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{{Infobox field hockey player<br />
| name = Armaan Qureshi<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|1|1|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Gwalior]], [[Madhya Pradesh]],<br/>India<ref>{{cite news|title=Jaypee Punjab Warriors Coach Barry Dancer Made me Believe in my Game: Armaan Qureshi|url=http://www.news18.com/news/sports/warriors-coach-dancer-made-me-believe-in-my-game-armaan-qureshi-1329573.html|accessdate=30 July 2017|work=News18|date=30 December 2016}}</ref><br />
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| position = Forward<br />
| nationalyears1 = 2014–2016<br />
| nationalteam1 = [[India men's nationla under-21 field hockey team|India U21]]<br />
| nationalcaps1 = 11<br />
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| nationalyears2 = 2017–present<br />
| nationalteam2 = [[India men's national field hockey team|India]]<br />
| nationalcaps2 = 15<br />
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{{MedalSport|Men's [[field hockey]]}}<br />
{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIH Junior World Cup|Junior World Cup]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup|2016 Lucknow]]|}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Hockey Junior Asia Cup|Junior Asia Cup]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2015 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup|2015 Kuantan]]|}}<br />
| updated = 29 September 2019<br />
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'''Armaan Qureshi''' (born 1 January 1995) is an Indian [[field hockey]] player who plays as a [[Field hockey#Positions|forward]]. He was part of the Indian squad that won the [[2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup]].<br />
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==Career==<br />
Qureshi played cricket until the age of 12 after which he took up hockey. Upon the insistence of his father Rahman Qureshi, a meat shop owner in [[Gwalior]], he gave trials for [[Sports Authority of India]] hostel in [[Bhopal]] in 2008.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Suchindran|first1=Aravind|last2=Nair|first2=Soorya|title=Butcher’s son offers nourishment|url=http://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/sports/others/butchers-son-offers-nourishment/articleshow/55529671.cms|accessdate=30 July 2017|work=Bangalore Mirror|date=21 November 2016}}</ref> He was coached by Ashok Dhyan Chand, son of [[Dhyan Chand]], in Bhopal.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bhopal: Armaan helps realise his uncle’s dream|url=http://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/bhopal-armaan-helps-realise-his-uncles-dream/990406|accessdate=30 July 2017|work=The Free Press Journal|date=21 December 2016}}</ref> Qureshi's uncle [[Hasrat Qureshi]] also represented India in field hockey in the 1990s.<ref name=espn>{{cite news|last1=Selvaraj|first1=Jonathan|title=I'll have that one: The numbers game|url=http://www.espn.in/field-hockey/story/_/id/18219868/the-numbers-game-junior-hockey-world-cup-lucknow|accessdate=30 July 2017|work=ESPN.in|date=7 December 2016}}</ref><br />
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Qureshi played for [[Delhi Waveriders]] in the 2014 and 2015 seasons of the [[Hockey India League]]. Ahead of the 2016 season, he was picked by the [[Punjab Warriors]] for $4,500, which he has called the turning point of his career.<ref>{{cite news|title=HIL was turning point of my career: Armaan Qureshi|url=http://www.asianage.com/sports/in-other-sports/030117/hil-was-turning-point-of-my-career-armaan-qureshi.html|accessdate=30 July 2017|work=The Asian Age|date=3 January 2017}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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[[Category:1995 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:People from Gwalior]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male field hockey players]]<br />
[[Category:Field hockey players from Madhya Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Male field hockey forwards]]<br />
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