Indian Men Hockey Players

Born on 11th July 1942 at Bareilly, Anderson Liesle Frank played for Uttar Pradesh in many National ...

Born on 15th Aug. 1999, Haryana player Abhishek won gold at the U-18 Asia Cup held at Dhaka, Banglad...

Born on 29th Dec. 1994, Bhopal’s Affan Yousuf comes from a family of hockey players. His fathe...

Born on 16th April 1996, Ajay Yadav represented India at the 2015 Sultan of Johor Cup in Malaysia, m...

AJIT KUMAR PANDEY

Born on 1st Aug.1995, Ajit Kumar Pandey represented India at the 2014 & 2015 Sultan of Johor Cup...

Born on 1st April 1947, midfield maestro Ajit Pal Singh belongs to the famous Sansarpur hockey nurse...

Born on 24th July 1992, Maharashtra’s Akash Chikte made his senior international debut at the ...

AKASHDEEP SINGH

Akashdeep is selected for Arjuna award this year. Born on 2nd Dec.1994, forward Akashdeep Singh is a...

Born on 5th Oct. 1993, Odisha’s Amit Rohidas proved to be an all rounder in the Indian men&#82...

ANURAG RAGHUVANSHI

Born on 8th July 1979, Uttar Pradesh’s Anurag Raghuvanshi represented Indian Senior Men’...

Born on first January 1995, Arman Qureshi represented India at the 2009 U-18 Asia Cup, 2015 Jr. As...

Born on 28th March 1957, the school boy Arvind Chhabra was more interested in swimming. He represent...

Born on 8th April 1970, goalkeeper Ashish Ballal is known for giving India title through tie-break o...

ASHISH KUMAR TOPPO

Born on 6th March 1998, Ashish Kumar Toppo made his senior debut at the Olympic Test Event, called G...

Born in Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) on June 1, 1950, Ashok did not need any great motivation to pick up t...

The gifted forward of 1970s ruled the Indian hockey of his times like a colossus. He won bronze, sil...

Balbir Singh Junior

Born on May 2, 1932 at Sansarpur (Jalandhar), Balbir Singh Junior was a player par excellence. He st...

BALBIR SINGH RAILWAYS

Born on 5th April 1945 at Sansarpur in Punjab, Balbir Singh was an able right-half. He played for th...

BALBIR SINGH Sr

Balbir Singh Dosanj, popularly known as ‘Balbir Senior’, was a successful player, coach, adminis...

Born on 23rd August 1951 at Bhagrari village in Amritsar Dt., defender Baldev Singh studied at Victo...

BALJIT SINGH DHILLON

Born on 18th June 1973, Punjab’s midfielder Baljit Singh Dhillon played in three Olympics (199...

Baljit Singh Saini

Baljit Singh Saini: Baljit Singh Saini was born on 12th August, 1976 in Ropar district in Punjab but...

Balkrishan Singh

Born on March 10 1933, in Patiala, the famous son of Punjab shone both as a player and coach, and ha...

BIPIN FERNANDES

Born on 22nd April 1981, Bangaluru’s Bipin Fernandes is a product of Sports Authority of India...

Birendera Lakra Sr.

Birendera Lakra is another gem of a player from the tribal heartland of India, Jharkhand. He is youn...

CHARANJIT SINGH

Born on February 2, 1931 in Nehari village in the erstwhile Hoshiarpur district of Punjab, the midfi...

CHINGLENSANA SINGH

Born on 2nd Dec. 1988, Manipur’s Chinglensana Singh served the national hockey team for about ...

DALJIT SINGH DHILLON

Born on 3rd Nov. 1993, Punjab’s Daljit Singh Dhillon is younger brother of triple-Olympic hock...

Born on 11th Dec.1981, goalkeeper Devesh Chauhan made his senior international debut at the Europe t...

Devinder Singh Garcha

Born on 7th December 1952 in Amritsar district to a Dairly farmer parents, Devinder had his schoolin...

Born on 15th July 1965, Pune’s Dhanraj Pillay rose from humble beginnings to become all time g...

DHARMINDER SINGH

Born on 9th Jan 1998, Punjab player Dharminder Singh won gold at the U-18 Asia Cup held at Dhaka, Ba...

Dilpreet Singh is making his Olympic debut at Tokyo. One of the six players who made senior debut at...

Born on 15th Oct. 1998, Dipsan Tirkey made his senior international debut at the 2018 Europe tour al...

Lanky Indian men’s team’s hockey player Gopal Bhengra is one of the pioneers to play for...

GRAHANANDAN 'NANDY' SINGH

Known to the sports world as ‘Nandy Singh’, double Olympian Grahanandan Singh shone as a player ...

Bespectacled Olympic gold medalist Gurbux Singh is a celebrated Indian field hockey player. He shone...

GURDEV SINGH KULLAR

Born on 12th Aug.1933, Sansarpur’s Gurdev Singh Kullar is son of Thakar Singh, who was part of...

Born on 1st Jan. 1995, Punjab’s Gurinder Singh has established himself as a star defender with...

Born on 26th Jan. 1995, sensational striker Gurjant Singh hails from Amritsar in Punjab. He is popul...

GURMAIL SINGH Jr.

Born on 30th Dec. 1992, Punjab’s Gurmail Singh made his senior debut at the 2012 Champions Tro...

GURSAHIBJIT SINGH

Born on 5th Feb.1999, forward Gursahibjit Singh burst into the national side in 2018. Hailing from G...

HARBINDER SINGH

Born on july 8th 1943 at Quetta (now in Pakistan), triple Olympian Harbinder Singh made India debut ...

Born on 23rd March 1990, the Amritsar born Harbir Singh was an established defender with the Indian ...

HARCHARAN SINGH

Born on January 16, 1951 at Marar near Gurdaspur, Harcharan Singh was one of the stars of Indian hoc...

Born on 23th Sept 1998, Hardik Singh made senior international debut in as major tournament as the...

Harendra Singh, who studied in Dayal Singh College in Delhi, is a famed defender of his times. He re...

Hari Pal Kaushik

Born in Khusropur (Jalandhar) on February 3, 1934, Hari Pal Kaushik was an all rounder and could pla...

Born on 20th June 1999, Bangalore based Harish Mutagar won gold at the U-18 Asia Cup held at Dhaka, ...

HARMANPREET SINGH

Born on 6th Jan. 1996, Punjab’s Harmanpreet Singh is India’s top defender and penalty co...

Born on 10th June, 1947, at Gujranwala (now in Pakistan), Harmik studied at the Malwa Khalsa Higher ...

Defender Harpal Singh is a product of Sirsa based Namdhari Hockey Academy. He played the 2004 Olympi...

HARSHDEEP KAPOOR

Born on 18th May 2000, Bhopal’s Harshdeep Kapoor won gold at the U-18 Asia Cup held at Dhaka, ...

Pint-sized dynamo Hasrat Qureshi hails from Gwalior and represented India and the Indian Railways in...

Born on Born on 1st Mar. 2000, Manipur’s Ibungo Sigh Konjengbam won gold at the U-18 As...

Jagbir Singh: The lanky, artistic striker was born on February 20, 1965 and hails from Agra in Uttar...

Born on 1st Jan.1944, Punjab’s Jagjit Singh was from popular Sansarpur. He played hockey for h...

JAIPAL SINGH MUNDA

India’s first Olympic hockey captain Jaipal Singh Munda had been a scholar, politician, Member...

Born on Dec.30, 1989, Jasjit Kullar comes from a hockey nursery Sansarpur. A midfielder, defender an...

Born on 27th Jan 1994, Jaskaran Singh, son of hockey Olympian Rajinder Singh Jr, who is also former ...

JOAQUIM CARVALHO

Born on 16th Aug.1959, Joaquim Martin Carvalho played hockey for both St.Andrew’s High Schoo...

Intelligent inside-forward turned centre-half Jude Felix had a colourful hockey career which still c...

Born on 8th May 1971, Mumbai’s goalkeeper Jude Menezes donned Indian colours for many years be...

K D Singh 'BABU'

Kunwar Digvijay Singh ‘Babu’: Born on February 1, 1920, known universally by his nicknam...

Born on 2nd Sep. 1999, Delhi based Kishore Arya won gold at the U-18 Asia Cup held at Dhaka, Banglad...

Born on 17th August 1992, Khandranghan Kothajit Singh hails from Basihkhong village in eastern Impha...

KRISHAN B PATHAK

Born on 24th April 1997, goalkeeper Krishan B Pathak made his senior international debut in 2018 aft...

KUNWARDILRAJ SINGH

Born on 1st April 1998, Kunwardilraj Singh won gold at the U-18 Asia Cup held at Dhaka, Bangladesh i...

A fearsome defender of his times, Odisha’s Lajrus Barla was born on 4th April 1979. He played ...

LAL SHAH BHOKARI

One of the seven players who won the Inter-Provincial Championship at Kolkata (1932), Lal Shah Bhoka...

Born on 1st Dec. 1993, Uttar Pradesh’s Lalit Upadhyay played in many junior international befo...

LESLIE CLAUDIUS

Born on Dec12, 1927 in Bilaspur (then Central Province, nowadays Madhya Pradesh, pint-sized Leslie C...

Maharaj Krison Kaushik, popularly known as MK Kaushik, hails from Delhi, played for Tata Sports Club...

Born on May 8, 1959, Mumbai’s MM Somaya shone in athletics and football fields before making...

Born on 5th April 1991, M B Aiyappa is yet another gem from the Kodagu region of Karnataka State, wh...

Born on 16th March 1999, Haryana’s Mandeep Mor is a rising star of contemporary national hocke...

MANPREET SINGH Jr.

Born on 21st Aug.1995, Manpreet Singh Jr. represented Indian colts at the 2015 Jr. Asia Cup, 2015 Su...

MANUEL FREDRICKS

A talented goalkeeper from Bangalore, Manuel Fredricks shone under the bar in the 70s. He paired wit...

Son of an international hockey umpire, Chennai’s jewel Md. Riaz established himself as either ...

Born on 14th April 1960, Varanasi’s Md. Shahid is a hockey player extraordinaire. Known for hi...

MERVYN FERNANDIS

Born on 2nd April 1959 in Mumbai, Mervyn was a natural athlete and shone in every sport he played in...

Born on 20th June 1946, the cool-headed defender from the tribal belt of Jharkhand, Michael Kindo ...

Born on 16th Jan. 1998, the college student from Bhopal Md. Farooqwon gold at the U-18 Asia...

Born on 1st June 1964 in Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh, Mohinder Lal represented Agra University in th...

Gifted right winger MP Ganesh is the first player from now popular Coorg region to represent India. ...

Nippy Mukesh Kumar from Hyderabad in Telengana was a flying winger, with terrific speed and accuracy...

Mukhbain Singh: A dogged defender and a penalty corner specialist, Mukhbain Singh was the star of do...

NIKKIN THIMMAIAH

Born on 18th Jan 1991, Karnataka’s Nikkin Thimmaiah made his senior international debut at the...

NILAKANTA SHARMA

Born on 2nd May 1995, Manipur’s Nilakanta Sharma is an impact making midfielder cum forward. H...

NITHIN THIMMAIAH

Another gem of a player from the Kodagu province, Nithin Thimmaiah was born on 18th Jan.1991. The la...

P KRISHNAMURTHY

Born on September 26, 1947, Perumal Krishnamurthy hails from Chennai. A famous right-half of his tim...

Born on 25th Oct.1992, Puliyanda Lokesh Thimmanna studied at St. Joseph’s Indian High school, Beng...

PANKAJ KUMAR RAJAK

Born on 30th March 1999, goalkeeper Pankaj Kumar Rajak won gold at the U-18 Asia Cup held at Dhaka, ...

Born on 3rd June 1992, midfielder Pardeep Mor shone in the junior circuit before making him name i...

PARVINDER SINGH

Born on 10th April 1995, lanky Parvinder Singh played Jr India at the 2015 and 2016 Sultan of Johor ...

Pradhan Somanna

Born on 2nd April 1992, Karnataka’s Pradhan Somanna donned the nation’s colours for the ...

PRITHI PAL SINGH

Defender Prithipal Singh was born at Nanka Sahib (now in Pakistan) on January 28, 1932 and moved to ...

RABICHANDRA SINGH

Born on 3rd July 2001, Manipur’s Rabichandra Singh Moirangthem won gold at the U-18 Asia Cup...

Raghbir Singh Bhola

Born on August 18, 1927 in Multan (now in Pakistan), RS Bhola was a rare example of a good student, ...

Born on 26th Aug.1976, Sonepat’s prodigal son Rajesh Chauhan played for the Air India in the d...

RAJINDER SINGH Jr

Midfielder Rajinder Singh Jr. had his schooling at Govt High School in Sarih, Tehsil Nakodar in Punj...

RAJINDER SINGH Sr.

Indian Railways Rajinder Singh Sr. was a famous defender of the Indian national men’s hockey t...

Born on 1st May 1998, Uttar Pradesh’s Rajkumar Pal hogged the limelight when selected for the ...

RAMANDEEP SINGH Sr

Born in Aug.2, 1976, midfielder Ramandeep Singh of Punjab led India at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. A p...

Ravinder Pal Singh

Born in Sitapur (UP) on 6th September 1960, Ravinder Pal Singh had all his hockey trainings at Meeru...

Born on May 6, 1989, the talented forward hails from Coorg area of Karnataka. SV Sunil was one of th...

Giant of a player, Bangaluru’s Sabu Varkey, an inside-forward, was born on 21st Jan. 1973. The...

Born on 11th Feb.1996, Punjab’s Santa Singh is an up and coming player in the Indian hockey ho...

SAURABH ANAND KHUSHWAHA

Born on 16th Sept. 2005, Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh player Saurabh Anand Khushwaha won gold at the U-...

SHAKEEL AHMAD KHAN

Born on 2nd Nov.1970, Lucknow’s Shakeel Ahmad was among the unending series of talented hockey pla...

Born on 29th July 1997, Shamsher Singh made his senior spurs at the Olympic Test Event, called Get, ...

Triple Olympian Shankar Laxman is a unique player: The goalkeeper donned India’s colours in three ...

Born on 3rd May 2000, Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh player Shivam Anand won gold at the U-18 Asia Cup held...

SIMRANJEET SINGH

Born on 27th Dec.1994, Punjab’s attacker Simranjeet Singh won gold at the home Junior World Cu...

Born on 2nd Dec.1990, Karnataka’s SK Uthappa emerged as a play maker in the mid 2010s and beca...

SUKHBIR SINGH GREWAL

Born on 14th Dec 1975, Chandigarh’s Sukhbir Singh Grewal, SS Grewal to many, was a right-half ...

Born on 20th Dec. 1996, Haryana’s Sumit made his senior international debut at the 2017 Azlan ...

Born on 11th Nov. 2001, Haryana player Sunny Malik won gold at the U-18 Asia Cup held at Dhaka, Bang...

Born on 14th Oct. 1995, Mumbai’s goalkeeper Suraj Karkera made his senior international debut ...

Born on 23rd Nov 1993, Haryana’s Surender Kumar is an established defender with the Men’...

Surinder Singh Sodhi

Born on June 22, 1957, he had his early education at the Doaba Khalsa School in Jalandhar, where he ...

A star of his own right, Surjit Singh shone on the Indian horizon in the 70s and 80s till a cruel ca...

THIRUMALVALAVAN

Born on 27th Nov. 1970, Chennai’s Thirumalvalavan represented India for about six years in whi...

Udham Singh: Born on August 4, 1928, Punjab’s Udham Singh has the unique distinction of playin...

Born in Madanapally in the undivided Andhra Pradesh, Usman Khan represented Tamil Nadu in the domest...

Chennai’s Vasudevan Baskaran hails from a family of hockey players. All his four other players...

Born on 29th Jan 1934, forward Victor John Peter dominated the national scene for more than a decade...

Born on November 1, 1988, VR Raghunath is one in a long line of illustrious hockey players from Coor...

Varinder Singh: One of the pillars of the Indian half-line in the 1970s, Varinder Singh was born on ...

Born on 25th July 1995, Punjab’s Varun Kumar hails from hockey wise popular Mithapur, a hamlet...

Born on 12th Jan.1999, Uttar Pradesh’ Vidhan Patel won gold at the U-18 Asia Cup held at Dha...

Born on 8th May 1995, goalkeeper Vikas Dahiya shot into the nationwide fame when helped India in a c...

VIVEK SAGAR PRASAD

Born on 25th Feb 2000 in Chandon in Hoshangabad District of Madhya Pradesh, Vivek Sagar Prasad is a ...

VJ Phillips: The Parangimalai or St. Thomas’s Mount is a well-known hockey suburb of Chennai and h...

Born on June 12, 1956 in Aligarh, the gifted left-winger shone on the Indian hockey horizon for a de...

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