ANDREW DE SOUZA

A great Goan footballer, Andrew De Souza - he played
Vasco Sports Club with white jersey and black strip
like a garland. This uniform was there since
Portuguese era. Andrew played Vasco Club after 1961.

I remember when I was in College in Mumbai (Bombay), I
met Andrew at Cooperage playground Churchgate, around
1968. He was skinny, not tall, had a tremendous ball
control, he would roll the ball on ground with right
foot, raise it to 1 foot using lace side of the shoe,
then tap the ball using inside side of the shoe to hit
the left of the chest, and trick the defense, thereby
volleying the ball home in the top right or left
corner behind the net.

The commentators used to call him very dangerous
striker. The first Goan Club ever to win Rovers Cup
was Vasco Sporting Club, with Andrew as its center
forward. He replaced the fame of earlier dangerous
center forwards "Arantel" and "Saturnino" as mid
fielder of Portuguese era of Vasco Sports Club.

I remember also that year around 1968 Sesa Goa had
Albino and Mauricio with powerful shots that could
rock the cross bar. They were also great players, but
Andrew a short man was Goa's favorite and darling.

Agnelo Gomes - AAssoc4994@aol.com    
(Courtesy: TheGoanForum@egroups.com)