Sodhi Parmar

Mr. Gurcharan Singh Parmar (Sodhi) was born on February 1, 1952 at Village Baddon, Thana Mahilpur in Distt. Hoshiarpur. He did his high school education from Khalsa Co-Education High School Baddon. Later, he joined JCT Mills Phagwara as a Professional Football player and played 15 times for Punjab Team in Santosh Trophy out of his 18 years Football career with JCT Mills, Phagwara. He represented Indian National Football Team from 1978 to 1982. He was the captain of Indian Football Team in 1979 and 1982. In the year 1980, he played in Pre-Olympic games held at Singapore. He also played for JCT Mills in Queen’s Cup at Bangkok and against South Africa, Bangkok, Thailand. In 1984 he was conferred with Maharaja Ranjit Singh Award by the Punjab Government. Currently, Mr. Parmar is working as Deputy Manager (Security) with JCT Limited, Phagwara and runs GS Parmar Football Academy at V & PO Baddon to produce quality football players.