Harmanpreet Singh

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Harmanpreet Singh
Singh in August 2022
Personal information
Born (1996-01-06) 6 January 1996 (age 28)
Amritsar, Punjab, India
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Petroleum Sports Promotion Board
Senior career
Years Team
2014–2017 Dabang Mumbai
2017– Petroleum Sports Promotion Board
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 India U21 35 (32)
2015– India 206 (179)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  India
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Team
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta Team
Asia Cup
Gold medal – first place 2017 Dhaka
Champions Trophy
Silver medal – second place 2016 London
Silver medal – second place 2018 Breda
Asian Champions Trophy
Gold medal – first place 2018 Muscat
Gold medal – first place 2023 Chennai
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Dhaka
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham Team
Hockey World League
Bronze medal – third place 2016–17 Bhubaneswar Team
Junior World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2016 Lucknow
Junior Asia Cup
Gold medal – first place 2015 Kuantan

Harmanpreet Singh is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a defender for and captains the Indian national team. He is a penalty corner specialist and is regarded as one of the best drag flickers in the world.[1][2]

Singh made his debut in the junior national team in 2014 at the Sultan of Johor Cup. After being named player of the tournament at the 2014 edition of the same tournament, he made his senior debut the following year, against Japan. He made his debut at the Olympic Games in 2016. He was instrumental in India's third-place finish at the 2021–22 FIH Pro League, where he ended as top-scorer with 18 goals. He won bronze at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and was also instrumental in his team's silver medal win at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and captained his team to a gold medal win at the 2022 Asian Games.[1] Singh was named Men's Player of the Year at FIH Player of the Year Awards for 2020–2021.[3]

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 Olympics, he was selected for 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup.[4] Singh scored a crucial 66th-minute goal against Spain which helped his team win the match 2-1 and reach the semi-finals. His team won the tournament by defeating Belgium 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 Japan.[5] But he was dropped from the team for next tournament which was the 2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals.[6]

2016

Singh returned to the team for 2016 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.[7] 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 Canada which was won by his team 3–1. He scored only 2 goals in the tournament. His team had a crushing defeat to Australia in the final 4–0.[8]

Harmanpreet was then retained in the squad for 2016 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy.[9] In the 1st match against Germany, scored a goal in the 32nd minute but the match ended in a 3–3 draw and in the next match against Great Britain he scored a goal in the 34th minute which helped his team win the match 2–1. The final against Australia 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.[10] Singh scored 2 goals in the tournament and won the Young Player of the Tournament award.

He was named in the Indian squad for 2016 Olympics.[11][12][13] 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 Belgium in the Quarter-finals 1-3 after barely qualify for knockout stage. Out of 6 games, India 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 2016 Men's Asian Champions Trophy 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 2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.[14][15] He scored 2 goals(27th minute and 47th minute) in the match against New Zealand which was won by his team comfortably 3–0. He then was the lone scorer(26th minute) in the match against Australia 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 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals.[16]

He was selected for 2017 Men's Hockey Asia Cup.[17][18][19] He scored 2 goals in the 35th minute and 48th minute in the 1st match against Japan. India easily won the match 5–1. He again scored 2 goals in the next match against Bangladesh 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 Pakistan 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 Malaysia.[20] He then scored a goal in the 51 minute in the match against Pakistan which was won by his team 4–0 to enter the finals. His team won the tournament by defeating Malaysia 2–1 in the final to win their 3rd title. Harmanpreet was joint high scorer with Malaysian Faizal Saari with 7 goals.[21]

2022–present

In the 2021–22 Pro League match against England, Singh scored his 100th goal. He went to score a hat-trick in the same match helping his team to win the match 4–3.[22] He then scored two goals against Germany which helped his team win the match 3–0. In modern AstroTurf hockey he is just second to Dhanraj Pillay in scoring most international goals for India.[23]

Singh was appointed captain ahead of the 2022–23 season of the Pro League.[24] Singh was retained as captain for the 2023 World Cup.[25] India were knocked out on penalties by New Zealand in the crossover stage, ahead of the quarter-finals,[26] and finished joint ninth after a win over South Africa.[27] However, Singh had a particularly successful year and went on to score 42 goals from 33 matches.[28] On 10 February 2024, he scored twice in the opening match against Spain in the 2023–24 edition of the Pro League. The first was a penalty corner conversion while the second came off a penalty stroke.[29] He scored a match-saving equaliser from another penalty corner conversion in India's next match against the Netherlands, his 200th appearance in national colors. The match ended in a 2–2 draw.[28]

Club career

The young drag-flicker was bought by Dabang Mumbai 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.[30] 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.

International goals

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 6 April 2016 Ipoh, Malaysia  Japan 1–1 2–1 2016 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
2. 10 April 2016  Canada 2–1 3–1
3. 10 June 2016 London, United Kingdom  Germany 3–1 3–3 2016 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy
4. 11 June 2016  Great Britain 2–0 2–1
5. 30 April 2017 Ipoh, Malaysia  New Zealand 2–0 3–0 2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
6. 3–0
7. 2 May 2017  Australia 1–0 1–3
8. 15 June 2017 London, England  Scotland 4–1 4–1 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals
9. 18 June 2017  Pakistan 1–0 7–1
10. 4–0
11. 24 June 2017  Pakistan 5–0 6–1
12. 25 June 2017  Canada 1–1 2–3
13. 2–1
14. 11 October 2017 Dhaka, Bangladesh  Japan 4–1 5–1 2017 Men's Hockey Asia Cup
15. 5–1
16. 13 October 2017  Bangladesh 5–0 7–0
17. 7–0
18. 15 October 2017  Pakistan 3–0 3–1
19. 19 October 2017  Malaysia 2–0 6–2
20. 21 October 2017  Pakistan 2–0 4–0
21. 6 December 2017 Bhubaneswar, India  Belgium 3–2 3–3 (3–2 p) 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final
22. 10 December 2017  Germany 2–1 2–1
23. 7 April 2018 Gold Coast, Australia  Pakistan 2–0 2–2 2018 Commonwealth Games
24. 8 April 2018  Wales 3–2 4–3
25. 10 April 2018  Malaysia 1–0 2–1
26. 2–1
27. 13 April 2018  New Zealand 1–2 2–3
28. 2–3
29. 24 June 2018 Breda, Netherlands  Argentina 1–0 2–1 2018 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy
30. 27 June 2018  Australia 2–3 2–3
31. 28 June 2018  Belgium 1–0 1–1
32. 20 August 2018 Jakarta, Indonesia  Indonesia 9–0 17–0 2018 Asian Games
33. 22 August 2018  Hong Kong 12–0 26–0
34. 21–0
35. 22–0
36. 25–0
37. 28 August 2018  Sri Lanka 2–0 20–0
38. 6–0
39. 9–0
40. 30 August 2018  Malaysia 1–0 2–2 (6–7 p)
41. 1 September 2018  Pakistan 2–0 2–1
42. 18 October 2018 Muscat, Oman  Oman 2–0 11–0 2018 Men's Asian Champions Trophy
43. 21 October 2018  Japan 3–0 9–0
44. 4–0
45. 24 October 2018  South Korea 1–0 4–1
46. 3–1
47. 4–1
48. 2 December 2018 Bhubaneswar, India  Belgium 1–1 2–2 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup
49. 4 December 2018  Canada 1–0 5–1
50. 6 June 2019 Bhubaneswar, India  Russia 4–0 10–0 2018–19 Men's FIH Series Finals
51. 9–0
52. 7 June 2019  Poland 3–1 3–1
53. 14 June 2019  Japan 1–1 7–2
54. 15 June 2019  South Africa 2–0 5–1
55. 3–0
56. 22 February 2020 Bhubaneswar, India  Australia 2–1 2–2 (3–1 p) 2020–21 Men's FIH Pro League
57. 10 April 2020 Buenos Aires, Argentina  Argentina 1–0 2–2 (3–2 p)
58. 2–2
59. 11 April 2020  Argentina 1–0 3–0
60. 24 July 2021 Tokyo, Japan  New Zealand 2–1 3–2 2020 Summer Olympics
61. 3–1
62. 29 July 2021  Argentina 3–1 3–1
63. 30 July 2021  Japan 1–0 5–3
64. 3 August 2021  Belgium 1–1 2–5
65. 5 August 2021  Germany 3–3 5–4
66. 14 December 2021 Dhaka, Bangladesh  South Korea 2–0 2–2 2021 Men's Asian Champions Trophy
67. 15 December 2021  Bangladesh 9–0 9–0
68. 17 December 2021  Pakistan 1–0 3–1
69. 3–1
70. 19 December 2021  Japan 1–0 6–0
71. 5–0
72. 21 December 2021  Japan 2–5 3–5
73. 22 December 2021  Pakistan 1–0 4–3
74. 8 February 2022 Potchefstroom, South Africa  France 1–0 5–0 2021–22 Men's FIH Pro League
75. 9 February 2022  South Africa 1–0 10–2
76. 12 February 2022  France 2–3 2–5
77. 13 February 2022  South Africa 4–1 10–2
78. 7–1
79. 9–2
80. 10–2
81. 26 February 2022 Bhubaneswar, India  Spain 1–1 5–4
82. 5–4
83. 27 February 2022  Spain 2–3 3–4
84. 2 April 2022  England 3–2 3–3 (3–2 p)
85. 3 April 2022  England 2–1 4–3
86. 3–1
87. 4–2
88. 14 April 2022  Germany 1–0 3–0
89. 2–0
90. 11 June 2022 Antwerp, Belgium  Belgium 2–3 3–3 (5–4 p)
91. 18 June 2022 Rotterdam, Netherlands  Netherlands 2–2 2–2 (1–4 p)
92. 31 July 2022 Birmingham, England  Ghana 2–0 11–0 2022 Commonwealth Games
93. 6–0
94. 11–0
95. 1 August 2022  England 4–1 4–4
96. 3 August 2022  Canada 1–0 8–0
97. 6–0
98. 4 August 2022  Wales 1–0 4–1
99. 2–0
100. 3–0
101. 28 October 2022 Bhubaneswar, India  New Zealand 2–3 4–3 2022–23 Men's FIH Pro League
102. 30 October 2022  Spain 1–1 2–3
103. 4 November 2022  New Zealand 1–1 7–4
104. 3–3
105. 6 November 2022  Spain 1–0 2–2 (3–1 p)
106. 2–0
107. 19 January 2023  Wales 4–2 4–2 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup
108. 26 January 2023 Rourkela, India  Japan 5–0 8–0
109. 7–0
110. 28 January 2023  South Africa 2–0 5–2
111. 10 March 2023  Germany 1–0 3–2 2022–23 Men's IFH Pro League
112. 12 March 2023  Australia 1–1 5–4
113. 2–1
114. 5–3
115. 13 March 2023  Germany 4–2 6–3
116. 27 May 2023 London, Great Britain  Great Britain 1–1 4–3
117. 2–3
118. 2 June 2023  Belgium 2–0 5–1
119. 3–0
120. 7 June 2023 Eindhoven, Netherlands  Netherlands 1–0 4–1
121. 8 June 2023  Argentina 2–0 3–0

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