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{{Infobox field hockey player<br />
|name=Ignacious Tirkey<br />
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|birth_date={{birth date and age|1981|05|10|df=yes}}<br />
|birth_place=Lulkidihi, [[Sundergarh district|Sundergarh]], [[Odisha]], India<br />
|death_date=<br />
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|height=<br />
|position=[[Field hockey#Positions|Fullback]]<br />
|currentclub=<br />
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|clubs1=[[Services Sports Control Board|Services]]<br />
|years1=<br />
|caps(goals)1=<br />
|clubs2=[[Chennai Veerans]]<br />
|years2=2005–?<br />
|caps(goals)2=<br />
|clubs3=[[Orissa Steelers]]<br />
|years3=2007–2008<br />
|caps(goals)3=<br />
|nationalteam1=[[India men's national field hockey team|India]]<br />
|nationalyears1=2001–2012<br />
|nationalcaps(goals)1=250+<br />
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{{MedalCompetition|[[Field hockey at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[2002 Asian Games|2002 Busan]]|[[Field hockey at the 2002 Asian Games|Team]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Men's Hockey Asia Cup|Asia Cup]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2003 Men's Hockey Asia Cup|2003 Kuala Lumpur]]|Team}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2007 Men's Hockey Asia Cup|2007 Chennai]]|Team}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Hockey Champions Trophy|Asian Champions Trophy]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2011 Asian Men's Hockey Champions Trophy|2011 Ordos]]|Team}}<br />
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'''Ignacious''' "'''Ignace'''" '''Tirkey''' is an Indian [[field Hockey]] player. He plays as a [[Field hockey#Positions|Fullback]] and has captained the [[India men's national field hockey team|Indian team]].<ref name="captain">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/05/03/stories/2004050301922100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040604194730/http://www.hindu.com/2004/05/03/stories/2004050301922100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 June 2004|title=IHF ignores Dhanraj Pillay |date=3 May 2004|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=26 January 2010}}</ref><br />
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He also serves the Madras Engineering Group (Madras Sappers corps of engineers) [[Indian army]] as a commissioned officer. He holds the rank of [[Captain]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Ignace Tirkey's younger brother [[Prabodh Tirkey]] also represented India in hockey. He is a product of Panposh Sports Hostel, [[Rourkela]] where he was spotted by [[Indian Army]] to help him pursue his career.<br />
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==Career==<br />
Tirkey made his debut for the national side in February 2001 at the Akbar el Yom Tournament in [[Cairo]] against [[Belgium men's national field hockey team|Belgium]]. He was a member of Indian team that participated in the [[2004 Summer Olympics|Athens Olympic]] in 2004, where India finished seventh. In club hockey, Tirkey played for [[Services Sports Control Board|Services]].<br />
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He is most remembered for his goal that he scored between [[Pakistan men's national field hockey team|Pakistan]]'s ace striker, [[Sohail Abbas]]'s legs in the final minutes of 2003 [[Men's Hockey Asia Cup|Asia Cup]] final to give India the winning lead after both teams were locked at 2-2 (India eventually added a 4th goal in the last minute). The match won India its first gold in Asia Cups.<ref>{{cite news |title= India win Asia Cup |url= http://www.rediff.com/sports/2003/sep/28hock.htm |publisher= Rediff |date= 28 September 2003 |access-date= 14 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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Another highlight of his was in the Muruguppa Gold Cup in Aug 2001, where he scored a golden goal to win final, and thereafter in December 2002 during the [[National Games of India|National Games]] in [[Hyderabad]].<br />
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==Awards==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
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!|S.No.<br />
!|Awards<br />
!|Year<br />
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|1 || [[Padma Shree]]<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> || 2010<br />
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|2 || [[Arjuna Award]] || 2009<br />
|-<br />
|3 || [[Ekalavya Puraskar]] || 2003<br />
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|4 || [[Services Sportsman of the Year]] || 2004<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.orisports.com/PersonDetails.aspx?pId=NDE= Ignace Tirkey] at Orisports<br />
* [http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/khiladi/ignace.htm Ignace Tirkey] at bharatiyahockey.org<br />
*{{Olympedia}}<br />
* {{ Cite sports-reference |title = Ignace Tirkey |url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ti/ignace-tirkey-1.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418110649/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ti/ignace-tirkey-1.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = 18 April 2020 |access-date = 14 September 2013 }}<br />
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