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{{short description|Indian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Leander D'Cunha
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| fullname = Leander D'Cunha
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1997|10|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Cuncolim]], [[Goa]], India
| height =
| currentclub = [[FC Goa|Goa]]
| clubnumber = 6
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Right back]]
| youthyears1 = 2012–2014
| youthclubs1 = [[Sesa Football Academy]]
| youthyears2 = 2015–2017
| youthclubs2 = [[Churchill Brothers FC Goa|Churchill Brothers]]
| youthyears3 =2017–2020
| youthclubs3 = [[FC Goa Reserves and Academy|FC Goa Reserves]]
| years1 = 2020–
| clubs1 = [[FC Goa|Goa]]
| caps1 = 1
| goals1 = 0
| nationalyears1 =
| nationalteam1 =
| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalgoals1 =
| club-update = 30 April 2021
| ntupdate =
}}

'''Leander D'Cunha''' (born 25 October 1997) is an Indian professional [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Defender (association football)|Right back]] for [[FC Goa|Goa]] in the [[Indian Super League]].

==Career==
===Youth and early career===
Born in [[Cuncolim]], Leander began playing football in inter-village tournaments in different age groups. Leander then joined [[Sesa Football Academy|Sesa FA]] in 2012 and remained their for 2 years until 2014. Later he joined [[Churchill Brothers FC Goa|Churchill Brothers]] and remained their till 2017. Leander represented [[Goa football team]] in [[Santosh Trophy]] during 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|title=FC Goa's Leander D'Cunha: Anyone who performs well with the developmental side can get promoted to the first team|date=9 July 2020|url=https://www.goal.com/en/news/isl-fc-goa-leander-dcunha-first-team-promotion/ysw0udi9w13n1r9y1gkgz5udu |website=Goal.com|access-date=25 April 2021}}</ref>

In 2017, Leander joined [[FC Goa Reserves and Academy|FC Goa Reserves]] and captianed the team during 2019 season.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2 April 2020|title=FC Goa Dev Team captain Leander D’Cunha|url=https://fcgoa.in/specials/youth-team-diaries-fc-goa-dev-team-captain-leander-dcunha-reveals-vital-advice-from-mandar-rao-dessai-shares-his-love-for-lionel-messi/|website=fcgoa.in|access-date=25 April 2021}}</ref>

===FC Goa===
On 15 June 2020, Leander signed a three-year contract extension with [[FC Goa]], keeping him at the club until 2023.<ref>{{cite web|date=15 June 2020|title=Leander D’Cunha signs deal till 2023, promoted to FC Goa first-team|url=
https://khelnow.com/football/isl-2020-21-goa-leander-dcunha-signs-deal-2023|website=Khelnow|access-date=25 April 2021}}</ref> Leander earned promotion to the FC Goa first team for [[2020–21 FC Goa season]].<ref>{{cite web|date=15 June 2020|title=ISL 2020-21: Leander D’Cunha earns promotion to FC Goa first team|url=
https://thebridge.in/football/isl-2020-21-leander-dcunha-earns-promotion-fc-goa-first-team/|website=thebridge|access-date=25 April 2021}}</ref> On 5 March 2021, Leander made his debut professional appearance for the club in the 2 leg of the [[2020–21 Indian Super League playoffs]] against [[Mumbai City FC]]. He came on as 34th minute substitute for injured [[Seriton Fernandes]] as the game ended on 2–2 draw.<ref>{{Cite web|date=5 March 2021|title=ISL 2020-21 Semi-finals 1st Leg, highlights: Goa, Mumbai play out 2-2 draw|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/isl/isl-news/fcg-vs-mcfc-fc-goa-vs-mumbai-city-fc-isl-2020-21-playoffs-live-score-streaming-updates/article33996324.ece |website=Sportstar|access-date=25 April 2021}}</ref> He made his first continental appearance for the club on 23 April in [[2021 AFC Champions League group stage]] match against [[Persepolis F.C.|Persepolis]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=24 April 2021|access-date=25 April 2021|title=AFC Champions League 2021 FC Goa vs Persepolis Highlights: Moghanlou, Torabi helps Persepolis beat FC Goa 4-0 |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/fc-goa-vs-persepolis-afc-champions-league-group-e-live-streaming-score-updates/article34395412.ece |website=Sportstar}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===Club===
{{updated|match played 25 April 2021}}<ref name="soccerway">{{soccerway|leander-dcunha/677806/}}</ref>

{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|-
!rowspan=2|Club
!rowspan=2|Season
!colspan=3|League
!colspan=2|Cup
!colspan=2|Continental
!colspan=2|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan=1|[[FC Goa|Goa]]
|[[2020–21 FC Goa season|2020–21]]
|[[Indian Super League]]||1||0||0||0||1{{efn|name=ACL|Appearances in the [[AFC Champions League]]}}||0||2||0
|-
!colspan=3|Career total
!1||0||0||0||1||0||2||0
|}

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==References==
{{reflist}}
{{FC Goa squad}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:D'Cunha, Leander}}
[[Category:Indian footballers]]
[[Category:1997 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Footballers from Goa]]
[[Category:Association football forwards]]
[[Category:Goa Professional League players]]
[[Category:Indian Super League players]]
[[Category:SESA Football Academy players]]
[[Category:Churchill Brothers FC Goa players]]
[[Category:FC Goa players]]

==External links==
*{{soccerway|leander-dcunha/677806/}}
*[https://www.indiansuperleague.com/players/defender-144508-leander-d-cunha-profile Leander D'Cunha] at Indian Super League

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