Goans, they say, take to football as fish takes to water. I am no exception, having played the game right from school level in Goa, to the highest level in the country. I had the opportunity to represent India when the team from Sao Paulo,Brazil played an exhibition match at Nehru Stadium, Delhi in 1989. I was also selected to play for India XI versus the Sao Paulo Club, Brazil in 1984 at Mumbai and a year before I was selected as a reserve player of the India team in 1983 that played the President Gold Cup at Bangladesh.

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