Joshuah_Vaz

Joshuah Vaz

Joshuah Vaz

Indian former footballer

Joshuah Vaz (born 5 August 1990) is an Indian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is also a former futsal player and currently the head coach of Mohammedan SC and India national futsal team. Joshuah is the only Indian to have a Futsal Level 2 course certificate and is an AFC Futsal Instructor for Asia.

Quick Facts Personal information, Full name ...

Club career

Born in Goa, Vaz began his career in the youth ranks of Dempo. He participated with the club's first-team in the Goa Professional League before getting called into the side's I-League squad in 2008.[1] In September 2007 it was reported that Vaz would be sent to Portuguese club Vitória Guimarães for training.[2] Vaz stayed with the club until 2010 before moving to local division side Salcete.[3][4] After spending some time with Salcete, Vaz joined Churchill Brothers where he spent a season before moving back to local football with Goa Velha.[5]

After playing a couple of seasons with Goa Velha, Vaz joined Goan second division side Panjim Footballers in order to gain match fitness after an injury.[4][6] He spent one season with Panjim before moving to Goa Pro League side Santa Cruz Club of Cavellosim.[7]

Prior to the 2016–17 I-League season, Vaz rejoined Churchill Brothers.[4] He would go on to make his professional debut in the league the next season on 10 December 2017 against Mohun Bagan. He started and played 70 minutes as Churchill Brothers were defeated 5–0.[8]

At the end of the 2017–18 season, Vaz left Churchill Brothers and returned to Santa Cruz Club of Cavellosim.[4]

Personal life

Vaz is the co-owner of a Futsal Academy in Goa called YFA. His father was one of the first people to attend a futsal level 1 course that was conducted in kolkata for the first time in 2010. With the same knowledge Mr. Socorro Vaz (father of Joshuah Vaz) started this academy to train children at the grassroot level. It has been 12 years since the conception of YFA still runs with full focus to develop young budding talents and to foster love for the game. The academy has their teams participating for every grassroot tournament held in Goa from ages 6 to17. He also has a brother, Charlton, who also played at Dempo.[2]

Professional statistics

As of match played 15 January 2018[9]
More information Club, Season ...

References

  1. [1]
    "Indian Football Transfers 2008". IndianFootball.de. Archived from the original on 17 February 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  2. [2]
    Chaudhuri, Arunava (September 2007). "NEWS FOR THE MONTH OF September 2007 - Four Goan Teenagers leave for Portugal". www.indianfootball.de. Indian Football Network. Archived from the original on 5 February 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  3. [3]
    "Herald Newspaper April 13, 2010". Issuu.
  4. [4]
    "Joshuah Vaz–A winner from within…". Dyslexia Goa. August 2019. Archived from the original on 13 March 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  5. [5]
    "Indian Football: Transfer Season 2012/13". SportsKeeda. 24 October 2012. Archived from the original on 11 February 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  6. [6]
    "Panjim Footballers qualify for North playoffs". Sporting Clube de Goa. 13 January 2014. Archived from the original on 12 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  7. [7]
    "Goa Pro League 2015". Kolkatafootball. Archived from the original on 1 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  8. [8]
    "Mohun Bagan 5–0 Churchill Brothers". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  9. [9]
    Joshuah Vaz at Soccerway
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Joshuah_Vaz, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.