Sandro Grande... both of his parents were born in Italia... grew up competing in soccer, tennis, skiing... started golfing (and got hooked) in mid-20s... enjoys golf, poker, watching television... speaks Italian, English and French... favourites have included Diego Maradona, Roberto Baggio, Juventus, Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky, Tiger Woods, New York Giants, New York Yankees, Los Angeles Lakers, Philadelphia Flyers, Montréal Canadiens... earned his Canada Soccer Coaching A Diploma in 2016...

represented Canada in two cycles of FIFA World Cup Qualifiers and one edition of the Concacaf Gold Cup... career 12 international "A" appearances across five years from 2004 to 2008 with Canada Soccer's Men's National Team… Jeux de la Francophonie gold medal winner in 1997 with Canada Soccer’s U-23 National Team...

club career in Canada, Italy, Norway and Lithuania...

For Country

won a gold medal with Canada at the III Jeux de la Francophonie Madagascar 1997 (Canada's U-20 team)... he was 24 years old when he made his debut for Canada (08 September 2004)... represented Canada in 2004 CONCACAF / FIFA World Cup Qualifiers for Germany 2006... represented Canada at the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup... represented Canada in 2008 CONCACAF / FIFA World Cup Qualifiers for South Africa 2010 (he did not feature)...