Anthony D'Souza

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Anthony D'Souza
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-03-02) 2 March 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Siolim, Goa, India
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Left winger
Team information
Current team
Goa
Number 13
Youth career
SESA FA
2006–2010 Sporting Goa
2007–2008 → Velsao Pale (loan)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2012 Sporting Goa (6)
2012–2013 Salgaocar 3 (0)
2013–2015 Pune 24 (3)
2017 Churchill Brothers 11 (1)
2017– Goa 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 November 2017

Anthony D'Souza (born 2 March 1987) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Goa.

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Career

Early career

Born in Siolim, Goa, D'Souza started his football career at the SESA Football Academy before joining the youth team of Sporting Clube de Goa in 2006. [1] During the 2007–08 season he was loaned out to Velsao Pale. [1] D'Souza then made his I-League debut with Sporting Goa on the last day of the 2009–10 I-League season against Chirag United on 28 May 2010 in which he also managed to score his first professional goal as Sporting Goa won 1–0 but were still relegated to the I-League 2nd Division. [2] However, despite relegation, D'Souza stayed on with the club and helped them back to the I-League for the 2011–12 season in which he scored five goals. [1]

D'Souza then signed for Salgaocar in 2012 and during the 2012 Indian Federation Cup scored in all three of the clubs group stage matches to end the tournament as the second top scorer among Indians that year. [3]

Pune

After spending one season at Salgaocar D'Souza signed for Pune F.C. in the I-League on 15 July 2013. [4] He then made his debut for the club on 29 September 2013 against Shillong Lajong when he came on as an 88th-minute substitute for Nikhil Kadam as Pune drew the match 0–0. [5] While training with the India national team in March 2015 D'Souza suffered a severe ankle injury that kept him out for most of the 2015 season. [6]

Churchill Brothers

He made a comeback to football from his ankle injury for Churchill Brothers against Mohun Bagan in second half playing for 35 minutes. He has been used as a second half impact player by coach.

Career statistics

As of 9 March 2015 [7]
ClubSeasonLeagueFederation CupDurand Cup AFC Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Salgaocar 2012–13 I-League 30430073
Pune 2013–14 I-League 202300051283
2014–15 I-League 41400081
Career total2731130051437

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References

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  2. "United vs. Sporting Goa 0 - 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  3. "Pune FC add winger D'Souza to their ranks". Indian Express. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  4. "Pune FC sign Anthony D'Souza from Salgaocar FC". Zee News. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  5. "Shillong Lajong vs. Pune 0 - 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  6. "Anthony D'Souza injured in national camp, ruled out for the season". Goal.com. 9 March 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  7. Anthony D'Souza at Soccerway