Cavin Lobo (born 4 April 1988) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Indian Goa Professional League club Vasco.
 Cavin at Santiago Bernabéu in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cavin Peter Lobo | ||
| Date of birth | 4 April 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Goa, India | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Vasco | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sporting Goa | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| ? | Sporting Goa | ||
| 2010 | Dempo | ||
| 2011–2012 | Mumbai | 12 | (2) |
| 2012–2018 | East Bengal | 110 | (9) |
| 2014 | → Atlético Kolkata (loan) | 6 | (2) |
| 2015 | → Kerala Blasters (loan) | 6 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | Atlético Kolkata | 1 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Churchill Brothers (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Punjab | 15 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | East Bengal | 0 | (0) |
| 2021– | Vasco | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015– | India | 15 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:40, 10 April 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:10, 13 November 2015 (UTC) | |||
Career
editEarly career
editIn 2010 Lobo was playing for Sporting Goa who were then in the I-League 2nd Division and the Goa football team in the Santosh Trophy.[1] After a good performance for Goa in the Santosh Trophy, Lobo was signed by then reigning I-League champions Dempo for the 2010-11 season.[2] Then in 2011, Lobo signed for another I-League side Mumbai. The midfielder scored twice in the campaign with his new club. He scored his first goal for the club on 22 December 2011 against HAL, in the 77th minute as Mumbai won 4–0.[3] He then scored his second goal for Mumbai on 6 February 2012 in the 36th minute to help Mumbai to a surprise 2–1 victory.[4]
East Bengal
editFor the 2012-13 season, Lobo signed for East Bengal.[5] Lobo made his debut for East Bengal in the I-League on 30 December 2012 against Pailan Arrows, coming on as an 87th-minute substitute for Penn Orji in a match that East Bengal won 3–0.[6] On 8 May 2013, he scored his 1st goal of the season in a 6-0 win during a 2012-13 season match over United Sikkim.[7]
Atlético de Kolkata (loan)
editIn the 2014 Indian Super League, Lobo was picked in the first round of domestic draft by Atletico de Kolkata. On 23 October 2014, he scored twice in the second half to inspire a 2-1 comeback against FC Goa in a home match and became the first Indian player to score 2 goals in a single ISL match.[8]
Kerala Blasters (loan)
editIn July 2015 Lobo was drafted to play for Kerala Blasters FC in the 2015 Indian Super League.[9]
ATK
editLobo returned to ATK for the fifth season of ISL
International
editCavin Lobo made his debut for India on 12 March 2015 against Nepal, coming on as a substitute for Lenny Rodrigues and had an impressive outing, which included winning a penalty.[10] Cavin Lobo also has been called up as probable for the World Cup Qualifiers against Oman and Guam .
Career statistics
editClub
editStatistics as of 10 April 2020[11]
| Club | Season | League | Federation Cup | CFL Premier A | AFC | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sporting Clube Goa | ?-2010 | ||||||||||
| Dempo | 2010-11 | ||||||||||
| Mumbai FC | 2011-12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| East Bengal | 2012–13 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 3 |
| 2013–14 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | — | — | 32 | 4 | |
| 2014–15 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 2 | |
| 2015–16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| 2016–17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | |
| 2017–18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 1 | |
| Total | 70 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 40 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 133 | 10 | |
| Atletico de Kolkata (loan) | 2014 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 2 |
| Kerala Blasters (loan) | 2015 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 |
| ATK | 2018–19 | 1 | - | - | 0 | - | - | — | — | 3 | 0 |
| Churchill Brothers S.C. (loan) | 2019 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0 |
| Punjab F.C. | 2019–20 | 15 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | 0 |
| Career total | 102 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 40 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 167 | 15 | |
References
edit- ^ Noronha, Anselm. "Santosh Trophy: Cavin Lobo Looking To Win His Maiden Santosh Trophy Title". Goal.com. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
- ^ Noronha, Anselm. "I-League: Goa Santosh Trophy Star Cavin Lobo Signs For Dempo SC". Goal.com. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
- ^ "MUMBAI VS. HINDUSTAN AERO 4 - 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
- ^ "MUMBAI VS. CHURCHILL BROTHERS 2 - 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
- ^ "Cavin Lobo". East Bengal FC. Archived from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
- ^ Mitra, Atanu. "East Bengal 3-0 Pailan Arrows: Trevor Morgan's side dismantle the Arrows with ease". Goal.com. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ^ "Report: East Bengal 6-0 United Sikkim - Goal.com". Archived from the original on 21 September 2013.
- ^ "Goa v ATK Live Commentary & Result, 23/10/14, Indian Super League | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
- ^ Noronha, Anselm (10 July 2015). "Cavin Lobo to Kerala, Keegan Pereira to Mumbai and the comprehensive Indian Super League Draft". Goal.com. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ^ Atanu Mitra & Brendon Netto (12 March 2015). "India 2-0 Nepal: Chhetri leads Blue Tigers to victory over neighbours". Goal.com. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
- ^ Cavin Lobo at Soccerway