Jessel Carneiro


Jessel Allen Carneiro is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a Left Back for the Kerala Blasters FC in the Indian Super League.

Career

Youth Career

Jessel was born in Curtorim,a town in southern Goa.He started his youth career at Raya FC and later went on to play for his local club FC Curtorim Gymkhana.

Early Life and Career:2012-2019

In 2012 he signed for Dempo S.C and spent two years there before moving to Pune F.C on a loan deal for the 2014-15 season.In 2016 he signed for FC Bardez which plays in the Goa Professional League.In 2018 he was signed again by his former club Dempo S.C.He also captained the Goan football team during the 2018–19 Santosh Trophy and led them into the semi-finals.

2019-Present:Kerala Blasters

2019-2020:ISL Debut

Carneiro arrived at Kerala Blasters after an impressive stint with Dempo SC in Goa Premier League and for the Goa football team in the Santhosh Trophy.Reportedly, the club paid a transfer fee of around ₹18 lakhs to their Goan counterpart to acquire his services.
He made his debut for Blasters against ATK on 20 October 2019 where Blasters won the match by 2-1.Though Blasters had a dismal season, Jessel's performance was one of the revelations during 2019-20 ISL.He was a mainstay at the back for Kerala and provided five assists, made 78 clearances, 28 tackles, 22 blocks and 22 interceptions.He also made 746 passes,the highest among the any player from Blasters with a passing rate of 41.44 per game.Jessel also made 5 assists during the season.He was the only player in the squad to play the entire minutes for the team during the season.He also made the most number of passes for his team, averaging at 41.44 per game with an accuracy of 72.65 percent.

2020-21

On 1 July 2020 Kerala Blasters officially announced that they have extended the contract of Jessel Carneiro till 2023

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