Netan Sansara

Netan Sansara

Sansara playing for Walsall.
Personal information
Full name	Netan Nico Sansara
Date of birth	3 August 1989 (1989-08-03) (age 22)
Place of birth	Walsall, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	PAEEK
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2008–2010	Walsall	27	(0)
2010	Dundee	1	(0)
2010–2011	Corby Town	22	(2)
2011–	PAEEK	9	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:10, 8 August 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Netan Nico Sansara (born 3 August 1989) is an English footballer who plays for PAEEK a left back. He has played for Dundee in the Scottish First Division, and has also played for Walsall.

Early life

Sansara was born in Walsall. He grew up in the Darlaston area, playing for his local team Darlaston Town. As a child he attended Pinfold Street Primary School and Darlaston Community Science College School, he played for all school football teams. He also represented his county, the Staffordshire district. During his time in the Walsall youth team Sansara completed A levels in Psychology, Physical Education and Biology.

Club career

Walsall

Sansara made his Walsall debut on 9 August 2008 in the Football League One game with Yeovil Town which ended in a 1–1 draw.^[1] Having come through the youth ranks at Walsall, he signed his first professional contract at the age of 17.

Sansara was handed a professional contract at the age of 17, by then Walsall manager Richard Money after impressing him during youth team and reserve team games.^[2] Sansara made his professional debut the following season by newly appointed Walsall manager Jimmy Mullen against Yeovil Town. He said, "I thought he did well. But he's played well against Aston Villa and Wolves in pre-season, as well as other teams when Boertien wasn't available. I've given him his debut and he'll look back when he’s 35 and say 'Jimmy Mullen gave me an opportunity'. He might even thank me one day! But I thought he was excellent – very good."^[3]

At the start of the 2009–10 season, Sansara was handed the squad number three, by manager Chris Hutchings. However, during a pre-season friendly in July 2010 against Wolverhampton Wanderers, Sansara's progress was halted due to a ankle ligament injury sustained in a tackle with Greg Halford.^[4] He made a return to action for his first start away at Colchester United in October 2009. The Saddlers lost 2–1.^[5]

Sansara went on to make another 23 appearances during the 2009–10 season.

Dundee

The start of August 2010, saw Sansara make five appearances for Dundee.

PAEEK

In July 2011, it had been announced that Sansara had signed for Cypriot side PAEEK. It had been revealed that Sansara had also received other offers during the summer but was to have been quoted stating he thought this move was the best for the development of his career.

On 17 September 2011, in the opening game of the season, Sansara made his debut for PAEEK. He completed the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 win over Ethnikos Assia.^[6]

International career

Sansara has represented England youth at under-18 and under-19 level, earning three caps. He made his England debut against Holland at Yeovil's Huish Park.^[7][8][9] He then went on to earn another two caps at international level for England, once with the under-18's and his last coming for the under-19's.

Sansara is of Indian origin. Sansara got his first international call-up for India for a warm-up to a FIFA World Cup qualifier against Qatar.^[10]

Personal life

Sansara worked with the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) to try to increase the number of British Asians taking up a career in professional football, and has attended meetings with the PFA in order to achieve this goal.^[11]

He is also an ambassador for "www.kickitout.org" (Lets Kick Racism Out Of Football), when appointed Sansara was quoted "I have been working closely with the Kick It Out campaign for a while now, and I look forward to continuing to assist the work. I hope to act as a role model to the next generation of young British Asian talent."^[12][13][14]

Career statistics

As of 21 November 2009

Club performance

Club	Season	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Walsall	2008-09	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	0
	2009-10	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	19	0
Total		27	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	30	0

References

1. ^ http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/walsall-fc/walsall-fc-news/2008/08/11/jimmy-mullen-delight-at-rookie-netan-sansara-performance-97319-21510693/
2. ^ http://www.expressandstar.com/latest/2006/12/09/kid-sansara-makes-history/
3. ^ http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/walsall-fc/walsall-fc-news/2008/08/11/jimmy-mullen-delight-at-rookie-netan-sansara-performance-97319-21510693/
4. ^ http://www.saddlers.co.uk/page/News/0,,10428~1629068,00.html
5. ^ http://www.saddlers.co.uk/page/News/0,,10428~1837607,00.html
6. ^ http://www.kerkida.net/index.php?pageaction=ker&modid=1&artid=23379
7. ^ http://www.saddlers.co.uk/page/News/0,,10428~997898,00.html
8. ^ http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Football%3A+Young+defenders+make+strong+case%3B+COCA-COLA+LEAGUE+TWO.-a0160195891
9. ^ http://www.expressandstar.com/latest/2007/03/17/star-kid-netan-flies-the-flag/
10. ^ Northcroft, Jonathan (2008-02-10). "Why are there no Asian football stars?". London: Times Online. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article3341861.ee. Retrieved 2009-05-27. ^{[dead link]}
11. ^ http://www.kickitout.org/news.php/news_id/3660
12. ^ http://www.expressandstar.com/latest/2009/08/18/sansara-ambassador-for-kick-it-out/
13. ^ http://arunfoot.blogspot.com/2011/07/pio-netan-sansara-signs-contract-in.html
14. ^ http://www.kickitout.org/570.php

External links

• Netan Sansara career stats at Soccerbase

Persondata
Name	Sansara, Netan Nico
Alternative names
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	3 August 1989
Place of birth	Walsall, England
Date of death
Place of death