Leander D'Cunha

Leander D'Cunha (born 25 October 1997) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Goa in the Indian Super League.

Leander D'Cunha
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-10-25) 25 October 1997
Place of birth Cuncolim, Goa, India
Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
 Goa
Number 6
Youth career
2012–2014 Sesa Football Academy
2015–2017 Churchill Brothers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Goa B 23 (0)
2020– Goa 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:22, 6 March 2022 (UTC)

Career

Youth and early career

Born in Cuncolim, Leander began playing football in inter-village tournaments in different age groups. Leander then joined Sesa in 2012 and remained their for 2 years until 2014. Later he joined Churchill Brothers and remained their till 2017. Leander represented Goa football team in Santosh Trophy during 2017.[1]

In 2017, Leander joined Goa B and captained the team during 2019 season.[2]

Goa

On 15 June 2020, Leander signed a three-year contract extension with Goa, keeping him at the club until 2023,[3] earning promotion to the first team for 2020–21 season.[4] 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. He came on as 34th minute substitute for injured Seriton Fernandes as the game ended on 2–2 draw.[5] He made his first continental appearance for the club on 23 April in 2021 AFC Champions League group stage match against Persepolis.[6]

Career statistics

Club
As of 6 March 2022[7]
Club Season League Cup AFC Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goa B 2017–18 I-League 2nd Division 8000–80
2018–19 8000–80
2019–20 703[lower-alpha 1]0–100
Goa 2020–21 Indian Super League 10001[lower-alpha 2]020
2021–22 905[lower-alpha 1]1–141
Career total 3308110421
  1. Appearance(s) in Durand Cup
  2. Appearance(s) in AFC Champions League

Honours

Goa

References
  1. "FC Goa's Leander D'Cunha: Anyone who performs well with the developmental side can get promoted to the first team". Goal.com. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  2. "FC Goa Dev Team captain Leander D'Cunha". fcgoa.in. 2 April 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  3. "Leander D'Cunha signs deal till 2023, promoted to FC Goa first-team". Khelnow. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  4. "ISL 2020-21: Leander D'Cunha earns promotion to FC Goa first team". thebridge. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  5. "ISL 2020-21 Semi-finals 1st Leg, highlights: Goa, Mumbai play out 2-2 draw". Sportstar. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  6. "AFC Champions League 2021 FC Goa vs Persepolis Highlights: Moghanlou, Torabi helps Persepolis beat FC Goa 4-0". Sportstar. 24 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  7. Leander D'Cunha at Soccerway
  8. "FC Goa clinch maiden Durand Cup trophy after beating Mohammedan Sporting 1–0 in final". ESPN. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.


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