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{{short description|Indian footballer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Collin Abranches
| image = Collin abranches at mumbai fc press confernce.jpg
| image_size = 300px
| caption =
| fullname = Collin Abranches
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|12|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| height = {{convert|1.60|m|order=flip}}
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 2011–2012
| clubs1 = [[Air India F.C.|Air India]]
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 2012–2013
| clubs2 = [[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]]
| caps2 = 15
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2013–2014
| clubs3 = [[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]]
| caps3 = 16
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2015
| clubs4 = [[Mumbai F.C.|Mumbai]]
| caps4 = 4
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2016
| clubs5 = [[Ozone F.C.|Ozone]]
| caps5 =
| goals5 =
| years6 = 2017–2018
| clubs6 = [[Bengaluru FC|Bengaluru]]
| caps6 = 0
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2018–2019
| clubs7 = [[Gokulam Kerala F.C.|Gokulam Kerala]]
| caps7 = 0
| goals7 = 0
| nationalyears1 =
| nationalteam1 =
| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalgoals1 =
| club-update =
| nationalteam-update =
}}
'''Collin Abranches''' (born 12 December 1991) is an Indian professional [[Association football|footballer]] who last played as a [[Defender (association football)|defender]] for [[I-League]] side [[Gokulam Kerala F.C.|Gokulam Kerala]].

==Career==

===Air India===
In early 2011 Collin signed for local [[Mumbai]] club [[Air India FC]] who play in the national [[I-League]].{{cn|date=October 2017}} On 9 January 2011, Collin played and scored in his first ever professional match for Air India in an [[I-League]] match against [[Hindustan Aeronautics Limited S.C.|HAL]].<ref name="SW">{{cite web | url = https://int.soccerway.com/players/collin-abranches/169789/| title = India - Collin Abranches | accessdate = 25 October 2011 | publisher = soccerway}}</ref> He then scored his second career goal against [[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]] on 18 December 2011.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/69407/dempo-sports-club-vs-air-india/report| title = Air India 2-0 Dempo: The Pilots Stun The Boys From Goa As They Hand Them Their Third Consecutive Defeat | accessdate = 21 December 2011 | publisher = goal.com}}</ref>

===Salgaocar===
Abranches made his debut for [[Salgaocar F.C.]] on 22 September 2012 during a [[Indian Federation Cup|Federation Cup]] match against [[United Sikkim F.C.]] at the [[JRD Tata Sports Complex]] in [[Jamshedpur]], [[Jharkhand]]; Salgaocar won the match 0–3.<ref>{{cite web|title=United Sikkim 0-3 Salgaocar|url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/91311/united-sikkim-fc-vs-salgaocar-fc/report?|work=Goal.com|accessdate=17 May 2013}}</ref>

===Mohammedan===
On 31 May 2013, it was confirmed that Abranches had signed for Mohammedan along with [[Sandeep Sangha]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Mohammedan Sporting rope in Collin Abranches and Sandeep Sangha|url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/1064/i-league/2013/05/31/4014362/mohammedan-sporting-rope-in-collin-abranches-and-sandeep|work=Goal.com|accessdate=1 December 2013}}</ref>
He made his debut for Mohammedan in the [[I-League]] on 21 September 2013 against [[Pune F.C.]] at the [[Salt Lake Stadium]] and played the whole match; as Mohammedan lost the match 1–3.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bera|first=Kaustav|title=Mohammedan Sporting 1-3 Pune FC: Red Lizards kick-start their campaign in style|url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/122545/mohd-sp-vs-pune-fc/report|work=Goal.com|accessdate=21 September 2013}}</ref>

===Mumbai FC===
On 16 September 2014, [[Mumbai FC]] announced that they have signed Collin Abranches.<ref>{{cite web|title=Collin Abranches joins Mumbai FC|url=http://sports-nova.com/collin-abranches-joins-mumbai-fc/|work=sports-nova.com|accessdate=16 September 2014}}</ref>

===Ozone FC===
In July 2016, Abranches joined [[Bengaluru]] based [[I-League 2nd Division]] club [[Ozone FC|Ozone]]. He played all the 6 preliminary round matches of [[2016–17 I-League 2nd Division]].<ref>{{cite web|title=I-League: Collin Abranches : "I want to prove myself in Ozone FC"|url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/1064/i-league/2016/07/01/25185292/i-league-collin-abranches-i-want-to-prove-myself-at-ozone-fc|publisher=Goal|accessdate=20 October 2017|date=1 July 2016}}</ref> However, the club failed to progress to the final round of the league and finished third in their group.<ref>{{cite web|title=2nd Division I-League : Ozone FC Fail To Qualify For Final Round; Neroca May Too|url=http://www.feverpitch.in/articles/news/2nd-division-i-league-ozone-fc-fail-qualify-final-round-neroca-may-too|publisher=Feverpitch|accessdate=20 October 2017|date=25 February 2017}}</ref>

===Bengaluru FC===
On 24 July 2017, Abranches was drafted by [[Indian Super League]] debutants [[Bengaluru FC]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Bengaluru FC retain 5, sign 8 new players|url=http://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/sports/football/bengaluru-fc-retain-5-sign-8-new-players/articleshow/59727640.cms|publisher=Bangalore Mirror|accessdate=20 October 2017|date=24 July 2017}}</ref>
After being an unused substitute for both the legs of the club's [[AFC Cup]] matches against [[April 25 Sports Club|4.25 Sports Club]] of North Korea, he made his debut in the same tournament, starting in a 1—0 defeat against Tajik club [[FC Istiklol|Istiklol]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Abranches: It's a dream to play for Bengaluru|url=http://www.the-afc.com/afc-cup-2017/abranches-it’s-a-dream-to-play-for-bengaluru|publisher=The AFC|accessdate=20 October 2017|date=16 October 2017}}</ref> On 8 July 2018 [[Bengaluru FC]] released him along with four other players.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bengaluru FC releases Calvin Abhishek, Abhra Mondal, Joyner Lourenco|url=https://mobile.twitter.com/bengalurufc/status/1005092878207479808|work=twitter.com|accessdate=22 August 2018}}</ref>

==Career statistics==

===Club===
''Statistics accurate as of 17 May 2015''

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="3"|Cup
!colspan="3"|[[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
!colspan="3"|Total
|-
!Apps
!Goals
!Assists
!Apps
!Goals
!Assists
!Apps
!Goals
!Assists
!Apps
!Goals
!Assists
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Air India FC|Air India]]
|[[I-League 2010-11|2010–11]]
|23||1||3||3||0||0||—||—||—||26||1||3
|-
|[[2011–12 I-League|2011–12]]
|25||1||5||3||0||0||—||—||—||28||1||5
|-
|[[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]]
|[[2012-13 I-League|2012-13]]
|22||1||2||4||0||0||—||—||—||26||1||2
|-
|[[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]]
|[[2013–14 I-League|2013-14]]
|20||1||7||10||0||0||—||—||—||30||1||7
|-
|[[Mumbai F.C.|Mumbai FC]]
|[[2014–15 I-League|2014-15]]
|4||0||0||4||0||0||—||—||—||8||0||0
|-
|[[Bengaluru FC]]
|[[2017–18 Indian Super League season|2017-]]
|3
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|1
|0
|0
|1
|0
|0
|-
! colspan="2" | Career total
!94!!4!!17!!24!!0!!0!!1!!0!!0!!119!!4!!17
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Soccerway|169789}}

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[[Category:Indian footballers]]
[[Category:1991 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Footballers from Mumbai]]
[[Category:I-League players]]
[[Category:Air India F.C. players]]
[[Category:Salgaocar FC players]]
[[Category:Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata) players]]
[[Category:Indian Super League players]]
[[Category:Mumbai F.C. players]]
[[Category:Bengaluru FC players]]
[[Category:Association football defenders]]
[[Category:Association football midfielders]]

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