Devendra Dhaku Murgaokar (born 2 November 1998) is an Indian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Career

Youth and early career

Born in

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, Devendra begins his football career with

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. During

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season Devandra made his debut for Salgaocar in the Goa Professional League. Devendra scored 20 goals for Salgaocar during

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season and also he was named as the league top scorer for that season. During

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he scored 9 goals for the club.

FC Goa

On 1 October 2020, Devendra joined Indian Super League side

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on a three-year deal, after Salgaocar was paid an undisclosed transfer fee. On 11 December 2020, Devendra made his professional debut for Goa against

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. He came on as a 58th minute substitute for Alexander Romario as Goa won the match 2–1. On 6 January 2021, Devendra scored his first goal in Indian Super League as well as for Goa in the 81st minute against

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, taking the game to a 1–1 draw. He made his debut in

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on 14 April against Al-Rayyan SC after coming in as substitute for

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. Murgaonkar scored his second goal for the club on 11 December against Bengaluru FC in their 2–1 win. He scored his third goal on 19 February 2022 against

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in their 3–2 defeat.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Salgaocar *AWES Cup runner-up: 2018 Goa * ISL League Winners Shield: 2019–20 * Durand Cup:

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Individual * Durand Cup Top Scorer: 2021

References

External links

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Devendra Murgaonkar
at Indian Super League {{DEFAULTSORT:Murgaonkar, Devendra Indian men's footballers 1998 births Living people People from Panaji Footballers from Goa Men's association football forwards Goa Professional League players Indian Super League players Salgaocar FC players FC Goa players