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Ramandeep Singh Grewal was born on 8th August in the year 1971 in Chandigarh, India. In the year 1995, this former midfielder field hockey player made his international debut for the Men`s National Team. At two successive Summer Olympics Singh represented his native country, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. At the 1996 Olympics India finished in eighth place. After four years, he captained the Indian team later in Sydney, Australia and in that tournament India finished at seventh position.
Ramandeep singh is a master degree holder in sceince and is an M.Sc. from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. He presently serves as the Superintendent of Police in the Punjab Police. His current team is Punjab Police team. With his team he has played Senior Nationals on May 1997 at Bangalore and National Games on Jun 1997 held at Bangalore, where they finished at the first position.
In the international circuit as of 16th April 2000, he has played 191 matches. These are:
Olympics --- Sep 2000 - Sydney (7th), CAPTAIN; Jul/Aug 1996 - Atlanta (8th), 3 GOALS
World Cup --- May 1998 - Utrecht (9th)
Champions Trophy --- Dec 1996 - Chennai (4th), 2 GOALS
Asian Games --- Dec 1998 - Bangkok (1st), 2 GOALS
Asia Cup --- Nov 1999 - Kuala Lumpur (3rd)
Indo-Pak Series --- Feb 1999 - Lost 3-6 (played in Indian leg only); Feb/Mar 1998 - Lost 3-4, 1 GOAL.
SAF Games --- 1995 - Chennai (1st)
Commonwealth Games --- Sep 1998 - Kuala Lumpur (4th), 1 GOAL
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup --- Feb 2000 - Kuala Lumpur (3rd), CAPTAIN; 1996 - Ipoh; 1995 - (1st), Scored winning sudden death goal.
Australian Tour --- Apr 2000 - Sydney (3rd in 4-Nation), CAPTAIN; Apr 2000 - Perth (1st in 4-Nation), CAPTAIN; Apr 1998 - Last in 4-Nation Tournament.
European Tour --- Jan 2000 - Barcelona (3rd in 4-Nation), CAPTAIN; Jan 2000 - Canada (1-0-0), Belgium (2-0-1), CAPTAIN; Jun 1999 - Germany (1-3-0), Belgium (3-0-1).
South African Tour --- Aug 1999 - Johannesburg - Lost 0-3-2
Test Series --- Jan 1998 - vs. Germany - Lost 0-3-1
Like other professional hockey player he has never played for a foreign club.
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