| George D'Souza | |
| Position: | Left-back |
| Fullname: | George Ricardo D'Souza |
| Birth Date: | 30 April 1994 |
| Birth Place: | Goa, India |
| Height: | 1.74 m |
| Currentclub: | Malappuram FC |
| Youthyears1: | 2010–2016 |
| Youthclubs1: | Sesa Football Academy |
| Years1: | 2016–2020 |
| Clubs1: | Sporting Clube de Goa |
| Caps1: | 20 |
| Goals1: | 4 |
| Years2: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs2: | Odisha |
| Caps2: | 2 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs3: | → Bengaluru United (loan) |
| Years4: | 2022–2024 |
| Clubs4: | Churchill Brothers |
George Ricardo D'Souza (born 30 April 1994) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a left-back.[1] [2]
D'Souza was born on 30 April 1994 in Goa. D'souza started his youth career from Sanquelim based academy, Sesa Football Academy in 2010.[3] [4]
D'Souza began his senior career by signing for the goan club Sporting Clube de Goa in 2016.[5] He represented for the club in Goa Professional League. D'Souza made 20 appearances for the club and scored four goals and assisted three before leaving for Odisha FC.[6]
On 3 June 2020, D'Souza signed for the Indian Super League club Odisha FC on a two-year contract.[7] D'Souza made his debut for the club on 6 December 2020 against Mumbai City FC which they lost 2–0. He was included in starting eleven on his debut match.[8] He played his second and last match of the season[9] on 27 February 2021 in the all-time highest scoring game in the history of Indian Super League[10] [11] against SC East Bengal, where they won with a jaw dropping score of 6–5.[12]
On 12 July 2021, it was announced that D'Souza was loaned to I-League 2nd Division club FC Bengaluru United for the 2021–22 season.[13] [14]
| Season | League | Federation Cup/Super Cup | Durand Cup | AFC | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Sporting Clube de Goa | 2016–17 | Goa Professional League | 20 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 4 | |
| 2017-18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||
| 2018–19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||
| 2019–20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||
| Total | 20 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 4 | |||
| Odisha | 2020–21 | Indian Super League | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | |
| FC Bengaluru United (loan) | 2021–22 | I-League 2nd Division | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Total | 22 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | 4 | |||
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