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Brahmanand Sankhwalkar | Former Captain, Indian National Football team.

All-Star goalkeeper, Arjuna Awardee
“Football will take us out of this pandemic. For me, football is life.”
A native of Talegao, Brahmanand is a former all-star goalkeeper. He discovered he loved football when he was five- years-old, and daydreamed about playing matches with the big boys. “I always watched them and wanted to compete with them,” he says.
When no one wanted to be a goalkeeper at school games, Brahmanand realised that his strength was in defence. For his very first match, he recalls wearing his brother’s jersey and his school shorts. Brahmanand went on to become one of Goa’s greatest footballers, and is celebrated as one of India’s finest goalkeepers today.
Brahmanand helped Goa establish a stronghold in Indian football by leading them as captain in the Santosh Trophy, as well as the Federation Cup for the first time. He is also Goa’s first footballer to receive the prestigious Arjuna award in 1997.

“It was a dark, sinking feeling to see empty football grounds during the pandemic,” Brahmanand says. “The league is about to happen. I’m sure true football fans, who are hungry to watch matches again, will surely go for their vaccinations… otherwise they will not be allowed to enter the fields and everyone in Goa loves football, so we’ll all take the shot so we can get back out there.”

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