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{{short description|Indian footballer}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2014}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Fredy Mascarenhas
| image =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1981|4|11}}
| birth_place = [[Cuncolim]], Goa, India
| height = 
| currentclub = [[X-Roads Warriors FC|X-Roads Warriors]]
| clubnumber = 43
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Striker]]
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Cuncolim Union
| youthyears2 =
| youthclubs2 = Raitura
| youthyears3 =
| youthclubs3 = [[Salgaocar S.C.|Salgaocar]]
| years1 =
| clubs1 = Colva
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 2003–2005
| clubs2 = [[Salgaocar S.C.|Salgaocar]]
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
| years3 = 2005–2006
| clubs3 = [[Churchill Brothers S.C.|Churchill Brothers]]
| caps3 =
| goals3 =
| years4 = 2006–2007
| clubs4 = [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
| caps4 =
| goals4 =
| years5 = 2007–2009
| clubs5 = [[Sporting Clube de Goa|Sporting Goa]]
| caps5 =
| goals5 =
| years6 = 2012–2015
| clubs6 = [[Robin Hood FC|Robin Hood]]
| caps6 = 1
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2015–present
| clubs7 = [[X-Roads Warriors FC|X-Roads Warriors]]
| caps7 = 2
| goals7 = 0
| nationalyears1 =
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'''Fredy Mascarenhas''' (born 11 April 1981 in [[Cuncolim]], Goa) is an Indian [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[forward (association football)|striker]] for [[X-Roads Warriors FC|X-Roads Warriors]] in the [[Bermudian Premier Division]].

==Youth and early career==
Fredy Mascarenhas was born on 11 April 1981 in Cuncolim, Goa, India. He started his liking of the game [[association football|football]] at a young age after seeing his neighbour and good friend Siano Fernandes who played for [[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]].<ref name=FredyInfo>{{cite web|title=Basic Info|url=http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fredy-Mascarenhas-Fan-Club/267944039930356?sk=info|work=Facebook|access-date=2 June 2012}}</ref> At the age of 13 he joined his local school football team at Our Lady of Health High School in which he also played in the Subroto Mukerjee Cup.<ref name=FredyInfo/> At the same time, Mascarenhas played for his village team in the Goan inter-village tournaments at the under-14 and u-16 levels. Seeing his attitude and skill, his coach, Levino Dias, urged him to give football a serious thought as a career.<ref name=FredyInfo/> He then signed up to join the [[Salgaocar S.C.]] under-19 side and at the same time played for lower division Goan clubs like Cuncolim Union and Raitura SC.<ref name=FredyInfo/> While at Salgaocar, he was trained under former u-19 coach [[Derrick Pereira]], who is currently the head coach of [[Pune FC]]. After two seasons, Fredy joined first division Goan club Colva Sports Club, helping them get promoted to the professional league. While at Salgaocar, Mascarenhas suffered an accident which kept him out of football for a year.<ref name=FredyInfo/> He made a comeback the following season and scored in the first match with the first touch against Churchill brothers. He represented Goa for the Santosh trophy where he was the highest scorer and also became the first player from Goa to score a double [[hat-trick]] in a single match against Tripura. He retired from football in July 2009 after winning the Santosh trophy with Goa for the second time, thus leaving Indian football on a high note. He had missed some opportunities to represent Goa in junior age-level tournaments due to personal reasons.

==Career==

===Salgaocar===
After falling to injury while at Colva, Fredy made his return to football by signing for [[NFL India|National Football League]] side [[Salgaocar S.C.|Salgaocar]] where he played for 3 years, after representing their under-19 for 2 years.

===Churchill Brothers===
Fredy then joined [[Churchill Brothers S.C.]] of the National Football League.<ref name=FredyInfo/> While with Churchill Fredy scored many goals and even won the [[Santosh Trophy]] while with Churchill.

===East Bengal===
Fredy then left Goa to play in [[Kolkata]] with [[East Bengal FC]]. His time there was short but while at Bengal he won the [[Indian Super Cup (1997–2011)|Indian Super Cup]] and [[Federation Cup (India)|Federation Cup]].

===Sporting Goa===
Fredy then made his return to Goa in 2007 by signing for [[Sporting Clube de Goa]]. While at Sporting he played in the [[I-League]] with the most notable game coming against his former club, Churchill Brothers, on 18 February 2008 with an 80th-minute goal at the [[Fatorda Stadium]] ending the game at 1–1 and denying Churchill of the I-League championship for the time being.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sporting ruin Churchill's dream of I-League crown|url=http://twocircles.net/2008feb16/sporting_ruin_churchills_dream_i_league_crown.html|work=Two Circles|access-date=2 June 2012}}</ref> Fredy retired from football in July 2009 at the age of 28 and moved to [[Bermuda]] to take a non-footballing job.<ref>{{cite web|title=Former East Bengal Striker Mascarenhas Retires From Football|url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2009/08/18/1446424/former-east-bengal-striker-mascarenhas-retires-from-football|work=goal.com|access-date=2 June 2012}}</ref>

===Robin Hood===
Three years after retiring from football, Fredy made his return by signing for [[Robin Hood FC]] of the [[Bermudian Premier Division]].<ref name=VarunKochi>{{cite web|last=Kochi|first=Varun|title=Fredy makes a comeback in Bermuda|url=http://www.varunkochi.blogspot.in/2012/03/fredy-makes-comeback-in-bermuda.html?m=1|work=Varun Kochi|access-date=2 June 2012}}</ref> Fredy then made his debut for Robin Hood two days later on 19 March 2012 against [[PHC Zebras]] in which he earned huge praise.<ref name=VarunKochi/><ref>{{cite web|last=Zuill|first=Colin|title=Hood finish season on a high note|url=http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20120319/SPORT01/703199984/0|work=Royal Gazette|access-date=2 June 2012}}</ref>

==International==
Fredy was part of the [[Indian national football team]] during their tour to Canada under coach [[Bob Houghton]] and was donning Jersey no. 18. He was also part of the Indian team for their World cup 2010 qualifying matches against Saudi Arabia(home and away). He have even attended National camp under Ex-Indian national team coach [[Stephen Constantine]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Ahmed|first=Razib|title=Only tall People can play Soccer Well!!! Short People Can't!|url=http://www.indianraj.com/2006/07/only_tall_people_can_play_socc.html|work=Indian Raj|access-date=2 June 2012}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Indian footballers]]
[[Category:1981 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:I-League players]]
[[Category:Salgaocar FC players]]
[[Category:Churchill Brothers FC Goa players]]
[[Category:SC East Bengal players]]
[[Category:Sporting Clube de Goa players]]
[[Category:Indian expatriate footballers]]
[[Category:Association football forwards]]
[[Category:Expatriate footballers in Bermuda]]
[[Category:Indian expatriate sportspeople in Bermuda]]
[[Category:Footballers from Goa]]

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