Neville D'Souza
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Neville Stephen J. D'Souza | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 3 August 1932||
Place of birth | Goa, India | ||
Date of death | 16 March 1980 | (aged 47)||
Place of death | Maharashtra, India | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Bombay | |||
National team | |||
India | |||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Neville Stephen J. D'Souza (3 August 1932 – 16 March 1980) was an Indian footballer.[2]
Career[]
D'Souza played club football for Bombay.[3]
D'Souza represented his nation at the 1956 Summer Olympics, where he became the first Asian player to score a hat-trick in an Olympic Games.[4][5][6] D'Souza finished the tournament as joint top-scorer, with 4 goals in 3 games,[7] including a hat-trick in a 4–2 win against Australia.[8]
Personal life[]
D'Souza was born in Assagao, Goa on 1 January 1936. He moved to Bombay (now known as Mumbai) for his studies.[9] D'Souza married Lyra and they have a son named Nigel and two daughters Liesel and Fleurel. D'Souza died of a brain haemorrhage on 16 March 1980.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Neville Stephen D'Souza". Archived from the original on 19 January 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
- ^ "Neville D'Souza". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
- ^ K. Bhaskaran (12 November 2001). "1956, the year the stars failed to shine". The Mid-Day. Archived from the original on 19 November 2008. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
- ^ a b Nitin N. Sethi (13 January 2004). "Mumbai salutes soccer legend". The Indian Times. Archived from the original on 29 January 2010. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
- ^ Nandakumar Marar (3 September 2000). "Recalling Neville's extraordinary exploits in Olympic football". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 9 August 2010. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Football: India's day of Glory at Melbourne". Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
- ^ Stan Rayan (10 December 2005). "Where are the strikers?". The Sportstar. Archived from the original on 28 November 2006. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
- ^ "MATCH Report". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 15 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- ^ "India's forgotten hero series (Part 1): Neville D'Souza - Indian Football". 4 August 2014.
External links[]
- Neville D'Souza – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Sports Reference profile
Categories:
- 1932 births
- 1980 deaths
- Footballers from Maharashtra
- Indian footballers
- Indian Roman Catholics
- India international footballers
- Olympic footballers of India
- Footballers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Association football forwards
- Maharashtra football team players
- Deaths by intracerebral hemorrhage
- Neurological disease deaths in India