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 India’s
best foot forward in hockey - Dhanraj Pillai.
One of India’s best centre forwards in hockey history, he
is highly respected by rival teams.
He is the recipient of the Arjuna Puraskar (1995) and the
K.K. Birla Award (1998-99) for excellence in Sports. He was
also the highest goal scorer in the Bangkok Asian Games. He
was the only Indian player to figure in the World Eleven
side during the 1994 World Cup at Sydney.
 Playing
for Mahindra & Mahindra in the domestic circuit, he was
chosen the Man of the Final in the Murugappa Gold Cup in
1999. He has also played for foreign clubs like the Indian
Gymkhana (London), FC Lyon (France), Selangor (Kuala
Lumpur), Abhahani Limited (Dhaka) and Stuttgart Kickers
(Stuttgart).
He was part of the team, which came first in the
four-nation tourney in Perth, Australia (2000) and the SAF
games in Chennai (1995).
His dream is to be part of an Olympic Gold medal winning
team.
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