Joyner Monte Lourenco (born 8 September 1991) is an Indian professional

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who plays as a defender.

Club career

Born in

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, Lourenco began his career with Goa Velha, a local club in the state. In 2010, Lourenco joined professional

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side Sporting Goa. He made his debut for the club on 28 October 2011 in a league match against

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. He came on as a substitute for Boboi Singh as Sporting Goa drew the match 2–2.

Bengaluru

On 23 July 2017, Lourenco was selected in the 14th round of the

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for the

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. He made his debut for bengaluru fc in their 2018 AFC Cup preliminary round match against

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.He came as 75th minute substitute for Prashanth Kalinga. He made a total of 5 appearances for the club in

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. On 8 June 2018 Bengaluru fc released Joyner along with 4 other players.

Mumbai City FC

In October 2018 he joined

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. on 27 October 2018 he made his ISL debut as he played a full 90 minutes for the club against Delhi Dynamos FC.

International

On 9 September 2014, Lourenco was selected in the 20 man India U23 side for the

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. He proceeded to make his debut for the side on 15 September 2014 against the

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. He started the match but couldn't prevent India from losing 5–0.

Career statistics

Club

Personal life

He married Montia De Souza on January 14, 2020

References

1991 births Living people Indian men's footballers SC de Goa players Bengaluru FC players Men's association football defenders Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games Footballers from Goa I-League players Goa Professional League players India men's youth international footballers Asian Games competitors for India Mumbai City FC players Indian Super League players Jamshedpur FC players East Bengal Club players {{India-footy-bio-stub