Anthony D'Souza
{{Short description|Indian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
{{for|the character played by Amrish Puri|Andhaa Kanoon}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Anthony D'Souza
| image =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|3|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = Siolim, Goa, India
| height = {{height|m=1.68}}
| currentclub = Goa
| clubnumber = 13
| position = Left winger
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = SESA FA
| youthyears2 = 2006–2010
| youthclubs2 = Sporting Goa
| youthyears3 = 2007–2008
| youthclubs3 = → Velsao Pale (loan)
| years1 = 2009–2012
| clubs1 = Sporting Goa
| caps1 =
| goals1 = 6
| years2 = 2012–2013
| clubs2 = Salgaocar
| caps2 = 3
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2013–2015
| clubs3 = Pune
| caps3 = 24
| goals3 = 3
| years4 = 2017
| clubs4 = Churchill Brothers
| caps4 = 11
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2017–
| clubs5 = Goa
| caps5 = 0
| goals5 = 0
| club-update = 1 November 2017
}}
Anthony D'Souza (born 2 March 1987) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Goa.
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.{{cite web|title=Anthony D'Souza|url=http://punefc.com/?player=anthony-dsouza|work=Pune Football Club|accessdate=26 December 2013}} During the 2007–08 season he was loaned out to Velsao Pale. 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.{{cite web|title=United vs. Sporting Goa 0 - 1|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2010/05/28/india/i-league/chirag-united-sc/sporting-club-de-goa/937271/|work=Soccerway|accessdate=26 December 2013}} 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.
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.{{cite web|title=Pune FC add winger D’Souza to their ranks|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/pune-fc-add-winger-d-souza-to-their-ranks/1142385/|work=Indian Express|accessdate=26 December 2013}}
=Pune=
After spending one season at Salgaocar D'Souza signed for Pune F.C. in the I-League on 15 July 2013.{{cite web|title=Pune FC sign Anthony D'Souza from Salgaocar FC|url=http://zeenews.india.com/sports/football/pune-fc-sign-anthony-d-souza-from-salgaocar-fc_765219.html|work=Zee News|accessdate=26 December 2013}} He then made his debut for the club on 29 September 2013 against Shillong Lajong when he came on as an 88th-minute substitute for Nikhil Kadam as Pune drew the match 0–0.{{cite web|title=Shillong Lajong vs. Pune 0 - 0|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/09/29/india/i-league/lajong-sc/pune-fc/1585288/|work=Soccerway|accessdate=26 December 2013}} While training with the India national team in March 2015 D'Souza suffered a severe ankle injury that kept him out for most of the 2015 season.{{cite web|title=Anthony D'Souza injured in national camp, ruled out for the season |url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2015/03/09/9657482/anthony-dsouza-injured-in-national-camp-ruled-out-for-the?ICID=SP |work=Goal.com |date=9 March 2015 |accessdate=10 March 2015}}
=Churchill Brothers=
He made a comeback to football from his ankle injury for Churchill Brothers against Mohun Bagan in second half playing for 35 minutes. He has been used as a second half impact player by coach.
Career statistics
{{updated|9 March 2015}}{{soccerway|anthony-dsouza/72614}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Federation Cup !colspan="2"|Durand Cup !colspan="2"|AFC !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="1"|Salgaocar | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 3 |
| rowspan="2"|Pune | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 3 |
| 2014–15 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 1 |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!27 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 43 | 7 |
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [http://punefc.com/?player=anthony-dsouza Pune Football Club Profile].
{{FC Goa squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:D'Souza, Anthony}}
Category:People from North Goa district
Category:Indian men's footballers