Joyner Lourenco

Joyner Monte Lourenco (born 8 September 1991) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender.

Joyner Lourenco

Personal information
Full name	Joyner Monte Lourenco
Date of birth	(1991-09-08) 8 September 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Goa, India
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2010	Goa Velha
2010–2017	Sporting Goa	40	(1)
2017–2018	Bengaluru
2018–2019	Mumbai City	10	(0)
2019–2021	Jamshedpur	15	(0)
2021–2022	East Bengal	11	(0)
2023	Real Kashmir
International career
2014	India U23	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Born in Goa, Lourenco began his career with Goa Velha, a local club in the state.^[1] In 2010, Lourenco joined professional I-League side Sporting Goa.^[2] He made his debut for the club on 28 October 2011 in a league match against Pune. He came on as a substitute for Boboi Singh as Sporting Goa drew the match 2–2.^[3]

Bengaluru

On 23 July 2017, Lourenco was selected in the 14th round of the 2017–18 ISL Players Draft by Bengaluru for the 2017–18 Indian Super League season.^[4] He made his debut for bengaluru fc in their 2018 AFC Cup preliminary round match against Transport United.He came as 75th minute substitute for Prashanth Kalinga.^[5] He made a total of 5 appearances for the club in 2018 AFC Cup. On 8 June 2018 Bengaluru fc released Joyner along with 4 other players.^[6]

Mumbai City FC

In October 2018 he joined Mumbai City FC.^[7] on 27 October 2018 he made his ISL debut as he played a full 90 minutes for the club against Delhi Dynamos FC.

International

On 9 September 2014, Lourenco was selected in the 20 man India U23 side for the 2014 Asian Games.^[8] He proceeded to make his debut for the side on 15 September 2014 against the United Arab Emirates. He started the match but couldn't prevent India from losing 5–0.^[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of 28 February 2022^[10]

Club	Season	League			Cup		AFC		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sporting Goa	2011–12	I-League	10	1	0	0	—		10	1
	2012–13		15	0	0	0	—		15	0
	2013–14		8	0	5[a]	0	—		13	0
	2014–15		7	0	4[a]	0	—		11	0
	2015–16		0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Sporting Goa total		40	1	9	0	0	0	49	1
Bengaluru	2017–18	Indian Super League	0	0	0	0	5[b]	0	5	0
Mumbai City	2018–19		10	0	1[c]	0	—		11	0
Jamshedpur	2019–20		10	0	0	0	—		10	0
	2020–21		5	0	0	0	—		5	0
East Bengal	2021–22		11	0	0	0	—		11	0
Career total			76	1	10	0	5	0	91	1

1. Appearance(s) in Federation Cup
2. Appearance(s) in AFC Cup
3. Appearance(s) in Super Cup

Personal life

He married Montia De Souza on January 14, 2020

References

1. "St Sebastian Fatorda enter semi-finals". Navhind Times. 8 October 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
2. "Goa Velha nursery for North Goa football". Herald Goa. 28 July 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
3. Bali, Rahul (28 October 2011). "Pune FC 2-2 Sporting Clube De Goa – Home Side Comes Back To Earn A Point". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2017.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
4. "ISL 2017 player draft, as it happened: ATK, Jamshedpur FC and Pune strike big". The Field. 23 July 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
5. "TRANSPORT UNITED VS. BENGALURU 0 - 0". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
6. "Bengaluru FC releases Calvin Abhishek, Abhra Mondal, Joyner Lourenco". twitter.com. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
7. "We welcome 27-year old full back Joyner Lourenco". twitter.com. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
8. "Asian Games 2014: Indian football squad announced; team cleared to participate for Incheon Games". India.com. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
9. "UAE U23 5-0 India U23". Soccerway.
10. Joyner Lourenco at Soccerway