P. R. Sreejesh
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| Full name | Parattu Raveendran Sreejesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Great Wall of India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 May 1988 Kochi, Kerala, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parattu Raveendran Sreejesh (born 8 May 1988) is an Indian field hockey coach and former player. He was the captain of the national team and played as a goalkeeper. Since 2024, he is the head coach of the India men's national U-21 team. He is also the coach of Delhi SG Pipers in Hockey India League. He is regarded as one of the greatest goal keepers in the history of field hockey. Sreejesh played a vital role in the Indian national team's bronze medal wins at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics. He won the best male goalkeeper award at the FIH Awards in 2020, 2022, and 2024. He was part of the teams that clinched gold medals at the 2014 and 2022 Asian Games, and secured a bronze medal at the 2018 edition. He also contributed to India's silver medal finishes at the 2014 and 2022 Commonwealth Games. In recognition of his contributions to Indian sports, he was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian honor in 2019, and the Padma Bhushan, India’s third-highest civilian honor in 2025.