Xavier Vijay Kumar

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Xavier Vijay Kumar
Personal information
Full name Xavier Vijay Kumar
Date of birth (1978-11-25) 25 November 1978 (age 44)
Place of birth Karnataka, India
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Students Union
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1998–2011 HAL
2011–2013 Churchill Brothers 3 (0)
2014– Students Union
International career
2006 India 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Xavier Vijay Kumar (born 25 November 1978) is Indian former footballer who is currently a football coach South United football club. Before being a coach at South United, he was a coach at Boca Juniors India. He most recently played for Students Union football club in the Banglaore Super Division. [1] [2] He spent 13 years playing for HAL following which he had a two-year stint with Churchill Brothers before joining Students Union. [3] [4]

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References

  1. "Football's soldiers pump in money to run Students Union FC". Times of India. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  2. "I-League: Dempo SC 2-4 HAL SC – Xavier Vijay Kumar Inspires The Bangaloreans To Save Their Season, JCT Are Relegated". Goal.com. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  3. "Xavier Vijay Kumar profile". footballdatabase.eu. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  4. Ameerudheen, T. A. (5 November 2011). "A different home-coming for Churchill's Xavier Vijay Kumar". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. The Times of India. TNN. Archived from the original on 12 February 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2017.