Profile details
- Born
- 3 Aug 1932
- Birthplace
- Assagao
- State listed
- Goa
- Country
- India
- Position
- forward
- Sport
- Football
- Discipline
- Team
- Category
- Men
- Status
- Active
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Honours & Awards
- No recorded honours or awards.
Competition Appearances
1 recorded appearance, most significant first.
- ·1956 Summer Olympics
Career Timeline
- 1956Competed at 1956 Summer Olympics
Statistics
About
Neville Steven Joseph D'Souza (3 August 1932 – 16 March 1980) was an Indian footballer who played as a striker. During the "golden era of Indian football" under legendary coach Syed Abdul Rahim, he was recognised one of the finest strikers of the Indian national team and having a good eye for goal. He appeared in the 1956 Summer Olympics, and finished the campaign as joint top scorer of the tournament with four goals, inducing a hat-trick in the quarterfinals against hosts Australia.
Biography adapted from Neville D'Souza on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Snapshot taken — where the text describes a role or a club in the present tense, read it as of that date.
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