Suraj Karkera (born 14 October 1995) is an Indian

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player who plays as a

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Life and career

Karkera was born on 14 October 1995 in

Bombay Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...

(now Mumbai). He did his schooling at

Children's Academy Children's Academy is a Mumbai-based chain of private co-educational English-medium day schools in Malad and Kandivali in Mumbai. The first school was founded in 1970 by Shri V.V. Bhat in Malad. Currently the schooling of pupils is through a ...

Malad Malad (Pronunciation: aːlaːɖ is a suburb located in North Mumbai. Malad has a railway station on the Western line (Mumbai Suburban Railway) of the Mumbai Suburban Railway, lying between Kandivali station to the north and Goregaon station t ...

and is pursuing a degree in commerce from the Rizvi College, as of 2017. Karkera made his debut for the Indian junior team in 2015 and was a regular member of the team on several tours. He made his senior team debut the following year and was part of India's gold-medal winning squad at the 2017 Asia Cup. He was named the Goalkeeper of the Tournament at the 2021 Asian Champions Trophy where his team won the bronze medal.

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1995 births Living people Field hockey players from Mumbai Indian male field hockey players Male field hockey goalkeepers Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for India {{India-fieldhockey-bio-stub