Permi Jhooti

{{Short description|1st British South Asian footballer}}

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| birth_place = Preston, Lancashire,{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/football/2000/aug/13/newsstory.sport14|title=Making the league is a job for the girls|date=August 12, 2000|website=the Guardian|access-date=November 28, 2022|archive-date=November 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128020905/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2000/aug/13/newsstory.sport14|url-status=live}} England

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| position = Midfielder

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| years1 = 1995–1998

| clubs1 = Chelsea F.C.

| caps1 = 19

| goals1 = 4

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| clubs2 = Millwall L.F.C.

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| years3 = 1999–2000

| clubs3 = Fulham L.F.C.

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| years4 = 2000–2002

| clubs4 = Chelsea F.C.

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Permi Jhooti is an English former footballer who played for Chelsea F.C. and Fulham L.F.C.{{cite news|url=https://theathletic.com/3028983/2021/12/27/pioneers-film-premieres-and-unrivalled-dominance-when-al-fayed-turned-fulham-women-professional/|title=Pioneers, film premieres and unrivalled dominance: When Al-Fayed turned Fulham's women professional|website=The Athletic|access-date=2022-11-28|archive-date=2022-11-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127194931/https://theathletic.com/3028983/2021/12/27/pioneers-film-premieres-and-unrivalled-dominance-when-al-fayed-turned-fulham-women-professional/|url-status=live |last1=Rutzler |first1=Peter }} She is the first British South Asian footballer to play professionally in 2000 while playing for Fulham L.F.C..{{Cite web|url=https://www.myswitzerland.com/en-gb/experiences/cities-culture/stories/the-city-that-has-both-culture-and-heart/|title=The city that has both culture and heart|first=Schweiz|last=Tourismus|website=Switzerland Tourism|access-date=2022-11-28|archive-date=2022-11-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128021608/https://www.myswitzerland.com/en-gb/experiences/cities-culture/stories/the-city-that-has-both-culture-and-heart/|url-status=live}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vWmaCwAAQBAJ&dq=permi+jhooti+football&pg=PA114|title=British Asians, Exclusion and the Football Industry|first=Daniel|last=Kilvington|date=February 22, 2016|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317569039|via=Google Books|access-date=January 30, 2023|archive-date=February 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202060303/https://books.google.com/books?id=vWmaCwAAQBAJ&dq=permi+jhooti+football&pg=PA114|url-status=live}} Jhooti is thought to be the inspiration behind the movie Bend It Like Beckham.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/jhooti-still-bends-it-like-beckham/P7JU3ZNUF4FRJNEMMETY3ATAQE/|title=Jhooti still bends it like Beckham|website=NZ Herald|access-date=2022-11-28|archive-date=2022-11-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128020509/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/jhooti-still-bends-it-like-beckham/P7JU3ZNUF4FRJNEMMETY3ATAQE/|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/30534439|title=Dyke: More Asians needed in football|work=BBC Sport |access-date=2022-11-28|archive-date=2022-11-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128022020/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/30534439|url-status=live}} Since retiring Permi has emigrated to Switzerland.{{Cite web|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/basel-it-like-beckham/976260|title=Basel it like Beckham|website=SWI swissinfo.ch|date=3 October 2007 |access-date=2022-11-28|archive-date=2022-11-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128021610/https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/basel-it-like-beckham/976260|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.londonwritingguy.com/post/a-conversation-with-permi-jhooti-the-real-life-bend-it-like-beckham-story|title=A CONVERSATION WITH PERMI JHOOTI, THE REAL-LIFE 'BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM' STORY|first=Harjot|last=Sidhu|date=January 13, 2022|website=London Writing Guy|access-date=November 28, 2022|archive-date=November 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128021839/https://www.londonwritingguy.com/post/a-conversation-with-permi-jhooti-the-real-life-bend-it-like-beckham-story|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.swisslife.com/en/home/hub/interview-permi-jhooti.html|title=Bend it like Permi "Independence makes you strong"|website=Swiss Life Group|access-date=2022-11-28|archive-date=2022-11-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128021930/https://www.swisslife.com/en/home/hub/interview-permi-jhooti.html|url-status=live}}