Kuhan Shanmuganathan (born 23 July 1976) is a retired

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player from

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. Kuhan is known as one of the

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specialist.

Career

Club

Kuhan made his debut in the Malaysia Hockey League for Yayasan Negeri Sembilan in 1992. He won two league titles in 1995 and 1996. After his stint in Negeri Sembilan, Kuhan joined Petaling Jaya City Council in 1997 and won a league title. In the same year he went on three-month stints with clubs in Germany. He played for Limburg HC. Two years later, he featured for Bank Simpanan Nasional (BSN) and won another league title. In 2000, he played for Sapura and stayed there for 12 years. It proved to be a fruitful union as Sapura went on to win four titles. They were double champions in 2005 and clinched the league title in 2004 and overall Cup in 2006. In 2005, Kuhan joined Bangalore Hi-Fliers that play in India Hockey Premier League. Kuhan also emerged the Malaysia Hockey League’s top scorer three times in 1997, 1999 and 2003. He currently served as team manager of Sapura.

International

Kuhan won 341 caps for Malaysia. He has played in competitive competitions such as the World Cup, Olympics, Champions Challenge, Commonwealth Games, Asian Games and Asia Cup. He also the Malaysia hockey team skipper for six years since taking over from

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in 2000. Kuhan announce his retirement after Malaysian Hockey Federation's decision to drop him from the national training squad in early 2007.Hockey: Kuhan gets the axe
– The Star, 14 January 2010. He return from his retirement in 2007 Southeast Asian Games. It is his last appearances for the Malaysia hockey team.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shanmuganathan, Kuhan 1976 births Living people Sportspeople from Negeri Sembilan Malaysian people of Tamil descent Malaysian sportspeople of Indian descent Malaysian male field hockey players Male field hockey defenders Olympic field hockey players for Malaysia Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup players 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Malaysia Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Malaysia Asian Games medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 2002 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Malaysia Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games SEA Games gold medalists for Malaysia SEA Games medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Competitors at the 1999 SEA Games Competitors at the 2001 SEA Games Competitors at the 2007 SEA Games Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists in field hockey Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in field hockey