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P. R. Sreejesh

P. R. Sreejesh
Sreejesh in August 2024
Personal information
Full nameParattu Raveendran Sreejesh
NicknameGreat Wall of India [1]
Born (1988-05-08) 8 May 1988 (age 36)
Kochi, Kerala, India
Field hockey career
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 90 kg (198 lb)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Physical Education & Sports, Kerala
Senior career
Years Team
2005–2011 Chandigarh Comets
2011–2013 Indian Overseas Bank
2013–2014 Mumbai Magicians
2015–2017 Uttar Pradesh Wizards
2017–2024 Physical Education & Sports, Kerala
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2004–2006 India U21
2006–2024 India 336 (0)
Coaching career
2024–present India U21
Medal record

Parattu Raveendran Sreejesh (born 8 May 1988) is an Indian field hockey coach and former player. He was the captain of the national team and played as a goalkeeper.[2] Since 2024, he is the head coach of the India men's national U-21 team. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest goal keepers in the history of field hockey.[3] Sreejesh played a vital role in the Indian national team's bronze medal wins at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics.[4] He won the best male goalkeeper award at the FIH Awards in 2020, 2022, and 2024.[5]

He was a part of the teams that won gold at the 2014 and 2022 Asian Games.[6] Sreejesh played for the Mumbai Magicians and Uttar Pradesh Wizards in Hockey India League.

  1. ^ "PR Sreejesh: The Great Wall of Indian Hockey who helped India script history in Paris Olympics". The Economic Times. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  2. ^ Team GB’s hockey hurt goes on after painful Olympic defeat by 10-man India - The Guardian, 4 August 2024
  3. ^ "Sreejesh Parattu Raveendran". Hockey India. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Meet PR Sreejesh, India's talismanic goalkeeper who led them to first Olympic medal in 41 years". India Today. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Hockey: India sweeps FIH annual awards". The Times of India. 6 October 2021. Archived from the original on 3 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Asian Games Results". 2022 Asian Games, Hangzhou. Archived from the original on 8 October 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.

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