Education
He played for Kerala Blasters Football Club who finished 2nd in the 1st edition Indian Super League.
He played for Kerala Blasters Football Club who finished 2nd in the 1st edition Indian Super League.
Early career Godwin Franco comes from the quaint village of Guirim, Goa and is a product of the Sesa Football Academy and prior to enrolling at Sesa, he played for the Assagao Anjuna Football Academy. Franco has played for the U-16, U-19 and U-21 football teams for his state Goa and captained Goa at the U-21 level and played for India football team at 2006 Lusophony Games in Macau. He started his professional career with Churchill Brothers with whom he played for two seasons before leaving to play a season for Fransa-Pax and then turning out for Sporting Goa for three seasons.
All of whom were in India"s premier league competition, the National Football league / I-League and situated in Goa.
Pune In 2009 Godwin joined Pune who had just gained promotion to the I-League and helped them finish 3rd in their debut season at the top level of Indian football, starting 23 times in the midfield. Dempo In 2010, Godwin joined Dempo, staying with them for 4 seasons.
He played in the AFC Champions League qualifier vs First Rate (at Lloyd's) Sadd, Qatar who were the AFC Champions League winners that season. He played in the AFC Cup for Dempo as well.
Godwin was selected by former German Bundesliga champions Fortuna Düsseldorf, Germany, for a trial in November 2013, along with Nirmal Chhetri.
Kerala Blasters Football Club On 22 July 2014, Godwin joined Kerala Blasters Football Club franchise for the newly formed Indian Super League. He helped Kerala Blasters Football Club finish 2nd place in the 1st Indian Super League. Royal Wahingdoh Football Club Godwin joined Royal Wahingdoh Football Club on loan from Kerala Blasters Football Club in February 2015 after the first five matches of Royal Wahingdoh Football Club in the I League and started every match playing an important role, including scoring two long range goals in helping Royal Wahingdoh finish 3rd in their debut season in the I League.
Chenaiyin Football Club Godwin signed for Chenaiyin Fc for the 2nd Indian Super League during the open transfer period on May 15, 2015.
Godwin was also a part of the Indian Under-19 team in 2003 and a part of the India football team for the 2006 Lusophony Games. Godwin was also a part of the India national football team camp for the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup.
He however could not play the tournament because of late player registration issues. Club Dempo South Carolina (U.S.)