Xavier Vijay Kumar

{{short description|Indian footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}

{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Xavier Vijay Kumar

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| fullname = Xavier Vijay Kumar

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1978|11|25}}

| birth_place = Karnataka, India

| currentclub = Students Union

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| position = Striker

| years1 = 1998–2011

| years2 = 2011–2013

| clubs1 = HAL

| clubs2 = Churchill Brothers

| caps1 =

| caps2 = 3

| goals1 =

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2014–

| clubs3 = Students Union

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| nationalyears1 = 2006

| nationalteam1 = India

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalgoals1 = 0

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Xavier Vijay Kumar (born 25 November 1978) is an 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.{{cite web|title= Football's soldiers pump in money to run Students Union FC |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Footballs-soldiers-pump-in-money-to-run-Students-Union-FC/articleshow/45575035.cms|work=Times of India|access-date=11 January 2015}}{{cite web|title=I-League: Dempo SC 2-4 HAL SC – Xavier Vijay Kumar Inspires The Bangaloreans To Save Their Season, JCT Are Relegated |url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/53404/dempo-sports-club-vs-hal-bangalore/report# |work=Goal.com |access-date=22 October 2012 }} He spent 13 years playing for HAL following which he had a two-year stint with Churchill Brothers before joining Students Union.{{cite web|title=Xavier Vijay Kumar profile|url=http://www.footballdatabase.eu/football.joueurs.xavier-vijay.kumar.140759.en.html|publisher=footballdatabase.eu|access-date=8 February 2017|archive-date=21 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130221154755/http://www.footballdatabase.eu/football.joueurs.xavier-vijay.kumar.140759.en.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last1=Ameerudheen|first1=T. A.|title=A different home-coming for Churchill's Xavier Vijay Kumar|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/A-different-home-coming-for-Churchills-Xavier-Vijay-Kumar/articleshow/10614350.cms|agency=TNN|website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|publisher=The Times of India|access-date=8 February 2017|date=5 November 2011|archive-date=12 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212043813/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/A-different-home-coming-for-Churchills-Xavier-Vijay-Kumar/articleshow/10614350.cms}}