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

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who plays as a

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for

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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 before joining the youth team of

Sporting Clube de Goa Sporting Clube de Goa (simply known as Sporting Goa and abbreviated as SCG) is an Indian professional association football, football club based in Panaji, Goa. The club competes in the I-League 2, the third tier of the Indian football league s ...

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

I-League The I-League is the men's second professional football division of the Indian football league system behind the Indian Super League. Administered by the All India Football Federation, it is currently contested by 13 clubs. It operates as a s ...

debut with Sporting Goa on the last day of the

2009–10 I-League The 2009–10 I-League season began on 1 October 2009 with Mahindra United hosting defending champions Churchill Brothers in Mumbai. The season marked the addition of four new teams, with Lajong, Pune, Salgaocar and Viva Kerala were confirmed ...

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 Salgaocar Football Club (formerly Salgaocar Sporting Club) is an Indian professional football club based in Vasco, Goa. Being one of the country's most successful clubs, it is currently operating youth teams. Until the disfunction of its seni ...

in 2012 and during the

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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

D'Souza signed for Pune F.C. in the

on 15 July 2013. He then made his debut for the club on 29 September 2013 against

Shillong Lajong Shillong Lajong Football Club (founded as Lajong SC) is an Indian professional football club based in Shillong, Meghalaya. The club is currently competing in the I-League, the second tier of the Indian football league system, following promotio ...

when he came on as an 88th-minute substitute for Nikhil Kadam 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 Sportspeople from North Goa district Indian men's footballers Sporting CG players Salgaocar FC players Pune FC players Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Goa I-League players I-League 2 players 21st-century Indian sportsmen