Ponif Vaz

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Ponif Vaz
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-10-04) 4 October 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Fatorda, Goa, India
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Position(s) Right back
Youth career
Salcete FC
2008—2012 Sesa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Sesa
2015–2016 Sporting Goa
2016–2019 Fateh Hyderabad 19 (0)
2019–2020 Churchill Brothers 13 (1)
2020–2021 NorthEast United 0 (0)
2022 Real Kashmir 10 (0)
2022–present Churchill Brothers 24 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 March 2024

Ponif Vaz (born 4 October 1992) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender.[1]

Career[edit]

Ponif joined Sesa Football Academy at 16 and has got years of experience playing in the Goa Professional League. The highlight of his career was winning the Gold Medal at the 2014 Lusophony Games with the Goa-India team. Ponif started his youth career with Salcete FC and has been part of the Goa football team for Santosh Trophy for the years.[2] In 2015 after sesa withdraw their first team vaz jointed sporting goa.[3]

He made his professional debut for the Churchill Brothers at Fatorda Stadium against Punjab F.C. on 1 December 2019, He started and played full match as Churchill Brothers won 3–0.[4]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of 10 April 2022[5]
Club Season League Cup AFC Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Churchill Brothers 2019–20 I-League 13 1 0 0 13 1
Real Kashmir 2021–22 6 0 0 0 6 0
Career total 19 1 0 0 0 0 19 1

Honour[edit]

Goa lusophony[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Defender Ponif Vaz joins Real Kashmir". TheGoanEveryday. 3 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Sporting Clube de Goa sign up Sesa quartet".
  3. ^ Chaudhuri, Arunava (29 July 2015). "Sporting Clube de Goa sign up Sesa Football Academy quartet". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Churchill Brothers 3-0 Punjab". Soccerway.
  5. ^ Ponif Vaz at Soccerway