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{{Short description|Indian field hockey player}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox field hockey player
| name = Karthi Selvam
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2001|09|01|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Ariyalur]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
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| position = [[Field hockey#Positions|Forward]]
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| nationalyears1 = 2018–2022
| nationalteam1 = [[India men's national under-21 field hockey team|India U21]]
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| nationalyears2 = 2022–
| nationalteam2 = [[India men's national field hockey team|India]]
| nationalcaps2 = 35
| nationalgoals2 = 13
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{{MedalSport|Men's [[field hockey]]}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[[Men's Hockey Asia Cup|Asia Cup]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2022 Men's Hockey Asia Cup|2022 Jakarta]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Men's Asian Champions Trophy|Asian Champions Trophy]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2023 Men's Asian Champions Trophy|2023 Chennai]]|}}
| updated = 8 June 2022
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'''Karthi Selvam''' (born 1 September 2001) is an Indian [[field hockey]] player who plays as a [[Field hockey#Positions|forward]]. He was a member of the [[India men's national field hockey team|India national team]] that played in the [[2022 Men's Hockey Asia Cup|2022 Asia Cup]].

== Early life ==
Karthi hails from [[Ariyalur]], a town in the Indian [[States and union territories of India|State]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]. His father Selvam works as a security guard at a government-run college. Karthi is the second of three children.<ref name="hi1">{{cite web |title=For Junior Men's Hockey Striker S Karthi, hopes are pinned on hockey for a financially stable life |url=https://www.hockeyindia.org/news/for-junior-mens-hockey-striker-s-karthi-hopes-are-pinned-on-hockey-for-a-financially-stable-life |website=Hockey India |access-date=23 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523113055/https://www.hockeyindia.org/news/for-junior-mens-hockey-striker-s-karthi-hopes-are-pinned-on-hockey-for-a-financially-stable-life |archive-date=23 May 2022 |language=en |date=9 January 2021}}</ref>

Karthi trained as a hockey player at the Sports Hostel for Excellence in [[Kovilpatti]], which functioned under Sports Development Authority, the official sports organ of the government of Tamil Nadu. As of 2022, he was student at the SS Duraisamy Mariammal Arts College near Kovilpatti pursuing his graduation.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dass |first1=S. Godson Wisely |title=Two Kovilpatti players make it into Indian hockey squad |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2022/may/12/twokovilpatti-players-make-it-into-indian-hockey-squad-2452500.html |access-date=23 May 2022 |work=The New Indian Express |date=12 May 2022}}</ref>

== Career ==
In 2018, Karthi was included in the [[India men's national under-21 field hockey team|India national under-21 team]] after a series of good performances for Tamil Nadu in the Junior National Championships.<ref name="hi1"/> In May 2022, he was named in India's squad for the [[2022 Men's Hockey Asia Cup|Asia Cup]]. Alongside Mareeswaran Sakthivel, he was the first to be selected for the Indian national team from Tamil Nadu in 13 years.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ashok |first1=M. |title=Asia Cup 2022: In Tamil Nadu, All Eyes Are On Two Youngsters Who Ended A 13-Year Hockey Drought |url=https://news.abplive.com/tamil-nadu/asia-cup-2022-hockey-begins-today-who-are-tn-youngsters-who-ended-a-13-year-drought-know-details-ind-vs-pak-hockey-match-1533083 |access-date=23 May 2022 |work=news.abplive.com |date=23 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref> Karthi scored on debut in the opening match against [[Pakistan men's national field hockey team|Pakistan]] in the 9th minute. The match ended in a 1–1 draw.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hockey, Asia Cup: In a game with wasted chances, Pakistan’s last minute goal holds India to 1-1 draw |url=https://scroll.in/field/1024606/hockey-asia-cup-in-a-game-with-wasted-chances-pakistans-last-minute-goal-holds-india-to-1-1-draw |access-date=24 May 2022 |work=Scroll.in |date=23 May 2022}}</ref> India finished third defeating [[Japan men's national field hockey team|Japan]] 1–0.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nalwala |first1=Ali Asgar |title=Asia Cup hockey: Rajkumar Pal’s solitary goal secures bronze medal for India |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/asia-cup-hockey-2022-bronze-medal-playoff-india-vs-japan-result |access-date=8 June 2022 |work=olympics.com |date=1 June 2022}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.hockeyindia.org/players/s-karthi-profile-4463 Selvam Karthi] profile at [[Hockey India]]

{{India FH Squad 2022 Asia Cup}}

[[Category:2001 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Ariyalur district]]
[[Category:Indian men's field hockey players]]
[[Category:Field hockey players from Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Men's field hockey forwards]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportsmen]]

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Haresh Kathrotiya at 06:21, 13 April 2026