Fredy Mascarenhas (born 11 April 1981 in Cuncolim, Goa) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a striker, for X-Roads Warriors in the Bermudian Premier Division. Youth and early career Fredy Mascarenhas was born on 11 April 1981 in Cuncolim, Goa, India. He started his liking of the game football at a young age after seeing his neighbour and good friend Siano Fernandes who played for Dempo. At the age of 13, he joined his local school football team at Our Lady of Health High School in which he also played in the Subroto Mukerjee Cup. At the same time, Mascarenhas played for his village team in the Goan inter-village tournaments at the under-14 and u-16 levels. Seeing his attitude and skill, his coach, Levino Dias, urged him to give football a serious thought as a career. He then signed up to join the Salgaocar SC under-19 side and at the same time played for lower division Goan clubs like Cuncolim Union and Raitura SC. While at Salgaocar, he was trained under former u-19 coach Derrick Pereira, who is currently the head coach of Pune FC. After two seasons, Fredy joined first division Goan club St. Anthony's SC Colva, helping them get promoted to the Goa Professional League. While at Salgaocar, Mascarenhas suffered an accident which kept him out of football for a year. He made a comeback the following season and scored in the first match with the first touch against Churchill brothers. He represented Goa for the Santosh trophy where he was the highest scorer and also became the first player from Goa to score a double hat-trick in a single match against Tripura. He retired from football in July 2009 after winning the Santosh Trophy with Goa for the second time, thus leaving Indian football on a high note. He had missed some opportunities to represent Goa in junior age-level tournaments due to personal reasons. Career Salgaocar After falling to injury while at Colva, Fredy made his return to football by signing for National Football League side Salgaocar where he played for 3 years, after representing their under-19 for 2 years. Churchill Brothers Fredy then joined Churchill Brothers S.C. of the National Football League. While with Churchill Fredy scored many goals and even won the Santosh Trophy while with Churchill. East Bengal Fredy then left Goa to play in Kolkata with East Bengal FC. His time