 Salima Tete at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 27 December 2001 Simdega, Jharkhand, India | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Railways | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| Hockey Jharkhand | |||
| Railways | |||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| India U21 | |||
| 2016– | India | 107 | (15) |
Salima Tete (born 26 December 2001) is an Indian field hockey player. [1] [2]
Tete is from a village in the Simdega district of Jharkhand. Both her parents work as farmers. Her father also played hockey. [3]
She made her debut for the national side in 2017 against Belarus. [4]
At the 2018 Youth Olympic games, she was the captain of the Indian side, which went on to win a silver medal. [5]
In 2021, she was selected in the Indian squad for the Tokyo Olympics. [6]
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