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'''Amarendra Nayak''' (born 21 March 2003)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2025-02-26 |title=Amarendra Nayak (India) - Basketball Stats, Height, Age {{!}} FIBA Basketball |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/players/252198-amarendra-nayak#career-stats |access-date=2025-02-27 |website=www.fiba.basketball |language=en}}</ref> is an Indian basketball player from [[Odisha]]. He plays for the [[India men's national basketball team]] and for the [[Chandigarh]] and [[Indian Railways]] team in the domestic tournaments as a forward. He also plays 3x3 basketball and represented Panjim Thunderbots in the 2024 Goa Basketball League 3x3.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=FIBA3x3 Confirmed profile - Amarendra Nayak |url=https://play.fiba3x3.com/embed/players/fe7af9c8-4909-4adf-9dc4-af0123aa2a70/activity |access-date=27 February 2025 |website=Play.FIBA3x3.com}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Nayak is from [[Cuttack]], Odisha but resides in Chandigarh. He is the son of Swarnalatha and Satyabrata Naya, a former Odisha basketball player. Due to his father's Railway job, he spent his childhood in Kolkata but later moved to Chandigarh. He is educated at Sri Guru Gobind College, Chandigarh. In 2022, he joined Indian Railways. He never played for his home state, Odisha.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Orisports Personalities - Amarendra Nayak |url=https://www.orisports.com/PersonDetails.aspx?pId=NTY1Ng== |access-date=2025-02-27 |website=OriSports.com}}</ref> He is a Grade A player and received monthly remuneration from [[Basketball Federation of India]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Basketball Federation of India to offer monthly remuneration to top 40 players |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/bfi-to-offer-monthly-remuneration-to-top-40-players-3250530 |access-date=2025-02-27 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Nayak captained the Chandigarh team which won a silver medal at the 71st Junior National Basketball Championship in Indore in January 2022.<ref name=":2" /> He also represented Indian Railways in the 4th 3x3 Senior National Basketball Championship 2024 held in January 2025.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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He played for the junior India team in the [[FIBA Under-16 Asian Championship|FIBA U16 Asian Championship]] SABA Qualifier in 2019. He made his senior India debut against Jordan at the 2021 [[FIBA Basketball World Cup]] 2023 Asian Qualifiers in August 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Venkat |first=Rahul |date=26 August 2022 |title=FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Asian Qualifiers: India go down 80-64 to Jordan |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/news/fiba-basketball-world-cup-2023-asian-qualifiers-2nd-round-india-vs-jordan |access-date=27 February 2025 |website=Olympics.com}}</ref> He represented the Indian senior team in the 2022 FIBA Asia Cup<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-10 |title=Asia Cup 2022: Odisha Basketballer Amarendra Nayak Makes India cut |url=https://odishabytes.com/asia-cup-2022-odisha-basketballer-amarendra-nayak-makes-india-cut/ |access-date=2025-02-27 |website=Odisha Bytes |language=en-GB}}</ref> and the [[FIBA Asia Cup]] 2025 qualifiers held at Kazakhstan and New Delhi in February 2024.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-02-20 |title=Amritpal to lead India for Asia Cup basketball qualifiers in Kazakhstan, New Delhi |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/amritpal-to-lead-india-for-asia-cup-basketball-qualifiers-in-kazakhstan-new-delhi/articleshow/107839968.cms |access-date=2025-02-27 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=R |first=Gopalakrishnan |title=FIBA Asia Cup 2025 Qualifiers: India Men's Preliminary Roster Announced |url=https://www.ekalavyas.com/p/fiba-asia-cup-2025-qualifiers-india-142 |access-date=2025-02-27 |website=www.ekalavyas.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:2003 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Indian men's basketball players]]<br />
[[Category:Basketball players from Chandigarh]]<br />
[[Category:People from Cuttack]]<br />
[[Category:Sportspeople from Odisha]]<br />
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