Harmeet Singh (footballer)
Harmeet Singh ( born November 12, 1990 in Oslo) is a Norwegian footballer of Indian descent. The current U -21 national team of Norway is currently in the Dutch Eredivisie Feyenoord Rotterdam under contract.
He is considered one of the greatest football talents of the country.
Club career
Singh began his career in the youth of the Oslo Multisport Association Furuset IF. In 2003 he moved to the city internally traditional club Vålerenga, where he matured into one of the biggest talents in Norway.
At the age of sixteen he was admitted to the advanced professional cadre of VIF 2007, but came to no use. In the fourth round of the 2008 season he made his debut under player-manager Martin Andresen 's 1-1 draw against Rosenborg BK in the Tippeligaen. Singh was in the starting lineup and was replaced in 73 minutes with the score at 1-0 against the veteran defender Ronny Johnsen. Andresen built it then targeted as his replacement in the more defensive - oriented midfield. By the end of the season he was then in eight league games to use, but here he completed no more than the full 90 minutes of the game. With the Norwegian Cup victory at the end of the season he was able to celebrate his first title victory in the professional sector. Singh came in 86 minutes at the final score of 4-1 for striker Morten Berre into play.
From the season 2009 he was already a regular player who made it mostly together with Kristofer Hæstad or also Moroccan -born Mohammed Fellah talent the central midfield before Andresen in the 4-3-3 game system.
Following the resignation of Andresen Senior career, followed in 2010 his final breakthrough. He took over seamlessly to something more defensive position of his coach and presented itself now as leaders and thinkers in the game of VIF. In addition to five goals this season he scored twelve Assists, of which especially top striker Moa Abdellaoue benefited. The young team played after years in the middle of the league again for the championship title and became the end of the season behind Rosenborg runner-up. As a result, he was one of three players nominated for "U -21 Player of the Year " in the Tippeligaen, finished behind Markus Henriksen of Master RBK only second place. In 2009 he was nominated in the same category, where he Mads Stokkelien was preferred.
National
Singh came so far in every youth national team of his country for use. However, a qualification for an international tournament has so far been denied.
On 5 June 2009 he celebrated at the age of 18 years in the 1-1 draw in the away match against Estonia made his debut for the Norwegian U -21 national team. He succeeded the gateway to the final result. Since then, it forms together with Captain Håvard Nordtveit, Tarik Elyounoussi, Marcus Pedersen, Jo Inge Berget and his two team-mate Amin Nouri Fellah and the root structure of the team.
Others
In 2006 he was in the of the Olympiatoppen initiated by the Norwegian legendary player Hallvar Thoresen ( Norwegian Olympic Committee for the Promotion of competitive sport ) program " Fra talent til topp piller " Date ( "From a talent for top players "). Thus at this pilot project, the ten largest Norwegian talents between fifteen and seventeen years of age should be guided by additional individual support to professional football.
Besides Singh then managed seven more players from the program to jump to the professional. The oldest player taken into account, Tarik Elyounoussi is already A-National player.
Singh is a practicing Sikh.
In 2010 he was " out 100 best talent in the world" by the Spanish football newspaper Don Balón the only Norwegian in addition to Markus Henriksen among.