Personal life
Parattu Raveendran Sreejesh is an Indian field hockey player and plays as a goalkeeper in the Indian national team and is its current vice-captain. In the Hockey India League, he plays for Uttar Pradesh Wizards. Sreejesh is married to Aneeshya, a former long jumper and an Ayurveda doctor. The have a daughter. He is currently employed with Indian Overseas Bank.Sreejesh was born May 8, 1988, in Erumely village, in the Ernakulam district of Kerala, to P. V. Raveendran and Usha, a family of farmers. As a kid, he trained as a sprinter, before moving on to long jump and volleyball.
| Full name | Parattu Raveendran Sreejesh
| | Born | 8 May 1988 (age 26)
Erumely, Ernakulam, Kerala, India
| | Playing Position | Goalkeeper
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Years
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| | 2013-2014 | Mumbai Magicians
| | 2015-present | Uttar Pradesh Wizards
| | 2006-present | India
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CareerAt 12, he joined the GV Raja Sports School in Thiruvananthapuram. This was where his coach suggested that he take up goalkeeping. However, he became a professional after he was picked by hockey coaches Jayakumar and Ramesh Kolappa at the school, following which he played at the school before playing at the Nehru Cup. He completed his graduation in History from Sree Narayana College, Kollam,Kerala.
International careerSreejesh made into the junior national team in 2004, in a match against Australia in Perth, in 2004. He made his debut in the senior national team in 2006, at South Asian Games in Colombo. Following India's win at the at the 2008 Junior Asia Cup, he was awarded the 'Best Goalkeeper of the Tournament His second 'Best Goalkeeper of the Tournament' award came at the 2013 Asia Cup, with India finishing second in the tournament. He was a part of the team that won silver medals at the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Club careerSSreejesh had earlier played for India at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, and then World Cup in 2014. At the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, he starred in Indian's gold medal win, when he saved two penalty strokes against Pakistan in the Final. At the 2014 Champions Trophy, he was adjudged "Goalkeeper of the Tournament".[9]Following impressive performances in 2014, he was nominated for the award of Best Male Goalkeeper.At the auction of the inaugural season of the Hockey India League, Sreejesh was bought by the Mumbai franchise for USD 38,000. He has since played two seasons for their team, Mumbai Magicians.[11] Prior to the 2015 season, he was bought by Uttar Pradesh Wizards US$ 69,000.
| Gold | Asian Games 2014 Incheon
| | Silver | Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi
| | Silver | 2014 Glasgow |
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