Leander D'Cunha

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Leander D'Cunha
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-10-25) 25 October 1997 (age 28)
Place of birth Cuncolim, Goa, India
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Right-back
Youth career
2012–2014 Sesa Football Academy
2015–2017 Churchill Brothers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2020 Goa B 23 (0)
2020–2024 Goa 25 (1)
2024–2025 Hyderabad 10 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:00, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

Leander D'Cunha (born 25 October 1997) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender.

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Career

Youth

Born in Cuncolim, Leander began playing football in intervillage tournaments in different age groups. Leander then joined Sesa in 2012 and remained there for two years until 2014. He then joined Churchill Brothers till 2017. He represented Goa football team in its 2017 run at the Santosh Trophy. [1]

Goa

In 2017, Leander joined Goa B and captained it during the 2019 season. [2] On 15 June 2020, he signed a three-year contract extension with Goa, keeping him at the club until 2023, [3] earning promotion to the first team for 2020–21 season. [4]

On 5 March 2021, Leander made his debut professional appearance for the club in the second leg of the 2021 Indian Super League playoffs against Mumbai City. He came on as 34th minute substitute for injured Seriton Fernandes as the game ended on 2–2 draw. [5] He made his first continental appearance for the club on 23 April in 2021 AFC Champions League group stage match against Persepolis. [6]

Career statistics

Club

As of 6 March 2022 [7]
ClubSeasonLeagueCup AFC Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goa B 2017–18 I-League 2nd Division 8000–80
2018–19 8000–80
2019–20 703 [a] 0–100
Goa 2020–21 Indian Super League 10001 [b] 020
2021–22 905 [a] 1–141
Career total3308110421
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Durand Cup
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in AFC Champions League

Honours

Goa

References

  1. ↑ "FC Goa's Leander D'Cunha: Anyone who performs well with the developmental side can get promoted to the first team". Goal.com. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  2. ↑ "FC Goa Dev Team captain Leander D'Cunha". fcgoa.in. 2 April 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  3. ↑ "Leander D'Cunha signs deal till 2023, promoted to FC Goa first-team". Khelnow. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  4. ↑ "ISL 2020-21: Leander D'Cunha earns promotion to FC Goa first team". thebridge. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  5. ↑ "ISL 2020-21 Semi-finals 1st Leg, highlights: Goa, Mumbai play out 2-2 draw". Sportstar. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  6. ↑ "AFC Champions League 2021 FC Goa vs Persepolis Highlights: Moghanlou, Torabi helps Persepolis beat FC Goa 4-0". Sportstar. 24 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  7. ↑ Leander D'Cunha at Soccerway
  8. ↑ "FC Goa clinch maiden Durand Cup trophy after beating Mohammedan Sporting 1–0 in final". ESPN. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.


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