![]() Rana in January 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Dabra, Hisar, Haryana, India | 5 May 2001||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hockey Haryana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024– | Kalinga Lancers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2021 | India U21 | 23 | (13) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023– | India | 55 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sanjay Rana (born 5 May 2001) is an Indian hockey player who plays as a defender. [1] He is also one of the second drag flickers for the Indian team which won gold medal in 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou. [2] He is selected to represent India in the 2024 Summer Olympics at Paris. [3] [4]
Rana hails from Dabra village, near Hisar, in Haryana. [5] [3] He played for Chandigarh in his initial years as a junior but later represented Haryana state in the domestic events. [5] From 2011 to 2017, he trained at the Chandigarh Hockey Academy. He is an alumnus of Chandigarh University. [6]