Anthony D'Souza

Anthony D'Souza
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-03-02) 2 March 1987
Place of birth Siolim, Goa, India
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position Left winger
Club information
Current team
Pune
Number 21
Youth career
SESA FA
2006–2010 Sporting Goa
2007–2008 → Velsao Pale (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 Sporting Goa (6)
2012–2013 Salgaocar 3 (0)
2013– Pune 24 (3)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:41, 9 March 2015 (UTC).
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:41, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Anthony D'Souza (born 2 March 1987) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Pune F.C. in the I-League.

Career

Early Career

Born in Siolim, Goa, D'Souza started his football career at the SESA Football Academy before joining the youth team of Sporting Clube de Goa in 2006.[1] During the 2007–08 season he was loaned out to Velsao Pale.[1] D'Souza then made his I-League debut with Sporting Goa on the last day of the 2009–10 I-League season against Chirag United on 28 May 2010 in which he also managed to score his first professional goal as Sporting Goa won 1–0 but were still relegated to the I-League 2nd Division.[2] However, despite relegation, D'Souza stayed on with the club and helped them back to the I-League for the 2011–12 season in which he scored five goals.[1]

D'Souza then signed for Salgaocar in 2012 and during the 2012 Indian Federation Cup scored in all three of the clubs group stage matches to end the tournament as the second top scorer among Indians that year.[3]

Pune

After spending one season at Salgaocar D'Souza signed for Pune F.C. in the I-League on 15 July 2013.[4] He then made his debut for the club on 29 September 2013 against Shillong Lajong when he came on as a 88th-minute substitute for Nikhil Kadam as Pune drew the match 0–0.[5] While training with the Indian national team in March of 2015 D'Souza unfortunately suffered a severe ankle injury that will keep him out for most of the 2015 season.[6]

Career statistics

As of 9 March 2015[7]
Club Season League Federation Cup Durand Cup AFC Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Salgaocar 2012–13 I-League30430073
Pune 2013–14 I-League202300051283
2014–15 I-League41400081
Career total 2731130051437

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Anthony D'Souza". Pune Football Club. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  2. "United vs. Sporting Goa 0 - 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  3. "Pune FC add winger D’Souza to their ranks". Indian Express. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  4. "Pune FC sign Anthony D'Souza from Salgaocar FC". Zee News. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  5. "Shillong Lajong vs. Pune 0 - 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  6. "Anthony D'Souza injured in national camp, ruled out for the season". Goal.com. 9 March 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  7. Anthony D'Souza profile at Soccerway

External links

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