Samir Subash Naik

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Samir Naik
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Xu Deshuai (left) and Samir Naik (right) at the Hong Kong Stadium in 2009
Personal information
Full name Samir Subash Naik
Date of birth (1979-08-08) 8 August 1979 (age 44)
Place of birth Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Dempo (head coach)
Youth career
1998–1999 Siolim
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1999–2017 Dempo
International career
2002 India U23
2002–2012 India 39 (0)
Managerial career
2017– Dempo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Samir Subash Naik (born 8 August 1979) is an Indian football coach and former professional footballer who played as a defender for Dempo, [1] and India. He is currently the head coach of Dempo SC in the Goa Professional League and I-League. [2]

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Playing career

Naik is part of successful Dempo SC squad which won 2 league titles and reached the semi-final of the AFC Cup, he is also a regular for India. He also captained the Indian team in an international friendly against Oman in 2012.

Managerial career

Naik became the head coach of Dempo in 2019, and in the 2021–22 Goa Professional League season, the club end decade long wait, and clinched the title in style. [3] In the inaugural season of I-League 3 in December 2023, Dempo reached play-offs and secured promotion to I-League 2 and subsequently to I-League in the same season. [4] [5] [6] He guided Dempo securing promotion to the I-League, achieving second place finish in 2023–24 I-League 2. [7] Thus, Dempo returned to the I-League after a gap of nine years. [8]

Honours

Player

India

India U23

Manager

Dempo

Individual

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