Magan Singh Rajvi

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Magan Singh
Personal information
Full name Magan Singh Rajvi
Place of birth Dheengsari, Rajasthan, India
Position(s) Winger/Striker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
RAC Bikaner
Mohun Bagan
East Bengal
Salgaocar
International career‡
1968–1974 India 36 (16 [1] )
Managerial career
2020– Rajasthan United (Technical director)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Asian Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1970 Bangkok Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:30 (UTC), 2 February 2019

Magan Singh Rajvi is a former Indian football player. He hails from Indian state of Rajasthan. He was part of the Indian football team which won bronze medal at the 1970 Asian Games. [2] He also captained the Indian team in 1973 and 1974. He is one of the few and 6th hat trick scorer of India which he scored against Thailand on 23 July 1974 at 1974 Merdeka Cup. [3]

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Personal life

Magan Singh is a retired Superintendent of Police (RAC) Bikaner Range. He is from a village situated 60 km from Bikaner named Dheengsari. He is related to Maharaja Karni Singh of Bikaner, who won Arjun Awarda in 1961 in shooting. His elder brother Chain Singh Rajvi was also an illustrious and accomplished footballer who attended Indian Football team camp and was also the vice-captain of the famous RAC Bikaner Football Team of which Magan Singh was captain. He was additional Superintendent of Police. [4]

International goals

FIFA "A" international statistics

DateVenueOpponentResultCompetitionGoals
4 November 1969 Kuala Lumpur, Malaya Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 3–0 1969 Merdeka Tournament 1 [5]
15 August 1970 Kuala Lumpur, Malaya Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong 3–2 1970 Merdeka Tournament 2 [6]
12 December 1970 Bangkok, Thailand Flag of South Vietnam.svg  South Vietnam 2–0 1970 Asian Games 1 [7]
15 December 1970 Bangkok, Thailand Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 3–0 1970 Asian Games 1 [8]
6 August 1971 Kuala Lumpur, Malaya Flag of Burma (1948-1974).svg  Burma 1–9 1971 Merdeka Tournament 1 [9]
22 March 1972 Rangoon, Burma Flag of Burma (1948-1974).svg  Burma 3–4 1972 Olympic Qualification 1 [10]
26 July 1973 Kuala Lumpur, Malaya Flag of South Vietnam.svg  South Vietnam 2–1 1973 Merdeka Tournament 1 [11]
1 August 1973 Kuala Lumpur, Malaya Flag of the Khmer Republic.svg  Khmer Republic 3–0 1973 Merdeka Tournament 1 [12]
23 July 1974 Perak Stadium, Ipoh Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 4–2 1974 Merdeka Tournament 3 [13]
25 July 1974 Perak Stadium, Ipoh Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 1–4 1974 Merdeka Tournament 1 [14]
29 July 1974 Perak Stadium, Ipoh Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong 2–2 1974 Merdeka Tournament 1 [15]
4 September 1974 Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1–7 1974 Asian Games 1 [16]
6 September 1974 Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 1–4 1974 Asian Games 1 [16]

Non FIFA statistics

DateVenueOpponentResultCompetitionGoals
5 August 1970 Kuala Lumpur, Malaya Flag of Western Australia.svg Western Australia 2–0 1970 Merdeka Tournament 2 [17]

Honours

India

Individual

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