Princeton Rebello: Difference between revisions

|name = Princeton Rebello

|image               =  

|caption             =  

|fullname           = Princeton Rebello

|birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1999|3|5|df=y}}

|birth_place         = Betalbatim, [[Goa]], India

| height             = {{height|m=1.69}}

|currentclub         = [[FC Goa|Goa]]

|clubnumber         = 11

|position           = [[Midfielder (association football)|Midfielder]]

|youthyears1 =  

|youthclubs1 = Velsao Pale Sports Club

|youthyears2 =  

|youthclubs2 = Betalbatim Sports Club

|youthyears3 = 2014

|youthclubs3 = [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|Queens Park Rangers]]

|youthyears4 = 2015–2016

|youthclubs4 = Betalbatim Sports Club

|youthyears5 = 2016

|youthclubs5 = [[AIFF Elite Academy]]

|youthyears6 = 2016–2017

|youthclubs6 = [[Sporting Clube de Goa|Sporting Goa]]

|youthyears7     = 2016

|youthclubs7     = [[Vasco S.C.|Vasco]]

|youthyears8     = 2017

|youthclubs8     = → Penha de Franca (loan)

|years1     = 2017–

|clubs1     = [[FC Goa|Goa]]

|caps1       = 25

|goals1     = 0

|years2     = 2017–2018

|clubs2     = → [[Indian Arrows]] (loan)

|caps2       = 4

|goals2     = 0

|nationalyears1 = 2017

|nationalteam1 = [[India national under-20 football team|India U20]]  

|nationalcaps1 = 4

|nationalgoals1 = 2

|club-update   = 24 February 2021

|ntupdate       = 6 January 2020

In July 2014, Rebello moved out of India to England and joined the under-15 side for [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|Queens Park Rangers]].<ref name="Goan"/> He stayed at the English football academy for six months before returning to India to rejoin Batalbatim. He would soon join the [[AIFF Elite Academy]] before moving back to England.<ref name="Goan"/> Since he was only able to secure a six-month permit, Queens Park Rangers sent him on trial with [[Watford F.C.|Watford]]. Watford offered him a chance in their academy but it would have required Rebello to concede his Indian citizenship for Portuguese. Rebello rejected the move to change his nationality and moved back to India.<ref name="Goan"/><ref>{{Cite web|title=Meet Princeton Rebello, who rejected Watford FC to keep his dream of playing for India alive|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/meet-princeton-rebello-who-rejected-watford-fc-to-keep-his-dream-of-playing-for-india-alive|access-date=24 August 2021|website=Sportskeeda|language=en-US}}</ref>

In January 2018, Rebello joined [[Indian Arrows]], the [[All India Football Federation]]'s developmental squad, in the [[I-League]] on loan from [[FC Goa|Goa]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Goan FC down Panjim Footballers|url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/Sports/Goan-FC-down-Panjim-Footballers/125222.html|work=Herald Goa|date=11 January 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180111110300/https://www.heraldgoa.in/Sports/Goan-FC-down-Panjim-Footballers/125222.html|archivedate=11 January 2018|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He made his professional debut for the club on 8 January 2018 against [[Shillong Lajong F.C.|Shillong Lajong]]. He came on as a 46th minute substitute for [[Abhijit Sarkar (footballer)|Abhijit Sarkar]] as Indian Arrows lost 1–0.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shillong Lajong 1-0 Indian Arrows|url=https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2018/01/08/india/i-league/lajong-sc/aiff-xi/2684001/|website=Soccerway}}</ref>

In April 2017, [[FC Goa|Goa]] of the [[Indian Super League]] announced that they would be opening a developmental squad and that Rebello was one of the members of the squad.<ref>{{cite news|title=FC Goa show intent with capture of Derrick, Liston|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/fc-goa-show-intent-with-capture-of-derrick-liston/articleshow/58332472.cms|agency=TNN|accessdate=7 May 2019|work=The Times of India|date=24 April 2017}}</ref> On 23 October 2019, Rebello made his Goa debut, coming on in the 87th minute as Goa beat [[Chennaiyin]] 3-0 in the [[Indian Super League]].

Rebello participated with the [[India national under-20 football team|India U19]] side during the [[2017 SAFF U-18 Championship]].<ref name="India FK">{{cite news|title=Bangladesh 4-3 India - Young Blues succumb to second half comeback by Bengal Tigers|url=https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/saff-u-18-championship-2017-bangladesh-4-3-india-young-blues/ym2zb97sxjk51qoxljyjsohfd|author=Nisanth V Easwar|accessdate=7 May 2019|website=[[Goal.com]]|date=18 September 2017}}</ref> In India's first match of the tournament, Rebello scored from a 30-yard freekick but it wasn't enough to prevent India from getting a defeat, 4–3.<ref name="India FK"/> A couple months later, in November 2017, Rebello was called-up again for India's [[2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualification|2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualifiers]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Peter, Ashish|title=AFC U-19 Championships Qualifiers: India Squad, Schedule, Venue And More|url=https://www.goal.com/en-kw/news/afc-u-19-championships-qualifiers-india-squad-schedule-venue-and-/16beebk9z1c7q1xi1kqzl1zb84|accessdate=7 May 2019|work=Goal.com|date=3 November 2017}}</ref>

;[[FC Goa]]

*[[Indian Super Cup]] (1): [[2019 Indian Super Cup|2019]]<ref>{{cite news|title=FC Goa's long wait for a trophy ends|date=14 April 2019|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/football/fc-goas-long-wait-for-a-trophy-ends/article26832013.ece|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|author=Amitabha Das Sharma|accessdate=7 May 2019}}</ref>

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