Harmanpreet Singh is an Indian

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player who plays as a defender for the Indian national team and also captains the national team. He was part of the hockey team that won the bronze medal for India in Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games. He was named in the Indian squad for the

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. He was named men's 'Player of the Year' at

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for the year 2020–2021. and 2021–2022.

Junior career

Singh made his debut for India Junior Team against New Zealand. He scored 9 goals at the 2014 Sultan of Johor Cup. His team won the tournament by defeating Great Britain 2–1 in the final. For his outstanding performances he was awarded Man of the Tournament Award. He scored 4 goals at 2015 Sultan of Johor Cup. Unfortunately his team lost in the final to Great Britain in penalties 3-4 after a 2–2 draw. He was the member of the team which won 2015 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup. He was the highest goalscorer of the tournament, he scored 14 goals. After his debut appearance at the

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, he was selected for 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup. Singh scored a crucial 66th-minute goal against

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which helped his team win the match 2-1 and reach the semi-finals. His team won the tournament by defeating

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in the final 2–1. He scored 3 goals in the tournament.

Senior career

2015

Harmanpreet Singh received his maiden call-up for senior team in April 2015 when he was selected for the 3 match bilateral series against

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. But he was dropped from the team for next tournament which was the 2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals.

2016

Singh returned to the team for 2016 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. He scored his 1st ever goal for national team against the Japanese team which helped his team win the match 2–1. He then scored one goal in the match against

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which was won by his team 3–1. He scored only 2 goals in the tournament. His team had a crushing defeat to

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in the final 4–0. Harmanpreet was then retained in the squad for 2016 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy. In the 1st match against

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, scored a goal in the 32nd minute but the match ended in a 3–3 draw and in the next match against

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he scored a goal in the 34th minute which helped his team win the match 2–1. The final against

ended in a 0–0 draw. In the penalty shootout only Harmanpreet managed to score. His team lost the final in 3–1 on penalties. Singh scored 2 goals in the tournament and won the Young Player of the Tournament award. He was named in the Indian squad for

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. Harmanpreet gave a disappointing performance at the Rio Olympics 2016. He failed to score a single goal. His coach claimed that he had unperformed and had not done justice to the outstanding talent and prowess that he possessed as a player. His team lost to

in the Quarter-finals 1-3 after barely qualify for knockout stage. Out of 6 games,

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managed to win only 2 but lost out on 3, which was a disappointing conclusion to their Olympics’ campaign. He was dropped from the team for

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and 4 Nations Invitational Tournament after a disastrous Olympics campaign.

2017

After his good performances at the 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup, Singh again returned to the national team for

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. He scored 2 goals(27th minute and 47th minute) in the match against

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which was won by his team comfortably 3–0. He then was the lone scorer(26th minute) in the match against

which his team lost 1–3. He scored 3 goals in the tournament and his team finished 3rd. Harmanpreet Singh was named in squad for

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. He was selected for

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. He scored 2 goals in the 35th minute and 48th minute in the 1st match against

. India easily won the match 5–1. He again scored 2 goals in the next match against

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in the 28th and 47th minute. Hus team again easily win the match 7–0. He then scored a goal in the 45th minute of match against arch-rivals

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which was also won by his team 3–1. His team topped the Pool and qualified for Super 4s stages. He scored a goal in the 19th minute in a thrashing win over of 6–1 over

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. He then scored a goal in the 51 minute in the match against

which was won by his team 4–0 to enter the finals. His team won the tournament by defeating

2–1 in the final to win their 3rd title. Harmanpreet was joint high scorer with Malaysian

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with 7 goals.

2022

In 2021–22 Men's FIH Pro League match against

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, Harmanpreet scored his 100th goal. He went to score a Hat-trick in the same match which helped his team to win the match 4–3. He then scored 2 goals in the match against

which helped his team win the match 3–0.

Club career

The young drag-flicker was bought by

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for $51000 in the 2015 Hockey India League, he scored 5 goals in his first edition. He went on to win the Ponty Chadha award for the most promising player of the tournament in 2015. Mumbai Dabangs retained him for the 2016 edition. He scored only 2 goals in the whole season but his good defensive skills helped to retain him. He scored 6 goals in 2017 edition. He won the Upcoming Player of the Tournament award.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Harmanpreet 1996 births Living people Field hockey players from Amritsar Indian male field hockey players Male field hockey defenders Olympic field hockey players of India Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2018 Asian Games 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players Asian Games bronze medalists for India Asian Games medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Olympic bronze medalists for India Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for India Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Recipients of the Arjuna Award 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games