Navid Mashinchi

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Navid Mashinchi
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Personal information
Full name Navid Mashinchi
Date of birth (1989-02-16) February 16, 1989 (age 32)
Place of birth Düsseldorf, Germany
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Defender/Midfielder
Number 3
Youth career
2003–2006 Fortuna Düsseldorf
2006–2007 Westside FC Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2008 Whitecaps Residency 14 (1)
2008–2009 Vancouver Whitecaps 15 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Navid Mashinchi (Persian: نوید ماشین چی‎ Navīd Māšīn Cī) is a retired German-born Canadian soccer player who played for the Vancouver Whitecaps. Following his playing career, he worked in the analytics department as a performance analyst for the Vancouver Whitecaps FC of Major League Soccer. Mashinchi graduated with a Data Science Master's degree from the University of Denver and is currently working as a data scientist at Kohl's.

Player Career[]

Mashinchi began his career in Germany, playing in the U-15 and U-17 teams of German third division club Fortuna Düsseldorf.[1]

After moving with his family to Canada, Mashinchi joined the Vancouver Whitecaps residency program, simultaneously playing club soccer with the Westside FC Rangers U-21 side of the Vancouver Metro Soccer League U-21 Division. Mashinchi scored 14 goals in 15 games for Westside in 2006.

Mashinchi played with the Vancouver Whitecaps Residency in Europe in 2007,[2] and in the team's first Premier Development League season in 2008, before being called up to the senior Vancouver Whitecaps side.[3] He made his professional debut on July 23, 2008, in a game against Charleston Battery.[4] After releasing in January 2009 was re-signed on 1 May 2009 from Vancouver Whitecaps.[5]

Tech Career[]

Following his playing career, Mashinchi worked in the analytics department as a performance analyst for the Vancouver Whitecaps of Major League Soccer for four seasons under head coach Carl Robinson.

Mashinchi has been working in analytics for four-plus years. From June 01, 2014 - December 31, 2014, he joined the analytics department as an intern before getting hired as a full-time analyst and serving the club from January 01, 2015 - February 01, 2018. Through his time with the Vancouver Whitecaps , he attained the Major League Soccer playoffs in 2015, 2017, won the 2015 Amway Canadian Championship, and advanced to the 2017 Concacaf Champions League.

In September 2021, Mashinchi joined Kohl's as a data scientist.

Education[]

Mashinchi attended Heritage Woods Secondary School and Burnaby Central Secondary from 2006-2008. Following his time as a professional soccer player, he attended the University of British Columbia as a student-athlete playing for the UBC Thunderbirds from 2010-2015. He graduated from the Bachelor of Commerce program at the UBC Sauder School of Business. In 2019, he followed his passion for analytics and pursued a Data Science Master's degree. Mashinchi graduated from the University of Denver's Ritchie School of Engineering and Computer Science in 2021.

Honours[]

  • 2004: Niederrheinmeister: C-Junioren-Kreisauswahl[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Kreis Düsseldorf / FVN e.V." fvn.de. Archived from the original on February 25, 2005.
  2. ^ [1][dead link]
  3. ^ [2] Archived September 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Uslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-15. Retrieved 2013-12-12.
  5. ^ "Whitecaps re-sign Mashinchi and Smith".[permanent dead link]

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