Sporting Clube de Goa’s president, Natalina Vaz has vowed that she will continue with the legacy of her late husband, Peter Vaz, founder of the club who passed away last year. She was speaking at the Sporting Clube de Goa Awards 2020-21 in the presence of her family, players and officials.
“I am extremely proud of the boys and assure that we will continue developing players and enter mainstream football very soon,” stated Natalina Vaz. She further said that she was proud of the boys who gave their best eventually being crowned champions.
Her son, Nathan Vaz along with daughter Danira were also present on occasion. Nathan who has been a member of the Sub Junior State team stated that his main priority for the upcoming season is to retain the Goa Professional League title. Danira Vaz, daughter of Peter Vaz, thanked GFA for their cooperation and ensuring that the Goa Professional League was successfully organised.
All the players and officials were felicitated and presented a Memento of Appreciation by the Club President, Natalina Vaz. It is learnt that a few more individuals who supported the Club and the Vaz family during their testing time were to be felicitated but due to the ongoing restrictions could not be invited in person.
The club officials present during the ceremony were Angelo Albuquerque, Savio Vaz, Sebastiao Noronha, Vikram Mane, Sandesh Gadekar, Alex Alvares, Ajay Acharya, and Anthony Vas.
The following are the individual awards presented to players:
- Golden Glove Winner – Ozen Silva
- Best Defender of the season 2020-21 – Kunal Kundaikar
- Best Midfielder of the season 2020-21 – Gautam Dias
- Best Striker of the season 2020-21 – Marcus Mascarenhas
- Young Player of the season 2020-21 – Rohit Totad
- Player of the season 2020-21 – Gourav Kankonkar
(Taken from The Navhind Times – https://www.navhindtimes.in/2021/06/25/sports/natalina-vows-to-continue-legacy-of-peter-vaz/)
