Panaji: Looking at the situation soccer In the country, India can still get away from making it a World Cup, but the next year, when the biggest spectacle of sports is closed in North America, we will have something to call and make our own calls at home.
Despite rivalry in cricket, many Indians can actually root New Zealand The 2026 tournament will be played in Mexico, Cananda and America. The Region? Sarpreet SinghAll White’s midfielder has its roots in Punjab.
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Born in Auckland for Indian parents migrating from Punjab, Sarpreet will only become the second Indian original player after French midfielder Vikas Dhorasu (2006) to play in a Marki FIFA event in her nearly 100 years of history.
“I have a Punjabi home, an Indian background and a great feeling of pride for me,” told TOI from Portugal on a regular, a regular in the midfield of NZ.
The first player of the Indian dynasty to play in the German Bundesaliga, when he was signed by a six -time European champion Bayern Munich in 2019, today Sarpreet is aware of the hope that he borres for a nation of his origin, which desires to count among the elite of football.
He said, “I will perform my best because I know I represent many people. I want to try to make a path for future Indian players;
New Zealand qualified for the World Cup-2010 after the first time and only the third time in the history of the event after a 3–0 win over New Caledonia in Oshinia qualifier. They join Japan, Iran, Argentina and the three hosts, one of the first people to make a 48-Team Global Extra Vavaganza next year.
“Sarpreet Singh is not just a personal victory in the World Cup, it is a historic statement for South Asian people in football,” said Baljit Rihal, the founder of the Asian Football Awards and a lawyer for South Asian people in football.
“It is possible to see ‘Singh’ on the back of a shirt on the world’s largest stage.
After representing New Zealand in the Under -17 and Under -20 World Cup, the 26 -year -old took his first taste of a global stage when he represented New Zealand at the Paris Olympics last year.
In 2019, Bayerne signed Wellington Phoenix, a Kiwi club that plays in the Australian A-League, with one of the best scouting systems in world football.
Sarpreet started with the store, but the coach influenced Hans Flicks-now in Barcelona-Robert Levandowski and Philip Kotinho’s choice, as well as in training, to earn the first team call-up. While it exposed him to the demands of top-up professional football, when he left for a bayern at just 21, immediately put Sarpreet on a chair and he became an inspiration for the young South Asian footballers.
“It was a big thing for me to individually and also for both New Zealand and Indians,” Sarpreet recalls.
In the past, Sarpreet, a visitor in India, has played competitively in the country of his parents. He was part of the New Zealand squad when he attended the Intercontinental Cup in Mumbai in 2019.
“To be a lion and come back to India and play in India, against India, it was really special,” he said. India, family or football tour opened its eyes into a different world. He said, “I have been with my family in the villages where my parents were brought, where my mother was picked up. I got to see how people live in India. It was an eye -opening,” he said.
Currently playing in Portugal, Sarpreet is focused on being hurt-free and playing enough competitive matches in Europe to help him lead to the next year’s World Cup.
“During my journey, I have had a very difficult time, which is why I find myself again and again in the form of reconstruction and reconstruction. Every career has fallen.
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