Derek D'Souza

Derek D'Souza

Personal information
Place of birth	Maharashtra, India
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Phoenix Mills
	Caltex SC
International career
	India
Managerial career
1992–1993	India
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Derek D'Souza is an Indian former footballer.

Career

D'Souza is known for scoring the first ever goal for the India national football team in the AFC Asian Cup qualifiers in the 1960 qualifiers in which he scored the only goal in India's 1–0 victory over Pakistan. ^[1]

He also served as head coach of the India national team from period of 1992–93. He is the brother of the Indian footballer Neville D'Souza. ^[2]

Honours

India

• Merdeka Tournament runner-up: 1964 ^[3]

See also

• List of India national football team managers

References

1. "The Indian Senior Team at the 1960 Seoul Asia Cup Qualifiers:". Indian Football. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
2. Poojary brothers want to fulfil parents' lifelong Blue Tigers dream, the-aiff.com, 30 June 2020
3. "The Indian Senior Team at the 1964 Merdeka Cup". indiafootball.de. IndiaFootball. Archived from the original on 22 November 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.