record an unbeaten season (2001).<ref>[http://www.thepapare.com/.../pure-hard-work-dedication-and-team-effort.html Royal's Water Polo dream run 2005 -2009]</ref>

==Coaching career==
Fernando started coaching from 2005 and has coached water polo teams of Royal College, [[Sri Lanka Air Force]], [[Visakha Vidyalaya]] and the national 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.<ref>[http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/08/13/spo06.asp Team for 11th Asia Pacific Water Polo Tourney]</ref> Sanjaya is the Under 15 Royal College, Water polo Head Coach since 2015 to date. <ref>[http://www.ft.lk/article/482081/Royal-College-Under-15-team-wins-Royal-Thomian-Water-Polo-Encounter]

===Team performance===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! !! Team !! Duration !! Matches played !! Matches won !! Team Ranking
|-
| 01 || Royal College || 2005–2006 || 21 || 21 || 01
|-
| 02 || Sri Lanka Air Force || 2007 || 7 || 5 || 03
|-
| 03 || Visakha Vidyalaya || 2009–2010 || 16 || 14 || 01
|-
| 04 || National team || 2009 || 12 || 11 || 03 (Asia Pacific)
|}

==Finance career==
Having joined [[PwC]] as an Audit Associate in 2001, he joined [[ICICI Bank]] as a Senior Treasury Officer in 2007 before joining [[NDB Bank Plc]] as a Money market dealer in 2010. In 2011 he was appointed Group financial controller for the Cosmos Group which consists of 14 companies. Later he went on to join [[WNS Global Services (Pvt) Ltd]] as a Group Manager-Operations before joining Faber as a Vice President.

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2009/12/13/spo22.asp Visakha Vidyalaya – waterpolo champions]
*[http://hi-in.facebook.com/group.php?gid=124374386702 Sri Lanka Women's Water polo ]
*[http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/09/25/spo24.asp Ladies and Visakha clash at Waterpolo]
*[http://sundaytimes.lk/091025/Sports/sp25.html Visakha juniors win water polo championship]
*[http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/10/02/spo26.asp Grand double for Visakha ]
*[http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/.../frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID Ladies College suffer close defeat by Visakha]
*[http://www.lakbimanews.lk/archvi/lakbimanews_09_11_15/sports/spo13.htm Royal, Visakha water polo champs]
*[http://sundaytimes.lk/991003/sports1.html Waterpolo title for Royal]
*[http://sundaytimes.lk/011014/sports3.html Royal-S.Thomas' keep waterpolo alive]


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