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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Australian soccer player}}<br />
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{{Infobox football biography<br />
| name = Shayne D'Cunha<br />
| image = File:Shayne D'Cunha.jpg<br />
| caption = D'Cunha playing for [[Wellington Phoenix FC|Wellington Phoenix]] in 2016<br />
| fullname = Shayne Warren Tiber D’Cunha<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|4|1|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India<br />
| height = <!--{{height|m=0.00}}--><br />
| currentclub = <br />
| clubnumber = <br />
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Right back]]<br />
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2014<br />
| youthclubs1 = [[Blacktown City FC|Blacktown City]]<br />
| youthyears2 = 2014–2015<br />
| youthclubs2 = [[Western Sydney Wanderers FC|Western Sydney Wanderers]]<br />
| years1 = 2013–2014<br />
| clubs1 = [[Blacktown City FC|Blacktown City]]<br />
| caps1 = 19<br />
| goals1 = 2<br />
| years2 = 2015–2016<br />
| clubs2 = [[Western Sydney Wanderers FC|Western Sydney Wanderers]]<br />
| caps2 = 2<br />
| goals2 = 0<br />
| years3 = 2016<br />
| clubs3 = [[Western Sydney Wanderers FC Reserves|Western Sydney Wanderers NPL]]<br />
| caps3 = 10<br />
| goals3 = 1<br />
| years4 = 2016–2017<br />
| clubs4 = [[Blacktown City FC|Blacktown City]]<br />
| caps4 = 19<br />
| goals4 = 2<br />
| nationalyears1 = 2014<br />
| nationalteam1 = [[Australia national under-20 soccer team|Australia U-20]] <br />
| nationalcaps1 = 5<br />
| nationalgoals1 = 0<br />
| club-update = 20 September 2017<br />
| ntupdate = 11 April 2015<br />
}}<br />
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'''Shayne Warren Tiber D'Cunha''' (born 1 April 1996) is a retired Australian professional [[association football|soccer]] player who most notably played as a [[defender (association football)|defender]] for [[Western Sydney Wanderers FC|Western Sydney Wanderers]] in the [[A-League]].<br />
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==Career==<br />
Born in [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]] in [[India]], D'Cunha moved to [[Sydney]], [[Australia]] with his parents in 2000 when he was four years old.<ref name="Simon Hill Indian">{{cite news|last1=Hill|first1=Simon|title=Shayne D’Cunha the latest Indian-Australian to pick football over cricket|url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/football/simon-hill-shayne-dcunha-the-latest-indian-australian-to-pick-football-over-cricket/story-fnlt0cqp-1227293755469|accessdate=11 April 2015|work=FOX Sports Australia|date=7 April 2015}}</ref> His parents moved their family to Australia in order to give their children a better chance at life. D'Cunha started playing football at the local level at the age of five or six and soon choose it as his sport of preference over cricket.<ref name="Simon Hill Indian"/> Eventually, D'Cunha joined the youth ranks of the [[Western Sydney Wanderers FC|Western Sydney Wanderers]] and played for [[Blacktown City FC|Blacktown City]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Shayne D'Cunha &#124; A Reflection|url=http://www.wswanderersfc.com.au/article/shayne-dcunha--a-reflection/1pfrkbc3pzxp01bx8723d7o5fq#u3tvBLxf9YoXEuKG.97|accessdate=11 April 2015|work=Western Sydney Wanderers|date=2 April 2015}}</ref><br />
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D'Cunha was one of three players released by the Wanderers on 1 June 2016, along with [[Daniel Alessi]] and [[Alusine Fofanah (footballer)|Alusine Fofanah]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Transfer news: Wanderers release young trio|url=http://www.a-league.com.au/article/transfer-news-wanderers-release-young-trio/8da8i1mpiqah1heopmjdy20iu|website=A-League|publisher=Football Federation Australia|accessdate=1 June 2016}}</ref><br />
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In September 2016 D'Cunha joined [[Wellington Phoenix FC|Wellington Phoenix]] on trial.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2016/09/16/phoenix-coach-merrick-sizes-blacktown-defender-dcunha|title=Phoenix coach Merrick sizes up Blacktown defender D'Cunha|date=16 September 2016|accessdate=17 September 2016|author=Prichard, Greg|publisher=[[The World Game]]}}</ref><br />
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==International==<br />
D'Cunha has stated that had he thought about representing [[India national football team|India]] internationally but after getting capped by Australia at the [[Australia national under-20 soccer team|under-20]] level, he pledged his allegiance to Australia.<ref name="Simon Hill Indian"/><br />
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==Personal==<br />
Shayne D'Cunha attended the prestigious selective secondary school, North Sydney Boys High School in Crows Nest (North Shore) and graduated in 2014. He is one of the most recent alumni for the school, having represented Australia at an international level.<br />
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Shayne joined the Seminary of the Good Shepherd in Homebush to study for the Catholic priesthood in 2019.<br />
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== Honours ==<br />
=== Club ===<br />
;[[Blacktown City FC|Blacktown City]]<br />
* [[National Premier Leagues NSW]]: [[2014 National Premier Leagues|2014]], [[2016 National Premier Leagues|2016]]<br />
* [[Waratah Cup]]: [[2014 Waratah Cup|2014]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{soccerway|shayne-dcunha/383169}}<br />
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[[Category:1996 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Footballers from Mumbai]]<br />
[[Category:People from Sydney]]<br />
[[Category:Indian footballers]]<br />
[[Category:Australian soccer players]]<br />
[[Category:Western Sydney Wanderers FC players]]<br />
[[Category:Association football defenders]]<br />
[[Category:A-League players]]<br />
[[Category:National Premier Leagues players]]<br />
[[Category:Australia youth international soccer players]]<br />
[[Category:Australian people of Anglo-Indian descent]]<br />
[[Category:Australian people of Indian descent]]<br />
[[Category:People educated at North Sydney Boys High School]]</div>>Apoorva Iyer