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| Full name | Tamil Nadu Dragons |
|---|---|
| Short name | TN Dragons |
| League | Hockey India League |
| Founded | 2024 |
| Colors | |
| Home ground | Chennai |
| Personnel | |
| Captain | TBA |
| Coach |  Rein van Eijk |
| Owner |
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| CEO | Uday Sinh Wala |
| Chairman | Jose Charles Martin |
Tamil Nadu Dragons is a professional field hockey franchise team based in Chennai that competes in the Hockey India League. [1] It is owned by M & C Property Development.
| Player | Nationality | Signed | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | |||
| David Harte |  Ireland | 2024 | ₹32 lakhs |
| Prince Deep Singh |  India | 2024 | ₹5 lakhs |
| Defenders | |||
| Amit Rohidas | India | 2024 | ₹48 lakhs |
| Jip Janssen | Netherlands | 2024 | ₹54 lakhs |
| Kothajit Singh | India | 2024 | ₹10 lakhs |
| Moritz Ludwig |  Germany | 2024 | ₹10 lakhs |
| Anand Y | India | 2024 | ₹5 lakhs |
| Anand Lakra | India | 2024 | ₹5 lakhs |
| Midfielders | |||
| Thies Prinz | Germany | 2024 | ₹18 lakhs |
| Mohammed Raheel Mouseen | India | 2024 | ₹26 lakhs |
| Tom Craig |  Australia | 2024 | ₹20 lakhs |
| Blake Govers | Australia | 2024 | ₹27 lakhs |
| Chandan Yadav | India | 2024 | ₹5 lakhs |
| Sheshe Gowda | India | 2024 | ₹5 lakhs |
| Forwards | |||
| Duco Telgenkamp | Netherlands | 2024 | ₹36 lakhs |
| Selvam Karthi | India | 2024 | ₹24 lakhs |
| Nathan Ephraums | Australia | 2024 | ₹17 lakhs |
| Majji Ganesh | India | 2024 | ₹7.2 lakhs |
| Uttam Singh | India | 2024 | ₹23 lakhs |
| Abharan Sudev | India | 2024 | ₹2 lakhs |
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