Godfrey Pereira

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Godfred Godfrey Pereira is a former Indian footballer and current head coach of Air India FC.

Coaching career

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On 3 July 2012, it was announced that Pereira had become coach of Air India FC after Santosh Kashyap joined Mohun Bagan.{{cite web|last=Sundaresan|first=Bharat|title='I will bring an end to Bagan's dry spell'|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/i-will-bring-an-end-to-bagans-dry-spell/970158/0|work=Indian Express|date=4 July 2012 |access-date=16 July 2012}} Earlier in his playing career, Pereira played for the India national football team.http://www.kolkatafootball.com/indiafootball_news_2012/june2ndpart_2012.html TFA : Name of the 16 fresh boys from 8 States across the country in 12th batch He coached his first match for Air India on 26 August 2012 during the 2012 Durand Cup against Delhi United FC, in which Air India won 3–0.{{cite web|title=Convincing win for Air India|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/article3825715.ece?css=print|work=The Hindu|accessdate=21 October 2012}} Then on 1 September 2012 Pereira led Air India to their first ever championship in their history after they won 3–2 on penalties against Dodsal F.C. in the final of the Durand Cup.{{cite news|title=Air India win Durand Cup|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Air-India-win-Durand-Cup/articleshow/16160571.cms|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103124019/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-02/top-stories/33548200_1_durand-cup-dodsal-mumbai-air-india|url-status=live|archive-date=3 January 2013|work=The Times of India|date=2 September 2012 |access-date=21 October 2012}}

On 27 December 2012, with Air India in 10th place in the I-League, Pereira officially resigned from his post as the head coach of the club, citing salary issues as the reason for his resigning.{{cite web|last=Pawar|first=Vaibhav|title=It's official: Air India part ways with coach Godfrey Pereira|url=http://www.kickoffindia.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=570%3Aits-official-air-india-part-ways-with-coach-godfrey-pereira&catid=42%3Arokstories|work=Kick Off India|accessdate=27 December 2012}}

Career statistics

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Statistics accurate as of 27 December 2012. Include stats for all matches including league and cup. No friendlies.

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