Magan Singh Rajvi
Magan Singh Rajvi is a former Indian football player. He hails from Indian state of Rajasthan. He was part of the Indian football team which won bronze medal at the 1970 Asian Games.[2] He also captained the Indian team in 1973 and 1974. He is one of the few and 6th hat trick scorer of India which he scored against Thailand on 23 July 1974 at 1974 Merdeka Cup.
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Full name | Magan Singh Rajvi | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Dheengsari, Rajasthan, India | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Winger/Striker | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
RAC Bikaner | |||||||||||||||||
Mohun Bagan | |||||||||||||||||
East Bengal | |||||||||||||||||
Salgaocar | |||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
1968–1974 | India | 36 | (16[1]) | ||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
2020– | Rajasthan United (Technical director) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:30 (UTC), 2 February 2019 |
Personal life
Magan Singh is a retired Superintendent of Police (RAC) Bikaner Range. He is from a village situated 60 km from Bikaner named Dheengsari. He is related to Maharaja Karni Singh of Bikaner, who won Arjun Awarda in 1961 in shooting. His elder brother Chain Singh Rajvi was also an illustrious and accomplished footballer who attended Indian Football team camp and was also the vice-captain of the famous RAC Bikaner Football Team of which Magan Singh was captain. He was additional Superintendent of Police.
International goals
FIFA "A" international statistics
Non FIFA statistics
Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Competition | Goals |
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5 August 1970 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaya | Western Australia | 2–0 | 1970 Merdeka Tournament | 2 [15] |
Honours
India
- Asian Games Bronze Medal: 1970[16]
- Merdeka Tournament third place: 1970[17]
Individual
- Received Arjuna Award in 1973 for his achievements as a football player.[18][19][20]
See also
References
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- Ghoshal, Amoy. "Indian football team at the Asian Games: 1974 Tehran". Sportskeeda.com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
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- "The Indian Senior Team at the 1970 Merdeka Cup". indiafootball.de. IndiaFootball. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- "LIST OF ARJUNA AWARD WINNERS - Football | Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports". yas.nic.in. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Archived from the original on 25 December 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2007.
- "List of Arjuna Awardees (1961–2018)" (PDF). Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (India). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- Chaudhuri, Arunava (2000). "National Award winning Footballers". indianfootball.de. IndianFootball. Archived from the original on 1 October 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
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