Fredy Mascarenhas

Fredy Mascarenhas
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-04-11) 11 April 1981 (age 43)[1]
Place of birth Cuncolim, Goa, India
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 X-Roads Warriors
Number 43
Youth career
Cuncolim Union
Raitura
Salgaocar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2002 St. Anthony's Colva
2003–2005 Salgaocar
2005–2006 Churchill Brothers
2006–2007 East Bengal
2007–2009 Sporting Goa
2012–2015 Robin Hood 1 (0)
2015–present X-Roads Warriors 13 (1)
International career
2006 India 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fredy Mascarenhas (born 11 April 1981 in Cuncolim, Goa) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a striker,[2][3] for X-Roads Warriors in the Bermudian Premier Division.

Youth and early career

Fredy Mascarenhas was born on 11 April 1981 in Cuncolim, Goa, India. He started his liking of the game football at a young age after seeing his neighbour and good friend Siano Fernandes who played for Dempo.[4] At the age of 13, he joined his local school football team at Our Lady of Health High School in which he also played in the Subroto Mukerjee Cup.[4] At the same time, Mascarenhas played for his village team in the Goan inter-village tournaments at the under-14 and u-16 levels. Seeing his attitude and skill, his coach, Levino Dias, urged him to give football a serious thought as a career.[4]

He then signed up to join the Salgaocar SC under-19 side and at the same time played for lower division Goan clubs like Cuncolim Union and Raitura SC.[4] While at Salgaocar, he was trained under former u-19 coach Derrick Pereira, who is currently the head coach of Pune FC.

After two seasons, Fredy joined first division Goan club St. Anthony's SC Colva,[5] helping them get promoted to the Goa Professional League. While at Salgaocar, Mascarenhas suffered an accident which kept him out of football for a year.[4] He made a comeback the following season and scored in the first match with the first touch against Churchill brothers. He represented Goa for the Santosh trophy where he was the highest scorer and also became the first player from Goa to score a double hat-trick in a single match against Tripura.

He retired from football in July 2009 after winning the Santosh Trophy with Goa for the second time, thus leaving Indian football on a high note.[6] He had missed some opportunities to represent Goa in junior age-level tournaments for personal reasons.

Career

Salgaocar

After falling to injury while at Colva, Fredy made his return to football by signing for National Football League side Salgaocar where he played for 3 years, after representing their under-19 for 2 years.

Churchill Brothers

Fredy then joined Churchill Brothers S.C. of the National Football League.[4] While with Churchill Fredy scored many goals and even won the Santosh Trophy while with Churchill.

East Bengal

Fredy then left Goa to play in Kolkata with East Bengal FC. His time there was short but while at Bengal he won the Indian Super Cup and Federation Cup.

Sporting Goa

Fredy then made his return to Goa in 2007 by signing for Sporting Clube de Goa. While at Sporting he played in the I-League with the most notable game coming against his former club, Churchill Brothers, on 18 February 2008 with an 80th-minute goal at the Fatorda Stadium ending the game at 1–1 and denying Churchill of the I-League championship for the time being.[7] Fredy retired from football in July 2009 at the age of 28 and moved to Bermuda to take a non-footballing job.[8]

Robin Hood

It's been a few years but it's a great feeling to be back on the field. I was not fully fit, I hadn't had much training so it was difficult for me. The only real difference between Bermuda football and Indian football is that there's more professionalism over there. Football is bread and butter for India footballers, it's all they concentrate on. Over here the players have to work and can't always train. For me, football was a full-time job in India; I do miss that. However, I think Bermuda are much higher placed in the FIFA World Rankings, so this will be a good thing for me.

— Fredy Mascarenhas, on his days in Bermuda with Robin Hood.[9]

Three years after retiring from football, Fredy made his return by signing for Robin Hood FC of the Bermudian Premier Division.[10][11] Fredy then made his debut for Robin Hood two days later on 19 March 2012 against PHC Zebras in which he earned huge praise.[11][12]

X-Roads Warriors

In 2015, he moved to another Bermudian Premier League side X-Roads Warriors.[13]

International

Fredy was part of the India national football team during their tour to Canada under coach Bob Houghton and was donning Jersey no. 18. He was also part of the Indian team for their World cup 2010 qualifying matches against Saudi Arabia (home and away).[14] He debuted for the national team on 16 August 2006, in a 3–0 loss to Saudi Arabia.

He later attended National camp under Ex-India national team coach Stephen Constantine.[15]

Honours

Salgaocar

Goa

See also

References

  1. ^ Fredy Mascarenhas at Soccerway
  2. ^ Panjim, 12:00am IST (18 August 2009). "Ex- E Bengal striker, Freddy, retires at 28". www.heraldgoa.in. The Herald Goa. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Patwardhan, Deepti (7 May 2015). "Indian footballers on the move". www.livemint.com. Live Mint. Archived from the original on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Basic Info". Facebook. Archived from the original on 26 July 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  5. ^ Chaudhuri, Arunava. "Season ending Transfers 2002: India". indianfootball.de. Indian Football Network. Archived from the original on 17 February 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  6. ^ Kochi, Varun. "Fredy makes a comeback in Bermuda". varunkochi.blogspot.in. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  7. ^ "Sporting ruin Churchill's dream of I-League crown". Two Circles. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  8. ^ "Former East Bengal Striker Mascarenhas Retires From Football". goal.com. Archived from the original on 22 January 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  9. ^ Wright, Stephen (4 April 2012). "Ex-India pro adds spice to Hood attack". www.royalgazette.com. The Royal Gazette (Bermuda). Archived from the original on 29 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  10. ^ Chaudhuri, Arunava (18 May 2012). "Interview with Fredy Mascarenhas: A surprise return to football in Bermuda!". sportskeeda.com. Sportskeeda. Archived from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  11. ^ a b Kochi, Varun. "Fredy makes a comeback in Bermuda". Varun Kochi. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  12. ^ Zuill, Colin. "Hood finish season on a high note". Royal Gazette. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  13. ^ "X-Roads Warriors roster 2017–2018: Fredy Mascarenhas". www.bermudafootball.com. Bermuda Football Association. Archived from the original on 29 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  14. ^ Dixit, Puranjay (1 November 2021). "Ranked: All male Indian footballers to play outside Asia". sportskeeda.com. Sportskeeda. Archived from the original on 5 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  15. ^ Ahmed, Razib. "Only tall People can play Soccer Well!!! Short People Can't!". Indian Raj. Archived from the original on 23 September 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  16. ^ "Goa lifts Santosh trophy". www.the-aiff.com. All India Football Federation. 14 June 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.