Nevin Saroya

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Nevin Saroya
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-09-15) 15 September 1980 (age 42)
Place of birth Hillingdon, England
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1998–2000 Brentford
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2000–2001 Brentford 1 (0)
2000 → Grays Athletic (loan)
2001 Hampton & Richmond Borough
2001–2007 Yeading
2007–2008 Hayes & Yeading United
2008–2010 Maidenhead United 52 (0)
2009 → Godalming Town (loan)
2010–2011 Redlands United
2011 Maidenhead United 11 (0)
2011–2012 Beaconsfield SYCOB
2012–2013 Burnham 6 (0)
Managerial career
2019–2021 Maidenhead United Women
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nevin Saroya (born 15 September 1980) is an English retired semi-professional footballer who played as a defender, making one appearance in the Football League for Brentford. Saroya also played for non-League clubs Hampton & Richmond Borough, Yeading, Hayes & Yeading United, Godalming Town and Maidenhead United. He also had a spell with Brisbane Premier League club Redlands United. [1]

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Playing career

Brentford

Saroya was born in Hillingdon. [2] He started his career at Brentford as a youth player and after completing his apprenticeship, he signed a professional contract for the club. [3] He made his debut for Brentford in their 1–1 draw in the Football League Second Division with Oxford United on 22 April 2000, replacing Gareth Graham as a substitute in the 46th minute. [4] After Brentford manager-owner Ron Noades released Saroya in 2001, he admitted he became "disillusioned" with football and stopped playing, despite interest from Conference clubs. [3] Saroya was unemployed for six-months, until he was asked by Wally Downes to help the actors in Mean Machine with their fitness and skills; saying "I had always got on well with him [Downes], so he asked me if I would come down here to Yeading and help the actors get fit and show them a few ball skills". [3] Saroya also appeared in the film, and says the other actors and Vinnie Jones "pushed him" to get back into football before an old school friend invited him to train at Yeading. [3]

Non-League

After a spell at Hampton & Richmond Borough, he signed for Yeading in the summer of 2001. [5] In 2003, he captained Yeading in the Isthmian League Cup and a year later, to win the Isthmian League Division One North. [6] [7] Saroya played in Yeading's lucrative FA Cup third round tie against Newcastle United on 9 January 2005 at Loftus Road, where they were defeated 2–0. [8] [9] He signed an extension to his contract in May 2007, after double-hernia operation. [10] Following the merger of Hayes & Yeading United, Saroya started the club's first season in the Conference South before being released in December 2008. [11] He joined Maidenhead United in December 2008, after a spell at Godalming Town. [12] Saroya left Maidenhead United in April 2010, to play for Australian club Redlands United in the Brisbane Premier League for six-months, having found out about the opportunity after joining a group on Facebook. [13] He returned to Maidenhead United in 2011, but resigned his contract on 1 December 2011 and signed for Beaconsfield SYCOB. [14] Saroya left a year later to join Southern League Division One Central side Burnham. [15] He retired at the end of the 2012–13 season. [16]

Coaching career

After retiring as a player, Saroya served as manager of Maidenhead United Women between 2019 and 2021. [17] He took up the role of a Regional Coach with the PFA in September 2021. [17] [18]

Personal life

Whilst playing semi-professional football, Saroya also worked as a courier. [3]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleDirector(s)
2001 Mean Machine Prisoners footballer [19] Barry Skolnick

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  2. ↑ "Football : Nevin Saroya". FootballDatabase.eu. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Burt, Jason (9 January 2005). "Jones' boy is rehearsing a finale not in the script". The Independent. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  4. ↑ "Fixtures/Results: Brentford 1–1 Oxford". Soccerbase. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  5. ↑ "Player Profile: Nevin Saroya". Non-League Daily. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  6. ↑ "Player profile – Nevin Saroya". Yeading F.C. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  7. ↑ "Yeading secure the title". Non-League Daily. 25 April 2004. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  8. ↑ "Yeading 0–2 Newcastle". BBC Sport. 9 January 2005. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  9. ↑ "Reality bites as Newcastle bring Yeading's Cup odyssey to end". The Independent. 10 January 2005. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  10. ↑ "Disappointment as a player of the year leaves The Warren". Non-League Daily. 15 May 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  11. ↑ "MacDonald joins – Saroya leaves". Non-League Daily. 15 May 2007. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  12. ↑ "Hi Ho Saroya! Drax the loan arranger shuffles his squad". Maidenhead United F.C. 26 December 2008. Archived from the original on 16 December 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2009.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  13. ↑ Watts, Charles (25 March 2010). "Saroya heads Down Under". Maidenhead Advertiser. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
  14. ↑ "No needle between SYCOB and Chalfont St Peter". Non League Pitchero. 1 December 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  15. ↑ "December Transfers (Part One)..." Non League Pitchero. 1 December 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  16. ↑ Martin Stone 'confident' Burnham FC will relish Southern Premier Division test (From Slough Observer)
  17. 1 2 "Our previous manager Nevin Saroya has left the club to take up a job with the PFA. All involved with MUWFC are very grateful to Nev for his hard work with the team over the past two seasons, and we wish him well in his new role. ⚫️⚪️ #WeAreMaidenhead". Facebook. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  18. ↑ "Meet The Team". www.thepfa.com. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  19. ↑ "Nevin Saroya". IMDb. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
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