Shanglakpam Nilakanta Sharma (born 2 May 1995) is an Indian

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player who plays as a

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for the Indian national team. He was part of the Indian squad that won the 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup. And Finally he won gold medal in

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in Hangzhou.

Career

Hailing from Kontha Ahallup Makha Leikai in Imphal East, Nilakanta started playing hockey in 2003. He played for Posterior Hockey Academy Manipur until 2011 when he switched to Bhopal Hockey Academy. He was selected for the national junior team for the 2014 Sultan of Johor Cup and drafted by the

Dabang Mumbai Dabang Mumbai was a professional field hockey team based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India that played in Hockey India League Hockey India League is a professional field hockey league in India. It is organized by Hockey India, the governing b ...

franchise of the

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* Meitei Brahmins Brahmins of Manipur 1995 births Living people People from Imphal East district Indian male field hockey players Field hockey players from Manipur Male field hockey midfielders Olympic field hockey players for India Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players Olympic bronze medalists for India Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for India Commonwealth Games silver medallists in field hockey Recipients of the Arjuna Award 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for India Asian Games medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games {{India-fieldhockey-bio-stub