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{{short description|Indian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Godfrey Pereira
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| clubs1 = [[Air India FC|Air India]]
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| nationalyears1 = 1992–unknown
| nationalteam1 = [[India national football team|India]]
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| manageryears1 = 2012
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'''Godfrey Pereira''' is a former [[India]]n [[association football|footballer]] who was last the head coach for [[Air India FC]] in the [[I-League]].

==Coaching career==

===Air India===
On 3 July 2012, it was announced that Pereira had become coach of [[Air India FC]] after [[Santosh Kashyap]] joined [[Mohun Bagan]].<ref name=IndianExpress>{{cite web|last=Sundaresan|first=Bharat|title=‘I will bring an end to Bagan’s dry spell’|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/i-will-bring-an-end-to-bagans-dry-spell/970158/0|work=Indian Express|access-date=16 July 2012}}</ref> Earlier in his playing career, Pereira played for the [[India national football team]].<ref>http://www.kolkatafootball.com/indiafootball_news_2012/june2ndpart_2012.html TFA : Name of the 16 fresh boys from 8 States across the country in 12th batch</ref> He coached his first match for Air India on 26 August 2012 during the [[2012 Durand Cup]] against [[Delhi United FC]], in which Air India won 3–0.<ref>{{cite web|title=Convincing win for Air India|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/article3825715.ece?css=print|publisher=The Hindu|accessdate=21 October 2012}}</ref> Then on 1 September 2012 Pereira led Air India to their first ever championship in their history after they won 3–2 on penalties against [[Dodsal F.C.]] in the [[2012 Durand Cup Final|final]] of the Durand Cup.<ref>{{cite web|title=Air India win Durand Cup|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-02/top-stories/33548200_1_durand-cup-dodsal-mumbai-air-india|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103124019/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-02/top-stories/33548200_1_durand-cup-dodsal-mumbai-air-india|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=21 October 2012}}</ref>

On 27 December 2012, with Air India in 10th place in the [[I-League]], Pereira officially resigned from his post as the head coach of the club, citing salary issues as the reason for his resigning.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pawar|first=Vaibhav|title=It's official: Air India part ways with coach Godfrey Pereira|url=http://www.kickoffindia.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=570%3Aits-official-air-india-part-ways-with-coach-godfrey-pereira&catid=42%3Arokstories|work=Kick Off India|accessdate=27 December 2012}}</ref>

==Career statistics==

===Coach===
''Statistics accurate as of 27 December 2012. Include stats for all matches including league and cup. No friendlies.''

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan=2! width=150|Team
!rowspan=2! width=120|From
!rowspan=2! width=120|To
!colspan=7|Record
|-
!width=40|G
!width=40|W
!width=40|D
!width=40|L
!width=50|Win %
|-
|align=left|[[Air India FC|Air India]]
|align=left|3 July 2012
|align=left|27 December 2012
{{WDL|17|7|3|7}}
|-
!colspan="3"|Total
{{WDLtot|17|7|3|7}}
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

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[[Category:Indian footballers]]

[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:I-League managers]]
[[Category:Air India FC players]]
[[Category:Air India FC managers]]
[[Category:Association footballers not categorized by position]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Indian football managers]]

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