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Primary Sports:  Soccer

Other Sports: Basketball, football, cricket, ball hockey

Overview

Parminder (Parm) is described as a very gifted soccer player by many of his coaches.  He is fast, strong, skillful, and very good in the air. His skills, knowledge, and experience, make soccer natural to him.

An all-round athlete, Parm also excels in several other sports such as basketball, football and cricket but his first love is soccer.

Away from the athletic arena Parm has built an impressive reputation among his teammates and contemporaries.  He exhibits strong leadership skills combined with a very strong work ethic in the classroom as well as on the field and is constantly working to improve.  He leads with communication, confidence and by example.

Parm is a very coachable player with natural technical ability, pace and spatial awareness.  He makes good decisions and distributes the ball well. His fundamental skills are excellent which allows for a minimum of mistakes.

In 2008 he played with the Vancouver Whitecaps U18 Prospects in Las Vegas and in 2009 he trained with the Motherwell FC U18 team.  He also had a try-out with Sheffield Wednesday FC in England.

In 2010 he was once again selected to play for the Whitecaps Prospects team.

He played for his Grade 8 basketball team and was enrolled in the Whitecaps program at North Delta Secondary in Grade 10. His soccer program was merged into his school exchanging extracurricular classes for soccer training with Bart Choufour in Grade 10. He has completed various volunteer hours such as volunteering with Dave Hayer the MLA of Tynehead and volunteering at the front desk for the Winter Olympics at the Quality hotel. Furthermore, he has completed his Level One Insurance and currently works part time at Allied Insurance Services at the Fleetwood Branch.

While playing in university Parm is looking to study sports medicine or business.

Career highlights :

 2005: Selected to play for Bart Choufars' BC boys to play in Holland, Belgium and Germany in 2005. He played against the top teams for his age group like Liverpool,Glasgow, Rangers, Feyenoord, PSV, Eindhoven and Antworp.

 2006: Selected to play for a BC Soccer team that traveled to England to play Middlesbrough, Newcastle and Sunderland in 2006

 2007: Selected for the BC provincial team to play in Mexico. He played against team such as Cruz and Atlante

2008: Selected to play with the Vancouver Whitecaps under 18 Prospects Team in Las Vegas where he was one of the youngest players on the team. His local team, the Guildford Rangers, won the provincial cup in Prince George. Presently, Parminder has been asked by a second division team in Italy to come and try out with them next year after he has been evaluated in Canada.  In December, he was selected in Canada to play in India on the request from the minister of sports, all expenses were paid but declined due to school exams and course work.

 2009: Trained with the Motherwell U18 team at the age of 16. After this evaluation he was then asked to play a full ninety minute game with his age group. He was then asked to return in the summer to continue evaluation but team management was changed and the program/transfers changed.

 He also went for a try out with Sheffield Wednesday (England) and stayed for the day.

 2010: Selected to play for The Whitecaps Prospect Team at the age of 17. He was selected for the U18 team and involved in the Premier Mens League and  Mens Knight League.

 2011: Selected to play for Akal FC Premier team and U21 team.

Bart Choufour: Vancouver Whitecaps - 604-561-8317

Gurpaul Shoal: North Delta Secondary: 604-596-7471

Gordon Young: Youth & Community Development, Motherwell FC - 01698 338016  Email: gordon.young@motherwellfc.co.uk