Sahil Sandhu

Sahil Sandhu (born 5 January 1991) is an Indian born-Canadian professional soccer player who plays defender for Whitecaps FC 2 in the United Soccer League.

Sahil Sandhu
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-01-05) 5 January 1991
Place of birth Amritsar, Punjab, India
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Whitecaps FC 2
Number 50
Youth career
Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency
2009 Energie Cottbus
Douglas College Royals
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (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)
National team
Canada U17
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:55, 22 September 2016 (UTC)

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

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

Career statistics
As of 26 May 2016[6]
Club Season League League Cup Domestic Cup International Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Whitecaps FC 2 2015 USL250——————250
2016 USL30——————30
Career total 280000000280

References
  1. Khaliq, Shanel (17 May 2015). "Sahil Sandhu: Focused on soccer". Darpan Magazine. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  2. 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. "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.
  6. Sahil Sandhu at Soccerway
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