Dilip Tirkey

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Dileep ("Dilip") Kumar Tirkey (born November 24, 1977 in Savnamara near Sundargarh, Orissa) is a field hockey defender from India, who belongs to the Oraon tribe of Chota Nagpur. He made is international debut for the Indian national team in 1995 against England in the Indira Gandhi Gold Cup.

As the successor of India's most capped player ever, Pargat Singh, Tirkey captained the national squad for almost a decade. He's the only Adivasi to represent India in three Olympic Games, starting in 1996. After the 2004 Summer Olympics, where India finished in seventh place, he is playing in the Netherlands, for HC Klein Zwitserland in the highest league named Hoofdklasse, alongside his fellow countryman Gagan Ajit Singh.

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• Bharatiya Hockey