Joshuah Vaz
{{Short description|Indian former footballer}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2020}}
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| fullname = Joshuah Stan Vaz
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|8|5|df=y}}
| birth_place = Goa, India
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| position = Midfielder
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| youthclubs1 = Dempo
| years1 = 2007–2010
| clubs1 = Dempo
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| years2 = 2010
| clubs2 = Salcete
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| years3 = 2010–2011
| clubs3 = Churchill Brothers
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| years4 = 2011–2013
| clubs4 = Goa Velha
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| years5 = 2014
| clubs5 = Panjim Footballers
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| years6 = 2014–2016
| clubs6 = Santa Cruz Club of Cavellosim
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| years7 = 2016–2018
| clubs7 = Churchill Brothers
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| years8 = 2018–2019
| clubs8 = Santa Cruz Club of Cavellosim
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| manageryears1 = 2021–2024
| managerclubs1 = Mohammedan SC Futsal
| manageryears2 = 2023–
| managerclubs2 = India
| manageryears3 = 2024
| managerclubs3 = Golazo FC
| manageryears4 = 2024–
| managerclubs4 = India women's
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Joshuah Vaz (born 5 August 1990) is an Indian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is also a former futsal player and currently the head coach of India men's and women's national futsal teams.
Club career
Born in Goa, Vaz began his career in the youth ranks of Dempo. He participated with the club's first-team in the Goa Professional League before getting called into the side's I-League squad in 2008.{{cite web |title=Indian Football Transfers 2008 |url=http://www.indianfootball.de/transfers2008.html |website=IndianFootball.de |access-date=17 July 2020 |archive-date=17 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217030450/http://www.indianfootball.de/transfers2008.html |url-status=live }} In September 2007 it was reported that Vaz would be sent to Portuguese club Vitória Guimarães for training.{{Cite web|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/news/m200709.html|title=NEWS FOR THE MONTH OF September 2007 - Four Goan Teenagers leave for Portugal|website=www.indianfootball.de|publisher=Indian Football Network|date=September 2007|access-date=13 November 2021|archive-date=5 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205010129/http://www.indianfootball.de/news/m200709.html|url-status=dead|first=Arunava|last=Chaudhuri}} Vaz stayed with the club until 2010 before moving to local division side Salcete.{{cite web |title=Herald Newspaper April 13, 2010 |url=https://issuu.com/herald-goa/docs/13_april_binder1 |website=Issuu}}{{cite news |title=Joshuah Vaz–A winner from within…. |url=https://dyslexiagoa.wordpress.com/2020/04/06/joshuah-vaz-a-winner-from-within/ |accessdate=17 July 2020 |work=Dyslexia Goa |date=August 2019 |archive-date=13 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210313160010/https://dyslexiagoa.wordpress.com/2020/04/06/joshuah-vaz-a-winner-from-within/ |url-status=live }} After spending some time with Salcete, Vaz joined Churchill Brothers where he spent a season before moving back to local football with Goa Velha.{{cite news |title=Indian Football: Transfer Season 2012/13 |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/indian-football-transfer-season-201213 |accessdate=17 July 2020 |work=SportsKeeda |date=24 October 2012 |archive-date=11 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211085437/https://www.sportskeeda.com/indian-football/indian-football-transfer-season-201213 |url-status=live }}
After playing a couple of seasons with Goa Velha, Vaz joined Goan second division side Panjim Footballers in order to gain match fitness after an injury.{{cite news |title=Panjim Footballers qualify for North playoffs |url=https://sportingclubedegoa.wordpress.com/2014/01/13/panjim-footballers-qualify-for-north-play-offs/ |accessdate=17 July 2020 |work=Sporting Clube de Goa |date=13 January 2014 |archive-date=12 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712052446/https://sportingclubedegoa.wordpress.com/2014/01/13/panjim-footballers-qualify-for-north-play-offs/ |url-status=live }} He spent one season with Panjim before moving to Goa Pro League side Santa Cruz Club of Cavellosim.{{cite web |title=Goa Pro League 2015 |url=http://www.kolkatafootball.com/goa_pro_league_2015/index.html#horizontalTab4 |website=Kolkatafootball |access-date=17 July 2020 |archive-date=1 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701181837/http://www.kolkatafootball.com/goa_pro_league_2015/index.html#horizontalTab4 |url-status=live }}
Prior to the 2016–17 I-League season, Vaz rejoined Churchill Brothers. He would go on to make his professional debut in the league the next season on 10 December 2017 against Mohun Bagan. He started and played 70 minutes as Churchill Brothers were defeated 5–0.{{cite web |title=Mohun Bagan 5–0 Churchill Brothers |url=https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2017/12/10/india/i-league/mohun-bagan-ac/churchill-brothers-sc/2683973/ |website=Soccerway |access-date=17 July 2020 |archive-date=27 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221027004354/https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2017/12/10/india/i-league/mohun-bagan-ac/churchill-brothers-sc/2683973/ |url-status=live }}
At the end of the 2017–18 season, Vaz left Churchill Brothers and returned to Santa Cruz Club of Cavellosim.
Personal life
Vaz is the co-owner of a Futsal Academy in Goa called YFA. His father was one of the first people to attend a futsal level 1 course that was conducted in Kolkata for the first time in 2010. With the same knowledge Mr. Socorro Vaz (father of Joshuah Vaz) started this academy to train children at the grassroot level. It has been 12 years since the conception of YFA still runs with full focus to develop young budding talents and to foster love for the game. The academy has their teams participating for every grassroot tournament held in Goa from ages 6 to17. He also has a brother, Charlton, who also played at Dempo.
Professional statistics
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan=1|Churchill Brothers | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0 |
| colspan=3|Career total
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