Godfrey Pereira

Godfrey Pereira
Personal information
Place of birth	India
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Air India
National team
1992–unknown	India
Teams managed
2012	Air India
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Godfrey Pereira is a former Indian 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.^[1] Earlier in his playing career, Pereira played for the India national football team.^[2] 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.^[3] 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 final of the Durand Cup.^[4]

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.^[5]

Career statistics[]

Coach[]

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

Team	From	To	Record
G	W	D	L	Win %
Air India	3 July 2012	27 December 2012	17	7	3	7	041.18
Total			17	7	3	7	041.18

References[]

^ Sundaresan, Bharat. "'I will bring an end to Bagan's dry spell'". Indian Express. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
^ 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
^ "Convincing win for Air India". The Hindu. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
^ "Air India win Durand Cup". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
^ Pawar, Vaibhav. "It's official: Air India part ways with coach Godfrey Pereira". Kick Off India. Retrieved 27 December 2012.

[IndianExpress-1] Sundaresan, Bharat. "'I will bring an end to Bagan's dry spell'". Indian Express. Retrieved 16 July 2012.

[2] ttp://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

[3] "Convincing win for Air India". The Hindu. Retrieved 21 October 2012.

[4] "Air India win Durand Cup". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2012.

[5] Pawar, Vaibhav. "It's official: Air India part ways with coach Godfrey Pereira". Kick Off India. Retrieved 27 December 2012.

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