S. V. Sunil
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Full name | Somwarpet Vittalacharya Sunil | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Kodagu, Karnataka, India |
6 May 1989 |||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Halfback | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||
–2008 | Bangalore Hi-Fliers | |||||||||||||||||||||||
–present | Services | |||||||||||||||||||||||
–present | IOCL | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–present | Punjab Warriors | 13 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007–present | India | 166 | (56) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Infobox last updated on: 10 November 2015 |
Somwarpet Vittalacharya Sunil (born 6 May 1989) is an Indian professional field hockey player.[1] He represented India during the 2012 London Olympics.
Early life
Sunil was born on 6 May 1989 to Vittalacharya and Shanta in the Kodagu district of Karnataka. At the age of four, he lost his mother. His father worked as a carpenter and his brother, a goldsmith.[2] Born to a poor family, he used bamboo for hockey stick during his younger days.[3]
Career
Sunil made his senior international debut in the 2007 Asia Cup in Chennai, the tournament that India won.[1] He was also a part of the team that won the silver at the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in 2008. The 2011 Champion's Challenge was an early high point in his career in which he scored four goals, the most by an Indian forward.[1]
Hockey India League
In the inaugural auctions of the Hockey India League, Sunil was bought by the Punjab franchise for USD 42,000[4] with his base price being USD 13,900. The Punjab team was named Punjab Warriors.
References
External links
- Use Indian English from August 2013
- All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English
- Use dmy dates from August 2013
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Indian field hockey players
- Olympic field hockey players of India
- People from Kodagu district
- Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Asian Games medalists in field hockey
- Field hockey players at the 2014 Asian Games
- Field hockey players from Karnataka
- Male field hockey players