Ponif Vaz
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 October 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Fatorda, Goa, India | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 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
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
Club
- 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
India U20 (Goa India)
- Lusofonia Games Gold medal: 2014[6]
References
- ^ "Defender Ponif Vaz joins Real Kashmir". TheGoanEveryday. 3 September 2021.
- ^ "Sporting Clube de Goa sign up Sesa quartet".
- ^ Chaudhuri, Arunava (29 July 2015). "Sporting Clube de Goa sign up Sesa Football Academy quartet". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^ "Churchill Brothers 3-0 Punjab". Soccerway.
- ^ Ponif Vaz at Soccerway
- ^ Goa-India win the Lusofonia Games football tournament Archived 8 October 2021 at the Wayback Machine blog.cpdfootball.de. Retrieved 7 September 2021