Years Team Role Soccer player Name Sanjeev Parmar | ||
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Date of birth (1978-05-28) 28 May 1978 (age 37) Place of birth | ||
Anwar Ali Day 4 Evening Session Pre Season Training with Sanjeev Parmar in Ottawa
Sanjeev Parmar is a former Canadian soccer player who had stints with the Charlotte Eagles, and the Ottawa Wizards.
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- Anwar Ali Day 4 Evening Session Pre Season Training with Sanjeev Parmar in Ottawa
- Yfc kids with sanjeev parmar dec 13 2009 mov
- Playing career
- Charlotte Eagles
- Ottawa Wizards
- References
Yfc kids with sanjeev parmar dec 13 2009 mov
Playing career
Parmar began playing soccer at the college level with Houghton College for four years where he was a three time All-American. In 2000, he was drafted by the Toronto Lynx of the USL A-League. Instead he signed a contract with the Charlotte Eagles of the USISL D-3 Pro League. Though he didn't feature in much matches for the Eagles he did manage to win the league title. Parmar traveled to Rwanda, Ethiopia, and Kenya on a pre-season tour to Africa, where he remained an additional three months in Ethiopia on a Christian mission.
Parmar returned to Canada in 2001 to sign with newly expansion franchise Ottawa Wizards of the Canadian Professional Soccer League. He scored his first goal on June 16, 2001 in a Open Canada Cup match against the Durham Flames in a 2-2 draw. He made the CPSL Al-Star roster which faced C.S. Marítimo in a friendly match. In his first season with Ottawa he managed to win the double by finishing first in the league standings and claiming the Open Canada Cup. The following season he suffered a concussion resulting in Parmar to miss the majority of the season, but he returned for the remainder of the season to win the treble with Ottawa. During his injury he managed to acquire a coaching A-license the youngest Canadian player to obtain a high level coaching license.
In 2012 Parmar founded Parmar Futuro, a soccer team based in Ottawa.