Ranchi Rhinos
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| Full name | Ranchi Rhinos | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Rhinos | ||
| Founded | 2012 | ||
| Dissolved | 2014 | ||
| Home ground | Astroturf Hockey Stadium Ranchi, Jharkhand, India (Capacity 6,000) | ||
| Personnel | |||
| Coach | Gregg Clark | ||
| Owner | Asia Sports Ventures PVT LTD. | ||
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Ranchi Rhinos was a professional field hockey team based in Ranchi, Jharkhand, that played in the Hockey India League. The team won the inaugural season of Hockey India League defeating Delhi Waveriders by 2-1. It was owned by Patel-Uniexcel Group. South African Gregg Clark was the head coach for the team, assisted by Baljit Singh Saini.[1] German midfielder, two time Olympic champion, Moritz Fürste is the captain of the team.[2] It was dissolved in 2014 after its owners had a dispute with HIL management. It was replaced by Ranchi Rays.
Coaching staff
The goalkeeping coach of South Africa, David Staniforth, acted as the goalkeeping coach and video analyst for the team. David Ian John of Australia was the exercise physiologist for the team.[3]
Ownership
The team was jointly bought by Patel - PS Group and Uniexcel Group on 14 September 2012.[4]
Final squad
| Player | Nationality | Matches | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goal Keepers | |||
| Francisco Juancosa Cortés |  Spain |
16 | – |
| Ankur Chaudhary |  India |
3 | – |
| Forwards | |||
| Aman Akash| |  England |
3 | |
| Eduard Arbós | Spain |
1 | |
| Floris Evers |  Netherlands |
15 | 1 |
| Mandeep Singh | India |
15 | 11 |
| Prabhdeep Singh | India |
17 | |
| Stanli Victor Minz | India |
14 | |
| Harjeet Singh |  Uganda |
3 | |
| Vikas Choudhary | India |
13 | 1 |
| Midfielders | |||
| Arvind Kujur | India |
5 | |
| Ashley Jackson | England |
15 | 7 |
| Austin Smith |  South Africa |
13 | 2 |
| Barry Middleton | England |
3 | 1 |
| Birendra Lakra | India |
15 | |
| Kothajit Singh | India |
16 | |
| Manpreet Singh | India |
17 | 2 |
| Marc Salles Esteve | Spain |
2 | |
| Moritz Fürste (Captain) |  Germany |
12 | 1 |
| Parvinder Singh | India |
9 | |
| Defenders | |||
| Amit Rohidas | India |
16 | |
| Bosco Pérez-Pla | Spain |
13 | |
| Justin Reid-Ross | South Africa |
15 | 5 |
| Sumit Topno | India |
1 | |