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{{Short description|Indian field hockey player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox field hockey player
| name = Deepika Soreng
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2003|12|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Jharkhand]], [[India]]
| height =
| weight =
| position = Forward
| years1 =
| clubs1 = Hockey Jharkhand
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 =
| clubs2 = [[Railways Sports Promotion Board|Railways]]
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
| years3 = 2025–
| clubs3 = [[Soorma Hockey Club]]
| caps3 =
| goals3 =
| nationalyears1 = 2023
| nationalteam1 = [[India women's national under-21 field hockey team|India U21]]
| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalgoals1 =
| nationalyears2 = 2022–
| nationalteam2 = [[India women's national field hockey team|India]]
| nationalcaps2 = 6
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Women's [[field hockey]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Women's Hockey Junior Asia Cup|Junior Asia Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2023 Women's Hockey Junior Asia Cup|2023 Japan]]|}}
}}
'''Deepika Soreng''' (born 17 December 2003)<ref name="hockeyindia">{{Cite web |title=Deepika Soreng - Hockey India |url=https://hockeyindia.org/players/deepika-soreng-profile-3246 |access-date=24 January 2025 |website=hockeyindia.org}}</ref> is an Indian [[field hockey]] player from [[Jharkhand]]. She made her senior India debut in 2024 in the FIH Hockey Pro League 2023–24. She plays as a forward for [[Railways Sports Promotion Board|Railway Sports Promotion Board]] and Hockey Jharkhand in the domestic tournaments and for [[Soorma Hockey Club]] in the [[Hockey India League|Hero Hockey India League 2024]].

== Career ==
Soreng made her junior India debut in women's Junior Asia Cup in June 2023 at [[Kakamigahara]], Japan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Deepika Soreng {{!}} India hockey player |url=https://www.fih.hockey/events/others/women/2023-4-nations-junior-womens-invitational-tournament-d-sseldorf-1555/player/deepika-soreng-27314 |access-date=24 January 2025 |website=International Hockey Federation |language=en}}</ref> She scored seven goals in six matches and became the second highest goal scorer of the tournament which India won. In 2023, she also took part in the 4 Nations Junior Women Invitational tournament at Düsseldorf. She was part of the Indian junior team that played the Junior World Cup in 2023 at [[Santiago]]. In 2024, she played the [[FIH Women's Hockey5s World Cup|FIH Hockey5s World Cup]] at [[Oman]] where India won a silver medal.<ref name="hockeyindia"/><ref>{{Cite news |date=25 January 2024 |title=Hockey5s World Cup: Mariana Kujur and Deepika Soreng lead India to victory over USA |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/hockey/top-stories/hockey5s-world-cup-mariana-kujur-and-deepika-soreng-lead-india-to-victory-over-usa/articleshow/107134749.cms |access-date=24 January 2025 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Latest Hockey News and Updates - Hockey India |url=https://www.hockeyindia.org/news/indian-womens-hockey5s-squad-leaves-for-fih-hockey5s-womens-world-cup-oman-2024 |access-date=24 January 2025 |website=www.hockeyindia.org}}</ref>

== Awards ==

* 2023: Asunta Lakra Award for Upcoming Player of the Year 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title="Memorable moment": Deepika Soreng on winning Asunta Lakra Award for Upcoming Player of the Year |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/hockey/memorable-moment-deepika-soreng-on-winning-asunta-lakra-award-for-upcoming-player-of-the-year20240416160448/ |access-date=24 January 2025 |website=ANI News |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Soreng, Deepika}}
[[Category:2003 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian women's field hockey players]]
[[Category:Field hockey players from Jharkhand]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Jharkhand]]
[[Category:Women's field hockey forwards]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportswomen]]

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