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Ignatius Dias
Personal information
Place of birth India
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Salgaocar
National team
India
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Ignatius Dias is an Indian former football midfielder who played for India in the 1984 Asian Cup.[1] He also played for Goa[2] and Salgaocar. He was part of the team that helped Goa win its first Santosh Trophy in 1984 scoring a brace to enable them enter the semifinals.[2] He also was part of the Salgaocar team that retained the 1989 Federation Cup (India) scoring a goal in the semifinal of the tournament.[3]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Are Goan players no longer good enough?". The Times of India. 12 January 2019. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "When Goa broke the jinx and won the Santosh Trophy for the first time in 1984". The Times of India. 30 September 2018. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  3. Kapadia, Novy (28 December 2012). "Indian Sport: Memories of an age gone by". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 13 August 2025.


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