Adrian Albert D'souza (born 24 March 1984 in Mumbai, Maharashtra) is an Indian field hockey goalkeeper, who made his international debut for the men's national team in January 2004 during the Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Regarded as one of the most innovative and daring goal-keepers of recent times, Adrian brought the rushing technique to the hockey field.
Adrian has competed in 3/4 major international hockey events (tournaments played once in four years): the Olympics, World Cup, and Asian Games with a total of 165 caps for his country.
In 2002 he got selected to play for Air India which got him the best goalkeeper award in The Bombay Gold Cup and was called for his first Senior Hockey National Camp.
[3] He made his international debut as a senior in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Kuala Lumpur in January 2004.
His performance in the Junior Asia Cup in April, that India won, earned him the best goalkeeper award.
[5] The same year he was part of the junior team in the 6 nation invitational tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
[6] The year saw him represent the team in the Sultan Azlan Shah tournament (Malaysia) in June, the Champions Trophy (Spain) in July, the World Cup (Germany) in September, and ending with the Asian Games (Qatar) in December, while missing the Commonwealth Games in Australia due to an injury.
[citation needed] Adrian performed relatively well in the 2008 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, having played a great game against Malaysia in the semi-finals.