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{{Short description|Indian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Anthony D'Souza
| image =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|3|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Siolim]], [[Goa]], India
| height = {{height|m=1.68}}
| currentclub = [[FC Goa|Goa]]
| clubnumber = 13
| position = [[Midfielder|Left winger]]
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = [[SESA Football Academy|SESA FA]]
| youthyears2 = 2006–2010
| youthclubs2 = [[Sporting Clube de Goa|Sporting Goa]]
| youthyears3 = 2007–2008
| youthclubs3 = → Velsao Pale (loan)
| years1 = 2009–2012
| clubs1 = [[Sporting Clube de Goa|Sporting Goa]]
| caps1 =
| goals1 = 6
| years2 = 2012–2013
| clubs2 = [[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]]
| caps2 = 3
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2013–2015
| clubs3 = [[Pune F.C.|Pune]]
| caps3 = 24
| goals3 = 3
| years4 = 2017
| clubs4 = [[Churchill Brothers]]
| caps4 = 11
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2017–
| clubs5 = [[FC Goa|Goa]]
| caps5 = 0
| goals5 = 0
| nationalyears1 =
| nationalteam1 =
| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalgoals1 =
| club-update = 1 November 2017
| ntupdate =
}}

'''Anthony D'Souza''' (born 2 March 1987) is an Indian professional [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[midfielder|left winger]] for [[FC Goa|Goa]].

==Career==
===Early career===
Born in [[Siolim]], [[Goa]], D'Souza started his football career at the [[SESA Football Academy]] before joining the youth team of [[Sporting Clube de Goa]] in 2006.<ref name="Pune Profile">{{cite web|title=Anthony D'Souza|url=http://punefc.com/?player=anthony-dsouza|work=Pune Football Club|accessdate=26 December 2013}}</ref> During the 2007–08 season he was loaned out to Velsao Pale.<ref name="Pune Profile"/> D'Souza then made his [[I-League]] debut with Sporting Goa on the last day of the [[2009–10 I-League]] season against [[United S.C.|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 [[I-League 2nd Division]].<ref>{{cite web|title=United vs. Sporting Goa 0 - 1|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2010/05/28/india/i-league/chirag-united-sc/sporting-club-de-goa/937271/|work=Soccerway|accessdate=26 December 2013}}</ref> However, despite relegation, D'Souza stayed on with the club and helped them back to the [[I-League]] for the [[2011–12 I-League|2011–12]] season in which he scored five goals.<ref name="Pune Profile"/>

D'Souza then signed for [[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]] in 2012 and during the [[2012 Indian Federation Cup]] scored in all three of the clubs group stage matches to end the tournament as the second top scorer among Indians that year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pune FC add winger D’Souza to their ranks|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/pune-fc-add-winger-d-souza-to-their-ranks/1142385/|work=Indian Express|accessdate=26 December 2013}}</ref>

===Pune===
After spending one season at [[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]] D'Souza signed for [[Pune F.C.]] in the [[I-League]] on 15 July 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pune FC sign Anthony D'Souza from Salgaocar FC|url=http://zeenews.india.com/sports/football/pune-fc-sign-anthony-d-souza-from-salgaocar-fc_765219.html|work=Zee News|accessdate=26 December 2013}}</ref> He then made his debut for the club on 29 September 2013 against [[Shillong Lajong F.C.|Shillong Lajong]] when he came on as an 88th-minute substitute for [[Nikhil Kadam]] as Pune drew the match 0–0.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shillong Lajong vs. Pune 0 - 0|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/09/29/india/i-league/lajong-sc/pune-fc/1585288/|work=Soccerway|accessdate=26 December 2013}}</ref> While training with the Indian national team in March 2015 D'Souza unfortunately suffered a severe ankle injury that will keep him out for most of the 2015 season.<ref>{{cite web|title=Anthony D'Souza injured in national camp, ruled out for the season |url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2015/03/09/9657482/anthony-dsouza-injured-in-national-camp-ruled-out-for-the?ICID=SP |work=Goal.com |date=9 March 2015 |accessdate=10 March 2015}}</ref>

===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==
{{updated|9 March 2015}}<ref>{{soccerway|anthony-dsouza/72614}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|Federation Cup
!colspan="2"|Durand Cup
!colspan="2"|[[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="1"|[[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]]
|[[2012–13 I-League|2012–13]]
|[[I-League]]||3||0||4||3||0||0||—||—||7||3
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Pune F.C.|Pune]]
|[[2013–14 I-League|2013–14]]
|[[I-League]]||20||2||3||0||0||0||5||1||28||3
|-
|[[2014–15 I-League|2014–15]]
|[[I-League]]||4||1||4||0||0||0||—||—||8||1
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!27!!3!!11!!3!!0!!0!!5!!1!!43!!7
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://punefc.com/?player=anthony-dsouza Pune Football Club Profile].

{{FC Goa squad}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:D'Souza, Anthony}}
[[Category:1987 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from North Goa district]]
[[Category:Indian footballers]]
[[Category:Sporting Clube de Goa players]]
[[Category:Salgaocar FC players]]
[[Category:Pune F.C. players]]
[[Category:Association football midfielders]]
[[Category:Footballers from Goa]]
[[Category:I-League players]]
[[Category:I-League 2nd Division players]]

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