Magan Singh Rajvi is a former Indian football player. He hails from Indian state of

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; Literal translation, lit. 'Land of Kings') is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the List of states and union territories of ...

. He was part of the Indian football team which won bronze medal at the

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. He also captained the Indian team in 1973 and 1974. He is one of the few and 6th hat trick scorer of India which he scored against

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on 23 July 1974 at 1974 Merdeka Cup.

Personal life

Magan Singh is a retired Superintendent of Police (RAC) Bikaner Range. He is from a village situated 60 km from Bikaner named Dheengsari. He is related to Maharaja Karni Singh of

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, who won Arjun Awarda in 1961 in shooting. His elder brother Chain Singh Rajvi was also an illustrious and accomplished footballer who attended Indian Football team camp and was also the vice-captain of the famous RAC Bikaner Football Team of which Magan Singh was captain. He was additional Superintendent of Police.

International goals

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Honours

India *

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Bronze Medal:

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third place: 1970 Individual *Received

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in 1973 for his achievements as a football player.

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