Climax Lawrence

Climax Lawerence

Personal information
Full name	Climax Lawerence
Date of birth	January 16, 1979 (1979-01-16) (age 32)
Place of birth	Margao, Goa, India
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Dempo
Number	8
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1998–2004	Salgaocar	42	(0)
2004–2005	East Bengal	14	(0)
2005–	Dempo	45	(3)
National team
2002–	India	75	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Climax Lawrence (born January 16, 1979 in Margao) is an Indian professional Football player. The midfielder is playing for Dempo S.C. and is also the captain of the Indian national team.^[1]

Career

Lawrence started playing the game when he was 12 years old, in 1998 he signed a contract for Salgaocar SC. At his first season, Salgaocar won the NFL. After five years, Climax joined East Bengal in 2004. The following season he switched to Dempo, where he won the last NFL season as well as the first I-League season.

He also featured the Dempo squad at the 2008 AFC Cup, which made it to the semi finals.^[1] He also went on to win the 2009-10 I-League with Dempo S.C..

Climax represented his state and then India at Under-19 level before signing his first professional contract with Vasco. Throughout his youth career and even at Vasco, he used to play as a striker. But after joining Salgaocar in 1998, Climax was converted to a midfielder by coach Marcos Pacheto. In his very first season with Salgaocar, Climax won the National Football League title and three domestic cups – Super Cup, Rovers Cup and Durand Cup.

The Goan continued to improve at Salgaocar but he showed his best form in the 2002-03 season when he helped them finish runner-up in the League and won the Goa League and Rovers Cup titles. Climax moved to Kolkata giants East Bengal in 2004 and his performances from midfield helped the red and gold brigade win three trophies - Kolkata Premier League, Durand Cup and the San Miguel International Cup, Nepal.

He spent just one season at East Bengal as he returned to Goa to sign for Dempo. 2005 proved to be a very successful year for Climax as he helped Goa win the Santosh Trophy and was instrumental in India winning the SAFF Cup. As a result he was adjudged as the AIFF Player of the Year in 2005. At club level the trophies were coming thick and fast for Dempo after signing Climax as they won the Durand Cup for the first time in 2006 and then back to back league titles in 2007 and 2008. Climax also won the best Midfielder award in the National League twice.

National team

In 2002 he was called to the Indian national football team by coach Stephen Constantine. Since then he's a part of the national team. In the AFC Challenge Cup, he scored the winning goal in the 91st minute against Afghanistan to help India to a 1-0 victory.^[1]

He was known for his high-intensity work rate, delivering multiple attacks down the Indian midfield in a pulsating manner.

International Goals

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	12 December 2005	Karachi, Pakistan	Bangladesh	1-0	1-1	2005 SAFF Cup
2	30 July 2008	Gachibowli Athletic Stadium, Hyderabad, India	Afghanistan	1-0	1-0	2008 AFC Challenge Cup

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c} "A Salute to - Climax Lawrence". Indianfootball.com. http://www.indianfootball.com/features/column/column-franky200701.html. Retrieved 2009-02-24. ^{[dead link]}

External links

• Player statistics at FIFA.com
• NFTeams stats

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Name	Lawrence, Climax
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Date of birth	January 16, 1979
Place of birth	Margao, India
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