A. B. Subbaiah
Indian field hockey player and coach
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Anjaparavanda Bopaiah Subbaiah (born 8 August 1970) is a former Indian field hockey goalkeeper and coach.[1][2][3][4][5] He competed in the men's tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[6]
Full name
Anjaparavanda Bopaiah Subbaiah
Born
8 August 1970
Madikeri, Kodagu district
Karnataka, India
Madikeri, Kodagu district
Karnataka, India
Years
Team
1987–2007
Air India
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Anjaparavanda Bopaiah Subbaiah | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
8 August 1970 Madikeri, Kodagu district Karnataka, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1987–2007 | Air India | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1998 | India | 100+ | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
Career
Subbaiah has participated in the Commonwealth Games.[4] He was part of the 1998 gold-winning Asian Games Indian team. He is a recipient of the Arjuna Award.[9] Between 1988 and 1998, he took part in 285 international matches.[8][5][10][11][12][13] He represented and captained the Indian hockey team between the years 1987 and 2007.[8]
Awards
Subbaiah was conferred with an honorary doctorate from the Mangalore University by Hans Raj Bhardwaj, Governor of Karnataka.[5]