Navid Mashinchi

Navid Mashinchi

Personal information
Full name	Navid Mashinchi
Date of birth	February 16, 1989 (1989-02-16) (age 22)
Place of birth	Düsseldorf, Germany
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Defender/Midfielder
Number	11
Youth career
2003–2006	Fortuna Düsseldorf
2006–2007	Westside FC Rangers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2006–2008	Whitecaps Residency	14	(1)
2008–2009	Vancouver Whitecaps	15	(0)
2009–2010	Petrochimi Tabriz F.C.
20010–	UBC Thunderbirds	16	(8)
National team‡
–	Iran U-17	14	(1)
–	Iran U-23	4	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 June 2009. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 February 2008

Navid Mashinchi (Persian: نوید ماشینچی, born February 16, 1989 in Düsseldorf) is a German-born Iranian soccer player who plays for UBC Thunderbirds.

Career

Club

Mashinchi began his career in Germany, playing in the U-15 and U-17 teams of German third division club Fortuna Düsseldorf.^[1]

After moving with his family to Canada in the mid 2000s Mashinchi joined the Vancouver Whitecaps residency program, simultaneously playing club soccer with the Westside FC Rangers U-21 side of the Vancouver Metro Soccer League U-21 Division. Mashinchi scored who scored 14 goals in 15 games^[2] for Westside in 2006.

Mashinchi played with the Vancouver Whitecaps Residency in Europe in 2007,^[3] and in the team's first USL Premier Development League season in 2008, before being called up to the senior Vancouver Whitecaps side.^[4] He made his professional debut on July 23, 2008, in a game against Charleston Battery.^[5] After releasing in January 2009 was re-signed on 1 May 2009 from Vancouver Whitecaps.^[6] In November 2009, Mashinchi has joined Petrochimi Tabriz F.C. After a short spell in Iran, Mashinchi returned to Canada to study at the University of British Columbia and play for the University team UBC Thunderbirds.

International

Mashinchi has played for the Iran U-18 team since 2006, and played the in several Olympic qualification games with the Iran national under-23 football team in 2008. In Summer 2011, Mashinchi represented Canada during the XXVI Summer Universiade, which was hosted in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.

Honours

• 2004: Niederrheinmeister: C-Junioren-Kreisauswahl^[7]

External links

• [4]

References

1. ^ [1]
2. ^ [2]
3. ^ Whitecaps U18 European Tour Highlights
4. ^ [3]
5. ^ http://www.uslsoccer.com/stats/2008/649407.html
6. ^ Women Whitecaps re-sign Mashinchi and Smith
7. ^ Willkommen auf den Seiten des Kreis 1 des FVN

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Name	Mashinchi, Navid
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Date of birth	1989-02-16
Place of birth	Düsseldorf, Germany
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