Derek D'Souza
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place of birth | Maharashtra, India | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Phoenix Mills | |||
| Caltex SC | |||
| International career | |||
| India | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1992–1993 | India | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Derek D'Souza is a former Indian footballer. D'Souza is known for scoring the first ever goal for the India national football team in the AFC Asian Cup qualifiers in the 1960 qualifiers in which he scored the only goal in India's 1–0 victory over Pakistan.[1]
He also served as head coach of the India national team from period of 1992–93.
Honours
India
- Merdeka Tournament runner-up: 1964[2]
See also
References
- ^ "The Indian Senior Team at the 1960 Seoul Asia Cup Qualifiers:". Indian Football. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ^ "The Indian Senior Team at the 1964 Merdeka Cup". indiafootball.de. IndiaFootball. Archived from the original on 22 November 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
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