Kothajit Singh | |
Full Name: | Khadangbam Kothajit Singh |
Birth Date: | 17 August 1992 |
Birth Place: | Imphal East, India |
Height: | 170frac=2NaNfrac=2[1] |
Position: | Defender / Midfielder |
Nationalyears1: | 2012– |
Nationalteam1: | India |
Nationalcaps1: | 207 |
Nationalgoals1: | 4 |
Khadangbam Kothajit Singh (born 17 August 1992) is an India field hockey player who plays as a defender or midfielder for the Indian national team.
He represented India in Men's Hockey during the 2012 London Olympics. He is the third hockey Olympian - after Pangambam Nilakomol Singh and Ksh. Thoiba - from the state of Manipur, known for producing a disproportionate number of international-standard sportspersons.[2] He was a member of the silver-medal winning Indian team at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.
He was a member of India's gold-medal winning hockey team at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea. He was India's only goal-scorer in regular time, which ended 1-1 against silver medalist Pakistan. India won 4-2 in a penalty shootout.