Samir Subash Naik (born 8 August 1979) is an Indian former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who played as a defender for

Dempo SC Dempo Sports Club, or simply known as Dempo, is an Indian professional football club based in Panjim, Goa, that competes in the Goa Professional League. The club is owned and sponsored by the Dempo Mining Corporation Limited. Popularly known a ...

and

India India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...

. He is currently the coach of Dempo SC in the

Goa Professional League The Goa Professional League (abbreviated as GPL, also known as the Selvel Goa Pro League for sponsorship reasons) is the premier state-level football league in Goa, India. It is organised by the Goa Football Association. History The officia ...

Playing career

Naik is part of successful

squad which won 2 league titles and reached the semi final of the

AFC Cup The AFC Cup is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Under its current rules, the competition is played primarily between clubs from nations that did not receive direct qualifying ...

, he is also a regular for

. He also captained the Indian team in an international friendly against

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in 2012.

Managerial career

Naik became the head coach of Dempo in 2019, and in the 2021–22 Goa Professional League season, the club end decade long wait, and clinched the title in style.

Honours

India *

AFC Challenge Cup The AFC Challenge Cup was an international football competition for Asian Football Confederation (AFC) member countries that was categorized as "emerging countries" in the "Vision Asia" programme. "Vision Asia", created by former AFC president, ...

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SAFF Championship The South Asian Football Federation Championship, commonly known as SAFF Championship (previously known as ''South Asian Association of Regional Co-operation Gold Cup'' and ''South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup''), is the main international ...

: 2011; runner-up:

; third place:

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Nehru Cup The Nehru Cup was an international association football tournament organised by the All India Football Federation ( AIFF), named after the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. It was launched in 1982, but was not held from 1998 t ...

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India U23 * LG Cup: 2002

References

External links

* http://goal.com/en-india/people/india/21150/sameer-naik * 1979 births Living people Indian footballers Footballers from Mumbai I-League players India international footballers India youth international footballers Dempo SC players Association football defenders Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for India Footballers from Goa {{India-footy-bio-stub