V. R. Dinesh Nayak (born 17 May 1972 in

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, who made his international debut for the Men's National Team in 1993 during the test series against

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d ''Kaka'', Nayak represented his native country at the

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, where India finished in seventh place. Dinesh Nayak had his school education at Sree Rama Varma High School at Ernakulam, Kerala and went to complete his pre-degree at Maharajas College, Ernakulam taking science group. He joined the same college for a mathematics degree course but soon left to join Sports Authority of India (SAI). This is where his talent was discovered by future Indian hockey coaches, viz., Rapheal, Bhaskaran, Carvalho, Cedric etc. From 1993-2004 he used to be a constant fixture in the Indian National team either in junior or senior level. Dinesh Nayak at present is associated with Indian Bank and is based at Mumbi. He is playing for bank team and support the development of new talent for the bank. He is married and have one son and a daughter.

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* 1972 births Living people Field hockey players from Kerala Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players of India Indian male field hockey players Sportspeople from Kochi Asian Games medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for India Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games {{India-fieldhockey-bio-stub