Navid Mashinchi ( fa, نوید ماشین چی ''Navīd Māšīn Cī'') is the retired German-born Canadian

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player, who played for the

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. Following his playing career, he worked in the analytics department as a performance analyst for the

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. Mashinchi graduated with a Data Science Master's degree from the

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, and is currently working as a data scientist at

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Player Career

Mashinchi began his career in Germany, playing in the U-15 and U-17 teams of German third division club

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. 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

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U-21 Division. Mashinchi scored 14 goals in 15 games for Westside in 2006. Mashinchi played with the

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in Europe in 2007, and in the team's first

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season in 2008, before being called up to the senior

side. He made his professional debut on July 23, 2008, in a game against

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. After releasing in January 2009 was re-signed on 1 May 2009 from

Tech Career

Following his playing career, Mashinchi worked in the analytics department as a performance analyst for the Vancouver Whitecaps of

for four seasons under head coach

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. 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

, he attained the

playoffs in 2015, 2017, won the 2015 Amway Canadian Championship, and advanced to the 2017

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. In September 2021, Mashinchi joined

as a data scientist.

Education

Mashinchi attended

Heritage Woods Secondary School Heritage Woods Secondary School is a coeducational high school located in Port Moody, British Columbia. In 2007, Heritage Woods celebrated their first graduating class. As well, it was rated as one of the top 50 schools in British Columbia for 20 ...

and Burnaby Central Secondary from 2006-2008. Following his time as a professional soccer player, he attended the

University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public university, public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks a ...

as a student-athlete playing for the

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from 2010-2015. He graduated from the Bachelor of Commerce program at the UBC

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. In 2019, he followed his passion for analytics and pursued a

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Master's degree. Mashinchi graduated from the

's Ritchie School of Engineering and Computer Science in 2021.

Honours

*2004: Niederrheinmeister: C-Junioren-Kreisauswahl

References

External links

Whitecapsfc.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mashin chi, Navid 1989 births Living people Iranian footballers Iranian expatriate footballers German people of Iranian descent Canadian people of Iranian descent Sportspeople of Iranian descent Whitecaps FC Academy players Vancouver Whitecaps (1986–2010) players UBC Thunderbirds men's soccer players USL League Two players USL First Division players Men's association football midfielders Men's association football defenders Footballers from Düsseldorf