Manpreet Singh Biography
Manpreet Singh, the caption of the Indian senior hockey team, is one of the most important players in this present lineup, and he is an inevitable player of this decade.
He started his international career in 2011 in the junior national hockey team and joined the senior team in 2016, and with his hard grinding, he was awarded the senior team’s captainship.
Let us take a brief look at his rich life.
Dossier
Early Life
Manpreet Singh was born in a farmer’s family in Mithapur in near Jalandhar. It is said that he mastered hockey stick early than a pencil.
His two elder siblings are also well-known hockey players. He was fascinated by the prizes his siblings won.
However, the main reason he chooses hockey as his profession was Pargat Singh, the Indian teams’ caption at that time and he also hailed from Jalandhar, and currently, Pargat Singh is a DSP there.
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| Indian Hockey Player Manpreet Singh Instagram photo |
Family
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| Indian Hockey Player Manpreet Singh and his mom photo |
Manpreet got engaged with Pakistani born Malaysian girl Illi Najwa Siddiqui; he met her after one of his matches in the sultan johar cup. She comes in his every match to cheer him.
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| Indian Hockey Player Manpreet Singh with his wife photo |
Sports Career(Junior)
In 2013’s Men’s hockey junior world cup, he was named the caption of the junior Indian national men’s hockey team.
Under his captainship, India won gold in the sultan johar cup, which was held in 2013. In the finals, India won against Malaysia 0-3, in which Manpreet also scored a goal.
In 2014, Manpreet Singh was named as junior player of the year by the Asian hockey federation.
Sports Career(senior)
Most Crucial Moment
So he went back to India to perform the final rituals and cremation. Australian players showed respect and performed two minutes of silence for his father and wore black bands while playing. India lost that match.
Manpreet came back before the important game against Pakistan, which India won and Manpreet himself scored a goal. India ends that tournament with a silver medal.
Achievements
- Silver medal at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games
- Gold medal at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games
- Silver medal at the 2016 Men’s Hockey Championships in London
- Gold medal at the 2017 Asia Cup
- Bronze medal at the 2017 Hockey World League
- Silver medal at the 2018 Champions Trophy
- Bronze medal at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games
- Gold medal at the 2018 Asian Champions Trophy
Awards
- Arjuna Award 2018
- TOISA 2018
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