Viren Rasquinha

Viren Rasquinha

Viren Wilfred Rasquinha (born September 13, 1980) is the captain of India's national field hockey team. He is from Bombay. His local team is the Maratha Warriors. The midfielder made his international senior debut in May 2002, at a Four Nation Tournament in Adelaide. He studied at the St. Stanislaus High School [cite web|url=http://mangalorean.com/circle/browsearticles.php?arttype=star&profileid=10|title=Viren Rasquinha Interview|accessdate=2007-06-12] , and was a member of the Indian team that finished seventh at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.Viren announced his retirement from hockey on 15th january,2008 to pursue management studies at ISB,hyderabad. His brother Pravin was the former Sports Leader for the year 1993-1994 in St. Stanislaus.

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* [http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/yuvasena/viren.htm]


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