Armaan Qureshi (born 1 January 1995) is an Indian

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player who plays as a

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. He was part of the Indian squad that won the

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Career

Qureshi played cricket until the age of 12 after which he took up hockey. Upon the insistence of his father Rahman Qureshi, a meat shop owner in

Gwalior Gwalior() is a major city in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh; it lies in northern part of Madhya Pradesh and is one of the Counter-magnet cities. Located south of Delhi, the capital city of India, from Agra and from Bhopal, the s ...

, he gave trials for

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hostel in

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in 2008. He was coached by Ashok Dhyan Chand, son of Dhyan Chand, in Bhopal. Qureshi's uncle Hasrat Qureshi also represented India in field hockey in the 1990s. Qureshi played for

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in the 2014 and 2015 seasons of the

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. Ahead of the 2016 season, he was picked by the

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for $4,500, which he has called the turning point of his career.

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* 1995 births Living people People from Gwalior Indian male field hockey players Field hockey players from Madhya Pradesh Male field hockey forwards {{India-fieldhockey-bio-stub