Playing position Name Kumar Subramaniam 1999– Malaysia | 2012 Uttar Pradesh Wizards Years Team | |
Born 26 December 1979 (age 44)
Tampin , Malaysia ( 1979-12-26 ) | ||
Malaysian Indian Blueprint - Mr Kumar Subramaniam, Best Goalkeeper - World Hockey League 2017
Kumar Subramaniam is a Malaysian field hockey goalkeeper, playing for the Malaysian hockey team actively since 1999. He played pivotal role in Malaysia winning a silver in hockey at the Asian Games 2010. He also played with the Tenaga Nasional Berhad HC in the Malaysia Hockey League. He wears the number 16 both for Tenaga Nasional Berhad HC and Malaysian hockey team.
He is named as the Goalkeeper for the Asian All Stars 2010 along with Salman Akbar of Pakistan. He also named as the Best Goalkeeper for the 2009 Men's Hockey Asia Cup.
In 2012 Kumar became the first goalkeeper from Malaysia playing in a foreign league. He played for Uttar Pradesh Wizards in the Hockey India League. Despite having been in the national team for more than a decade, the Tampin-born Kumar has never featured in the Olympics but has played in a world cup