Climax Lawrence

Climax Lawrence

Personal information
Full name	Climax Lourenco Lawrence
Date of birth	(1979-01-16) 16 January 1979 (age 44)
Place of birth	Margao, Goa, India
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1998–1999	Vasco
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2004	Salgaocar	59	(11)
2004–2005	East Bengal	21	(7)
2005–2013	Dempo	38	(4)
2013–2015	Mumbai	30	(2)
2014	Atlético de Kolkata	0	(0)
2015–2016	Laxmi Prasad SC
2016–2017	FC Bardez
International career‡
2006	India U23
2003–2011	India	72	(3 [1] )
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 May 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 December 2011

Climax Lourenco Lawrence (born 16 January 1979) is a retired Indian professional football midfielder. ^{[2] [3]} He last played for FC Bardez in the Goa Professional League in 2017.

National team

In 2002, he was called to the India national football team by coach Stephen Constantine and has since been a part. In the AFC Challenge Cup, he scored the winning goal in the 91st minute against Afghanistan to help India to a 1–0 victory. ^[4] He retired from national team on 1 February 2012.

International statistics

As of 2011 ^{[5] [6]}

India national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2003	7	0
2004	8	1
2005	8	1
2007	7	0
2008	12	1
2009	6	0
2010	9	0
2011	15	0
Total	72	3

International Goals

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	24 August 2004	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Vietnam	2–1	2–1	Friendly
2	12 December 2005	Karachi, Pakistan	Bangladesh	1–0	1–1	2005 SAFF Cup
3	30 July 2008	Gachibowli Athletic Stadium, Hyderabad, India	Afghanistan	1–0	1–0	2008 AFC Challenge Cup

As member of AIFF

On 2 September 2022, Lawrence was elected as a co-opted member of the technical committee of the All India Football Federation. ^{[7] [8] [9]}

Managerial career

Lawrence became assistant manager of Goan club Sporting CG in 2023, helped the team winning inaugural edition of the I-League 3, and securing promotion to I-League 2. ^{[10] [11] [12]}

Honours

India

• AFC Challenge Cup: 2008
• SAFF Championship: 2005, 2011; runner-up: 2008; third place: 2003
• Nehru Cup: 2007, 2009
• Afro-Asian Games silver medal: 2003 ^[13]

Individual

• AIFF Player of the Year: 2005 ^{[14] [15]}

Notes

1. Dey, Subrata. "India - Record International Players". RSSSF . Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
2. Shukla, Abhishek (7 July 2018). "I-League 2010/11 final standings". indianfooty.com. Indian Footy. Archived from the original on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
3. Ghoshal, Amoy (23 November 2016). "All time Indian XI". sportskeeda.com. Sportskeeda. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
4. "A Salute to - Climax Lawrence". Indianfootball.com. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
5. "Climax Lawrence". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
6. Dey, Subrata. "Climax Lawrence - International Appearances". RSSSF . Retrieved 19 February 2019.
7. Sports Desk, FPJ (2 September 2022). "Former goalkeeper Kalyan Chaubey appointed new AIFF President". www.freepressjournal.com. The Free Press Journal. Archived from the original on 4 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
8. "List of AIFF executive committee members & co-opted eminent players". khelnow.com. Khel Now. 2 September 2022. Archived from the original on 4 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
9. Media Team, AIFF (3 September 2022). "AIFF Executive Committee appoints Shaji Prabhakaran as new Secretary General". www.the-aiff.com. New Delhi: All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 4 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
10. "Climax lauds Sporting Clube for winning I-League 3 Playoffs". thegoan.net. Margao: The Goan Everyday. 1 January 2024. Archived from the original on 1 January 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
11. "Sporting Clube de Goa crowned I-League 3 champions". navhindtimes.in. Vasco: The Navahind Times. 31 December 2023. Archived from the original on 31 December 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
12. Rodrigues, Augusto (31 December 2023). "YEAR ENDER 2023: Goan football on comeback trail". gomantaktimes.com. Panaji: Gomantak Times. Archived from the original on 1 January 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
13. Chaudhuri, Arunava; Stokkermans, Karel (2001). "Afro-Asian Games 2003". RSSSF . Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
14. "Jeje Lalpekhlua is 2016 AIFF Player of the Year". the-aiff.com. Archived from the original on 27 December 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
15. "All India Football Federation Awards: Sunil Chhetri and Bala Devi win Player of the Year Trophy". India Today . 14 February 2015. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.

External links

• Player statistics at FIFA.com
• Climax Lawrence at National-Football-Teams.com