Simranjit Singh Thandi (born 11 October 1999) is an English professional
footballer
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who plays as a
defender.
Early life
Thandi is from a
British Punjabi
British Punjabis are citizens or residents of the United Kingdom whose heritage originates wholly or partly in the Punjab, a region in South Asia which is divided between India and Pakistan. Numbering 700,000 in 2006, Punjabis represent the larges ...
Sikh family.
Career
Thandi came through the
Leicester City
Leicester ( ) is a city, unitary authority and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest settlement in the East Midlands.
The city lies on the River Soar and close to the eastern end of the National ...
academy before joining
Stoke City in 2018. He joined
Stafford Rangers on a one-month loan in February 2019.
He was released in June 2019 and signed for
AEK Larnaca FC in July 2019. On 1 August 2019, Thandi made his professional debut in the
UEFA Europa League
The UEFA Europa League (abbreviated as UEL, or sometimes, UEFA EL), formerly the UEFA Cup, is an annual football club competition organised since 1971 by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. ...
as a 70th minute substitute during a 0-4 away win over
Levski Sofia
Levski Sofia ( bg, Левски София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded on 24 May 1914 ...
.
International career
Thandi made three appearances for the
England under-17 national football team in February 2016.
Career statistics
See also
*
List of Sikh footballers
References
1999 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Leicester
Men's association football defenders
England men's youth international footballers
English men's footballers
English people of Punjabi descent
British sportspeople of Indian descent
British Asian footballers
Leicester City F.C. players
Stoke City F.C. players
Stafford Rangers F.C. players
AEK Larnaca FC players
Northern Premier League players
Cypriot First Division players
English expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
Karmiotissa Polemidion FC players
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