Personal information | |||
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Place of birth | Mauritius | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
? | Hindu Cadets | ||
? | Fire Brigade SC | ||
? | Sunrise Flacq United | ||
International career | |||
? | Mauritius | ||
Managerial career | |||
? | Sunrise Flacq United | ||
2006 | Mauritius | ||
? | ASPL 2000 | ||
? | Curepipe Starlight SC | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Sarjoo Gowreesunkur is a former footballer who served as theMauritius national football team coach in 1996[1] and 2006.[1] He has also been a player and coach of Sunrise Flacq United in the 1990s. He resigned[1] from the position coach in August 2007 following the poor performance of the national team during theIndian Ocean Games. He was later coach ofAS Port-Louis 2000[2] andCurepipe Starlight SC.[3] He now hosts a talk show about football on the radio[4] inMauritius.
Sarjoo Gowreesunkur played with 3 different clubs,[5] includingHindu Cadets, Fire Brigade SC and Sunrise Flacq United during 10 years (1979–1989)[5] as acentre back. He has been called several times to play for the national team. He was the youngest captain of the Mauritius national football team[5] in 1984 at the age of 23. He had to stop his career in 1989 due to injury.[5]