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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian field hockey player}}<br />
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{{Infobox field hockey player<br />
| name = Rabichandra Singh Moirangthem<br />
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| full_name = Rabichandra Singh Moirangthem<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2001|08|03|df=y}} <br />
| birth_place = [[Moirang]], [[Manipur]], India<br />
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| position = Midfielder <br />
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| clubs1 = Manipur Hockey<br />
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| clubs2 = Petroleum Sports Promotion Board<br />
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| years3 = 2024–<br />
| clubs3 = [[Kalinga Lancers]]<br />
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| nationalyears1 = 2018<br />
| nationalteam1 = [[India men's national under-18 field hockey team|India U18]]<br />
| nationalcaps1 = 14<br />
| nationalgoals1 = 10<br />
| nationalyears2 = 2017–2021<br />
| nationalteam2 = [[India men's national under-21 field hockey team|India U21]]<br />
| nationalcaps2 = 23<br />
| nationalgoals2 = 1<br />
| nationalyears3 = 2022–<br />
| nationalteam3 = [[India men's national field hockey team|India]]<br />
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'''Rabichandra Singh Moirangthem''' (born 3 August 2001)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rabichandra Singh Moirangthem Profile |url=https://www.hockeyindia.org/players/rabichandra-singh-moirangthem-profile-4456 |access-date=2023-12-13 |website=Hockey India |language=en}}</ref> is an Indian [[field hockey]] player from Manipur.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-11-15 |title=Rabichandra Singh: From dodging mom to watch hockey to donning India colours |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/hockey/rabichandra-singh-from-dodging-mom-to-watch-hockey-to-donning-india-colours-101668526543750.html |access-date=2023-12-13 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref> He plays as a midfielder for the [[India men's national field hockey team|Indian national team]] and represents Petroleum Sports Promotion Board in the domestic tournaments.<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Rabichandra is from Thoya Leikai village in [[Moirang]], Manipur. His is born to Bheigyabati Devi and late Nimai Singh. His father died in 2016. He was the youngest of four siblings. His elder brother Devid Singh, who was a state hockey player, joined Indian Army to meet the family's financial needs.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Rabichandra started playing hockey at the age of 10, when he attended a coaching camp at the All Moirang Hockey Association, [[Moirang]]. After the camp, the coach took his for trials at the [[Sports Authority of India]] training centre (SAI) hostel in Imphal, where he was selected as an inmate in 2012. He played for SAI, Imphal till 2016. During the Sub-Junior Nationals at Imphal, he was spotted to attend the selection trials for National Hockey Academy at [[Delhi]]. He passed the trials and joined the academy. After the Junior World Cup, he was given a three-year scholarship from 2019 to 2022 by the Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB). He also played the [[2022 Men's FIH Hockey5s|FIH Hockey5s]] and got a gold for India at Lausanne in June 2022.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Hockey player Rabichandra Moirangthem greeted with fanfare |url=https://www.ifp.co.in/sports/hockey-player-rabichandra-moirangthem-greeted-with-fanfare |access-date=2023-12-13 |website=Imphal Free Press |language=en}}</ref> He was felicitated by the Manipur government after his return from [[Lausanne]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><br />
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== Senior India career ==<br />
Rabichandra was selected for the Senior India National camp in January 2022 and made the cut to make his Senior India debut two months later [[2022–23 Men's FIH Pro League|FIH Pro League]] tie against Argentina in March 2022.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-03-16 |title=Moirangthem Rabichandra Singh to make debut, Gurjant Singh returns in Indian hockey team for Argentina tie |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/hockey/top-stories/moirangthem-rabichandra-singh-to-make-debut-gurjant-singh-returns-in-indian-hockey-team-for-argentina-tie/articleshow/90263775.cms |access-date=2023-12-13 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> He also played for India in the Hockey 5s format and was part of the team that won gold at the inaugural edition of Hero Hockey five-a-side Championship at Lausanne in June 2022.<ref name=":1"/> He also represented senior India in the FIH Hockey Pro League (M) for the years 2021–22, 2022–23 and 2023–24.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=MOIRANGTHEM Rabichandra {{!}} India hockey player |url=https://www.fih.hockey/events/fih-pro-league/teams/men/player/moirangthem-rabichandra-18693 |access-date=2023-12-13 |website=International Hockey Federation |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Junior India debut ==<br />
Rabichandra was selected for the Junior national camp in 2017<ref name=":0" /> and made his India debut at the Sultan of Johor Cup in October. He then played the [[Field hockey at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' tournament|3rd Youth Olympic Games 2018]] and was part of the Silver-winning Indian junior team where he scored four goals.<ref name=":2" /> Later, he represented India in the [[2023 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup|FIH Odisha Hockey Men's Junior World Cup Bhubaneswar 2021]], where India finished fourth.<ref name=":2" /><br />
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