Milagres Gonsalves

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Milagres Gonsalves
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-01-24) 24 January 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Tiswadi, Goa, India
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Dempo
Number 8
Youth career
Sporting Goa
2003–2005 Salgaocar
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005–2014 Salgaocar 255 (91)
2014 Kerala Blasters 13 (1)
2015 Mumbai 33 (19)
2015 Dempo 120 (50)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 November 2015

Milagres Gonsalves (born 24 January 1987) is an Indian footballer who last played for Dempo in the I-League 2nd Division.

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Career

Growing up in the then quiet village of Agassim, Milagres had to go through a lot of hardship spending hours travelling to practice every day. His love for football took its roots at the age of 9 when he enrolled himself for a summer coaching camp and from there on he never looked back. While studying at Don Bosco High School in Panaji, Milagres not only excelled in football but also in a variety of disciplines. As years went by, young Milagres realised that football is his calling and after his stints with Don Bosco Oratory and Sao Miguel Taleigao he decided to join Sporting Clube de Goa.

Salgaocar F.C. was his boyhood club and he took his first step towards achieving his dream of playing for them when he moved on from Sporting to join Salgaocar's U-18 team. The young and energetic Milagres was part of a very successful team that won the U-18 category on two occasions.

Milagres’ impressive performances caught the eye of then Salgaocar coach Mariano Dias and he was soon promoted to the senior team. It was a joyous moment for the then 17-year-old Milagres, who did not lose track of his goal as he kept his feet on the ground and pushed forward. His hunger for success saw him top the goal scorer's charts in the Goa Professional League in his debut season.

Being an athlete he is very quick on the sprint but he is also good in the air. But the secret weapon is his versatility. Although he prefers to lead the pack playing upfront in the striker’s position but depending or team’s requirement he is ever willing to play in any possible position.

The highlight of his career under the Green colours came in the year 2010-11 when in a span of four months Salgaocar won two prestigious trophies — I-League and Indian Federation Cup.

The Salgaocar boy was proud to be a part of the football contingent that represented Goa in the Lusophony Games held in Macau in 2005.

Career statistics

Club

As of 30 May 2015 [1]
ClubSeasonLeagueCup AFC Total
AppsGoalsAssistsAppsGoalsAssistsAppsGoalsAssistsAppsGoalsAssists
Salgaocar 2012–13 2043300–––2343
2013-14 1410100–––1510
Kerala Blasters FC 2014 1311––––––1311
Mumbai 2014–15 810000–––810
Career total46744000005074

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