Mitesh Kishorbhai Patel (born 9 May 1976 in

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) is an Indian-born ,New Zealand field hockey player, who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed ''The Black Sticks'', in 1998. He is nicknamed "Meat Dish" or "Petal". Patel earned a total number of 135 caps during his career.

International senior tournaments

* 1998 –

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games is a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations, which consists mostly, but not exclusively, of territories of the former British Empire. The event was first held in 1930 ...

* 2000 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup * 2000 – Olympic Qualifying Tournament * 2001 – World Cup Qualifying Tournament * 2002 –

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* 2002 –

* 2003 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup * 2003 – Champions Challenge * 2004 – Olympic Qualifying Tournament * 2004 –

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Summer Olympics or the Games of the Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inaugural Games took place in 1896 in Athens, then part of the King ...

* 2004 –

Champions Trophy The ICC Champions Trophy, formerly known as the ICC Knock Out Trophy, is an international One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC) contested by international men's teams. Inaugurat ...

* 2006 –

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* New Zealand male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for New Zealand Field hockey players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup players Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand Commonwealth Games field hockey players for New Zealand Commonwealth Games silver medallists in field hockey 1976 births Living people New Zealand sportspeople of Indian descent Hampstead & Westminster Hockey Club players New Zealand expatriate field hockey players Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games {{NewZealand-fieldhockey-bio-stub