Óscar Sonejee
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Óscar Sonejee Masand | ||
Date of birth | 26 March 1976 | ||
Place of birth | Santa Coloma, Andorra | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Santa Coloma | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997–2001 | Andorra | ||
2001–2002 | Sant Julià | ||
2002–2008 | Andorra | ||
2008– | Santa Coloma | ||
International career‡ | |||
1997– | Andorra | 87 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 November 2006 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 March 2011 |
Template:Spanish name Óscar Sonejee Masand (born 26 March 1976) is an Andorran football midfielder, currently playing for Santa Coloma and the Andorran national team. He is the most capped player for the Andorra national football team with 85 caps. He has also scored three goals for the national team.
He made his international debut in 1997 in a 4–1 loss to Estonia.
On 28 March 2007, during a Euro 2008 qualifier, he was involved in a spat with England striker Wayne Rooney in their European Championship qualifying match, resulting in both players being booked.[1]
He has Indian heritage and works as an insurance salesman. His fanbase reaches Mumbai, India, where his friends and cousins cheer him on in every international appearance.[2]
Career statistics
International goals
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |||||
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1. | 25 June 1997 | Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia | Latvia | 1–4 | Lost | Friendly | |||||
2. | 24 April 2000 | Estadi Comunal d'Aixovall, Andorra la Vella, Andorra | Belarus | 2–0 | Win | Friendly | |||||
3. | 9 September 2009 | Estadi Comunal d'Aixovall, Andorra la Vella, Andorra | Kazakhstan | 1–3 | Lost | 2010 World Cup qualification | |||||
Correct as of 11 August 2011 |
National team statistics
[3] Template:Football player national team statistics |- |1997||2||1 |- |1998||7||0 |- |1999||9||0 |- |2000||8||1 |- |2001||6||0 |- |2002||5||0 |- |2003||7||0 |- |2004||7||0 |- |2005||8||0 |- |2006||5||0 |- |2007||9||0 |- |2008||4||0 |- |2009||6||1 |- |2010||2||0 |- !Total||85||3 |}
References
External links
- Lucy Turner (8 March 2007). "Sonejee's Andorran odyssey". UEFA.com.
- Rsssf.com profile
- Federació Andorrana de Futbol profile