Trophies seen aboe. The once renowwned Goan fooballer - captain of India,, bramananda Sankwalkar as one of the guests of honour gives prize to Candolim keeper.
Bramananda himself was a keeper.
The band is seen above. The winner Candolim with guests.
Seen above are some of the family members of Seen above is compeer Xavier
Monteiros including Dr. Jose third from left.
Seen above are wo fooball legends,one Brahmananda the other is Cheddo from Candolim of whose type Candolim & Goa Police Teams are yet To produce ONE. He played for a long time for Goa Police starting from Portuguese time..
Brahmananda is seendelivering his speech.as a Guest of Honour.
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To mark the 100th
birthday of Pe. Chico Monteiro from Candolim, Bardez, Goa, a two day soccer
festival was organized in Candolim at the Dr. Gustavo Monteiro Foot-ball
Ground, by the Fr. Chico Memorial Trust consisting of Mr. Esmeralda Gomes – The
Chairman, Mr. Valentino Rebello – The Treasurer, Dr. Gustavo Monteiro – The Secretary
with the following Trustees:
Dr. Sidney Rosario Pinto,
Mr. Selvio Fernandes,
Dr. Jose Monteiro,
Prof. Oscar Noronha,
Prof. selza Lopes,
Dr. Sergio Martins.
This two day soccer festival
held from 18 to 19th of this month was the fitting tribute to the
departed soul of Fr. Chico Monteiro who was once a great lover of the beautiful
game of soccer. He was also an exceptionally
talented soccer coach that coached the
once mighty soccer team from Panjim, the Academica and the then Goa Champion Sesa
Goa. Besides in Candolim he formed three teams namely BRAZIL, SANTOS AND
APURBAI of different age groups. He
coached the boys and his teams on the Brazilian pattern in which he acquired
the perfect aptitude and knowledge after personally watching the Brazilian
soccer played by those great Brazilian foot-ballers of fifties and sixties
namely Pele, Zagallo, Vava, Garinha and others.
The Candolim foot-ball
ground was a gift of philanthropist Dr. Gustavo Monteiro the elder brother of
Pe. Chico - to the Candolim Panchayat. This
ground was done somewhere in 1955 when Candolim was in dire need of nice soccer
ground where early in the morning the Portuguese Pakles and Khapris from Aguada
used to play soccer there before the unwarranted invasion of Goa by the Bharat
Serkar without consulting the Goans.
This Ground has
produced some of the finest players of Candolim who later on donned the colours
of top Goan teams namely Sesa Goa, Salgaocar, Shantilal, Dempo, Vasco and
others including outstation teams. In fact what Monteiro’s family has done for
sports in Candolim especially for soccer, no one else in Candolim has
done. Dr. Gustavo Monteiro has been the
long time president of goa Foo-ball association in which capacity he helped the
development of soccer in whole of goa while in Canolim he gave his life for
developing Candolim players. It was under his leadership that Candolim reached
into the first division of GFA during Portuguese time – that time there was no
Senior Division. Considering his
contribution in the development and promotion of Candolim foot-ball, It will be appropriate
to have his Statue erected nxxt to this Ground. Panchayat of Candolim must
immediately initiate this move.
The final of this
foot-ball was played on 19th between St. Thresa’s High School
CandoliM and Monte de Guirim since it was a school teams festival where Candolim
won by one goal to nil.
The final was attended BY a good number of spectators mainly the well
wishers and friends of Pe. Chico including the family members of Moneiros.
A.Veronica Fernandes.
