Sahil Sandhu

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Sahil Sandhu
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-01-05) 5 January 1991 (age 34)
Place of birth Amritsar, Punjab, India
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency
2009 Energie Cottbus
Douglas College Royals
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009 Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 11 (1)
2013 Victoria Highlanders 6 (1)
2014 ICST Pegasus (12)
2015–2016 Whitecaps FC 2 36 (0)
International career
Canada U17
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:55, 22 September 2016 (UTC)

Sahil Sandhu (born 5 January 1991) is a Canadian former professional soccer player who played as a defender.

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Club career

Early career

Born in Amritsar, Punjab in India, Sandhu started his career with the Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency program after moving to Canada as a child. [1] He was a part of the 2004 Whitecaps FC Residency team that won the Super Y-League. [2] He scored the winning goal in the championship final against Schulz Academy. [2] A couple years later, in 2007, Sandhu was awarded the B.C. Soccer Association Male Youth Player of the Year in 2007. In 2009, Sandhu was loaned out to the youth academy at Energie Cottbus. [3] After spending time with Energie Cottbus, Sandhu played in the USL PDL with the Victoria Highlanders. [3]

Sandhu eventually left the Whitecaps FC Residency and attended Douglas College where he went on to represent the Royals. [2] While playing with the Royals, Sandhu also played for ICST Pegasus of the Vancouver Metro Soccer League where in 2014 he went to score twelve goals during the season. [2]

Whitecaps 2

On 25 March 2015, Sandhu returned to the Whitecaps FC organization when he signed for Whitecaps FC 2, the Vancouver Whitecaps FC reserve team in the United Soccer League. [3] He made his debut for the team four days later on 29 March 2015 against the Seattle Sounders FC 2. He came on as a 46th-minute substitute for Victor Blasco. [4] In December 2016, Whitecaps FC 2 announced that Sandhu would not return to the club for the 2017 season. [5]

International career

Sandhu has represented Canada at the under-15 and under-17 levels. [2]

Career statistics

As of 26 May 2016 [6]
ClubSeasonLeagueLeague CupDomestic CupInternationalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Whitecaps FC 2 2015 USL 250——————250
2016 USL 30——————30
Career total280000000280

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References

  1. ↑ Khaliq, Shanel (17 May 2015). "Sahil Sandhu: Focused on soccer". Darpan Magazine. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Benning, Kyle (5 November 2014). "Surrey soccer player pulls pints and scores goals". The Now News Paper. Archived from the original on 17 November 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 "WFC2 add two local players and Spanish winger". Whitecaps FC. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Seattle Sounders 2 4-0 Whitecaps FC 2". Soccerway.
  5. ↑ Whitecaps FC 2 (20 December 2016). "Whitecaps FC 2 re-sign Sem de Wit and Will Seymore, announce roster update". Whitecaps FC 2.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ Sahil Sandhu at Soccerway
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