Denson Devadas

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Denson Devadas
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Personal information
Full name Denson Devadas
Date of birth (1982-12-20) 20 December 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth Kannur, Kerala, India
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2006 Viva Kerala
2007–2011 Chirag United (4)
2012–2014 Mohun Bagan 47 (2)
2014 Chennaiyin 15 (0)
2015 Mohun Bagan 13 (1)
2015 Goa 8 (0)
2016 Sporting Goa 8 (0)
2016 Delhi Dynamos 0 (0)
2017 Chennai City FC 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 January 2017

Denson Devadas (born 20 December 1982) is a former Indian professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.

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Career

Early career

He was born in Burnacherry (Burnshire), Kannur, Kerala. His grandfather was a hockey player who played the Senior National Championship. His father, Devadas Anthony, was a footballer who played for Services football team in the Santosh Trophy.

He started playing football when he was studying in the Army School, Kannur. The school was famous for sports and he was the Captain of his school team. After passing out from school, he joined Srinarayana College, Kannur where he used to play for his college team. He was a striker both while in school and college. Later on, he also was the Captain of the university team.

In the year 2004, Viva Kerala selected him after conducting a trial. He got selected as a striker. Chathuni Sir was the Coach of Viva Kerala at that time. He stayed in Viva Kerala till 2006.

It was Chathuni Sir who brought him to the midfielder. Viva Kerala was playing a friendly match against the Kerala football team and one of his team midfielders got injured. The coach asked him to play in midfield. Seeing his performance, he asked him to continue playing as the defensive medio. His team became the State League Champions that year.

Viva Kerala qualified for 2006-07 Indian National Football League. They defeated United SC 2–0. During that tournament, he got offers from Salgaocar, ONGC and United SC. After consulting Chathuni Sir, he moved to Kolkata to play for United Sports. United Sports was in 2nd Division in the year 2007 and qualified for the I-League. He stayed in United Sports till 2011. [1]

In 2010, playing for West Bengal in Santosh Trophy, he scored a brace in the final against Punjab leading West Bengal to their 30th title. [2]

Mohun Bagan

Denson joined Mohun Bagan in 2013. In his first season, he played 25 matches and scored 2 goals. Denson left Mohun Bagan at the end of the 2013-2014 I League. However, he was signed back by Mohun Bagan for the 2014–15 season, after he played for Chennaiyin F.C. in the Indian Super League.

FC Goa

In July 2015 it was announced that Denson would join FC Goa for the 2015 Indian Super League season. [3]

Personal life

Denson's favourite football club is Manchester City and his favourite football playing nation is Argentina national football team. His favorite players are Zinedine Zidane, Basudev Mondal and Climax Lawrence. He is married to Dr. Anisha Gopal from Wayanad and the couple have a son, Dhruvith Denson.

Honours

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ "Interview of Denson Devadas". Archived from the original on 28 October 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "Bengal wins Santosh trophy after 11 years". Hindustan Times. 8 August 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  3. ↑ Noronha, Anselm (10 July 2015). "Indian Super League clubs' domestic transfer dealings". Goal.com. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Balaidas Chatterjee posthumously awarded Mohun Bagan Ratna". www.business-standard.com. Kolkata: Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 29 July 2013. Archived from the original on 13 October 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
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