Navid Mashinchi
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Navid Mashinchi | ||
| Date of birth | February 16, 1989 | ||
| 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). |
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Navid Mashinchi (Persian: نوید ماشینچی, born February 16, 1989 in Düsseldorf) is a German-born Iranian soccer player who plays for UBC Thunderbirds.
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[edit] Career
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Honours
- 2004: Niederrheinmeister: C-Junioren-Kreisauswahl[7]
