Anthony D'Souza (born 2 March 1987) is an Indian professional

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who plays as a

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for

Goa Goa () is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is located between the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north and Karnataka to the ...

Career

Early career

Born in

Siolim Siolim () is a village in Bardez taluka, and a census town on the central west coast of India, in the North Goa district of Goa. The 2001 population was 10,311, and 10,936 in 2011. Siolim is also the name of a constituency in the Goa assembly, ...

, D'Souza started his football career at the

SESA Football Academy Sesa Football Academy (SFA) is a football academy based in Sanquelim, Goa. Originally founded in the 1960s as Sesa Sports Club, its football team competes in the Goa Professional League, and previously participated in NFL II and I-League 2nd D ...

before joining the youth team of

Sporting Clube de Goa Sporting Clube de Goa, simply known as Sporting Goa (also known by its abbreviation SCG), is an Indian professional football club based in Panaji, in the Indian state of Goa, that competes in Goa Professional League. The club has also competed ...

in 2006. During the 2007–08 season he was loaned out to Velsao Pale. D'Souza then made his

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debut with Sporting Goa on the last day of the

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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

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. However, despite relegation, D'Souza stayed on with the club and helped them back to the

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.

Pune

After spending one season at Salgaocar D'Souza signed for

Pune F.C. Pune Football Club was an Indian professional football club based in Pune, Maharashtra. The club has competed in the I-League, then top flight of Indian football league system. The club was one of the most professional clubs in Indian footb ...

in the

on 15 July 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

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as Pune drew the match 0–0. 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.

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

References

External links

Pune Football Club Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:D'Souza, Anthony 1987 births Living people People from North Goa district Indian footballers Sporting Clube de Goa players Salgaocar FC players Pune FC players Association football midfielders Footballers from Goa I-League players I-League 2nd Division players