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{{short description|Indian footballer}}
{{short description|Indian footballer}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
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{{Infobox football biography
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Neville D'Souza
| name = Neville D'Souza
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| fullname = Neville Stephen J. D'Souza
| fullname = Neville Stephen J. D'Souza
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1932|8|3|df=y}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/halloffame/dsouza_neville.html |title=Neville Stephen D'Souza |access-date=9 May 2016 |archive-date=19 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170119131704/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/halloffame/dsouza_neville.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1932|8|3|df=y}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/halloffame/dsouza_neville.html |title=Neville Stephen D'Souza |access-date=9 May 2016 |archive-date=19 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170119131704/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/halloffame/dsouza_neville.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| birth_place = [[Goa]], India
| death_date  = {{death date and age|1980|3|16|1932|8|3|df=y}}
| death_date  = {{death date and age|1980|3|16|1932|8|3|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| death_place = Maharashtra, India
| height =
| height =
| position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
| position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
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| nationalteam1= [[India national football team|India]]
| nationalteam1= [[India national football team|India]]
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| nationalcaps1= 15
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| nationalgoals1 = 11<ref>Subrata Dey. [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/india-recintlp.html India - Record International Players] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321143659/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/india-recintlp.html |date=21 March 2019 }} ''www.rsssf.com''. [[RSSSF]]. Retrieved 22 August 2021.</ref>
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'''Neville Stephen J. D'Souza''' (3 August 1932 – 16 March 1980) was an [[India]]n [[association football|footballer]].
'''Neville Stephen J. D'Souza''' (3 August 1932 – 16 March 1980) was an Indian [[association football|footballer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/25805 |title=Neville D'Souza |work=Olympedia |access-date=1 December 2021}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
D'Souza played club football for Bombay.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indianfootball.com/article/article113.html|title=1956, the year the stars failed to shine|date=12 November 2001|access-date=8 March 2009|author=K. Bhaskaran|newspaper=The Mid-Day|archive-date=19 November 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081119090847/http://www.indianfootball.com/article/article113.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
D'Souza played club football for Bombay.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indianfootball.com/article/article113.html|title=1956, the year the stars failed to shine|date=12 November 2001|access-date=8 March 2009|author=K. Bhaskaran|newspaper=The Mid-Day|archive-date=19 November 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081119090847/http://www.indianfootball.com/article/article113.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


D'Souza represented his nation at the [[1956 Summer Olympics]], where he became the first Asian player to score a hat-trick in an Olympic Games.<ref name = "Times">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/419406.cms|title=Mumbai salutes soccer legend|date=13 January 2004|access-date=8 March 2009|author=Nitin N. Sethi|publisher=The Indian Times|archive-date=29 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100129010701/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/419406.cms|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2000/09/03/stories/0703044z.htm|title=Recalling Neville's extraordinary exploits in Olympic football|date=3 September 2000|access-date=8 March 2009|author=Nandakumar Marar|newspaper=The Hindu|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100809150403/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2000/09/03/stories/0703044z.htm|archive-date=9 August 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Football: India's day of Glory at Melbourne |url=http://www.sportskeeda.com/2012/12/01/indias-day-of-glory-at-melbourne |access-date=22 October 2013 |archive-date=23 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023113040/http://www.sportskeeda.com/2012/12/01/indias-day-of-glory-at-melbourne/ |url-status=live }}</ref> D'Souza finished the tournament as joint top-scorer, with 4 goals in 3 games,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.tssonnet.com/tss2850/stories/20051210005707500.htm|title=Where are the strikers?|date=10 December 2005|access-date=8 March 2009|author=Stan Rayan|magazine=The Sportstar|archive-date=28 November 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061128144240/http://www.tssonnet.com/tss2850/stories/20051210005707500.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> including a [[List of India national football team hat-tricks|hat-trick]] in a 4–2 win against [[Australia national soccer team|Australia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/melbourne1956/matches/round=197070/match=32404/index.html|title=MATCH Report|publisher=[[FIFA.com]]|access-date=15 July 2018|archive-date=15 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715235643/https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/melbourne1956/matches/round=197070/match=32404/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
D'Souza represented his nation at the [[1956 Summer Olympics]], where he became the first Asian player to score a hat-trick in an Olympic Games.<ref name = "Times">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/419406.cms|title=Mumbai salutes soccer legend|date=13 January 2004|access-date=8 March 2009|author=Nitin N. Sethi|publisher=The Indian Times|archive-date=29 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100129010701/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/419406.cms|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2000/09/03/stories/0703044z.htm|title=Recalling Neville's extraordinary exploits in Olympic football|date=3 September 2000|access-date=8 March 2009|author=Nandakumar Marar|newspaper=The Hindu|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100809150403/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2000/09/03/stories/0703044z.htm|archive-date=9 August 2010|url-status=usurped}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Football: India's day of Glory at Melbourne |url=http://www.sportskeeda.com/2012/12/01/indias-day-of-glory-at-melbourne |access-date=22 October 2013 |archive-date=23 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023113040/http://www.sportskeeda.com/2012/12/01/indias-day-of-glory-at-melbourne/ |url-status=live }}</ref> D'Souza finished the tournament as joint top-scorer, with 4 goals in 3 games,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.tssonnet.com/tss2850/stories/20051210005707500.htm|title=Where are the strikers?|date=10 December 2005|access-date=8 March 2009|author=Stan Rayan|magazine=The Sportstar|archive-date=28 November 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061128144240/http://www.tssonnet.com/tss2850/stories/20051210005707500.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> including a [[List of India national football team hat-tricks|hat-trick]] in a 4–2 win against [[Australia national soccer team|Australia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/melbourne1956/matches/round=197070/match=32404/index.html|title=MATCH Report|publisher=[[FIFA.com]]|access-date=15 July 2018|archive-date=15 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715235643/https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/melbourne1956/matches/round=197070/match=32404/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
D'Souza was born in [[Assagao]], [[Goa]] on 1 January 1936. He moved to Bombay (now known as [[Mumbai]]) for his studies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-nova.com/2014/08/04/indias-forgotten-hero-series-part-1-neville-dsouza-highest-scorer-football-1956-olympics/|title=India's forgotten hero series (Part 1): Neville D'Souza - Indian Football|date=4 August 2014}}</ref>
D'Souza married Lyra and they have a son named Nigel and two daughters Liesel and Fleurel. D'Souza died of a [[brain haemorrhage]] on 16 March 1980.<ref name = "Times"/>
D'Souza married Lyra and they have a son named Nigel and two daughters Liesel and Fleurel. D'Souza died of a [[brain haemorrhage]] on 16 March 1980.<ref name = "Times"/>
==Honours==
===International===
;India
* [[Colombo Cup]]: [[1953 Colombo Cup|1953]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/specials/india/indianteam/1953quadrangularcup.html|title=The Indian Senior Team at the 1953 Rangoon Quadrangular Cup|website=Indianfootball.de|last=Chaudhuri|first=Arunava|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928082835/http://www.indianfootball.de/specials/india/indianteam/1953quadrangularcup.html|archive-date=28 September 2018}}</ref> [[1954 Colombo Cup|1954]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/specials/india/indianteam/1954quadrangularcup.html|title=The Indian Senior Team at the 1954 Calcutta Quadrangular Cup|website=Indianfootball.de|last=Chaudhuri|first=Arunava|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821160442/http://www.indianfootball.de/specials/india/indianteam/1954quadrangularcup.html|archive-date=21 August 2018}}</ref> [[1955 Colombo Cup|1955]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/specials/india/indianteam/1955quadrangularcup.html|title=The Indian Senior Team at the 1955 Dhaka Quadrangular Cup|website=Indianfootball.de|last=Chaudhuri|first=Arunava|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928083024/http://www.indianfootball.de/specials/india/indianteam/1955quadrangularcup.html|archive-date=28 September 2018}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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