Navid Mashinchi

Navid Mashinchi
Personal information
Full name	Navid Mashinchi
Date of birth	February 16, 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth	Düsseldorf, Germany
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
2003–2006	Fortuna Düsseldorf
2006–2007	Westside FC Rangers
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006–2008	Whitecaps Residency
2008–2009	Vancouver Whitecaps
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Navid Mashinchi (

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

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 1, 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 1, 2015 - February 1, 2018. Through his time with the

Concacaf Champions League

.

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