Baljeet Singh Saini

Last Updated : March 2002

Photograph courtesy Jeroen van Bergen, FIH

PERSONAL
Date of Birth August 12, 1976
Height 176 cm / 5' 9"
Weight 60 kg / 132 lb
Birthplace Ropar, Punjab
Marital Status Single
Languages Punjabi (mother tongue), Hindi, English
Occupation Manager, Punjab & Sindh Bank
Address in India 197 Lajpat Nagar, Jalandhar, Punjab
Miscellaneous Elder Brother Balwinder Singh - International


DOMESTIC CIRCUIT
Team Punjab & Sindh Bank, Punjab
City Jalandhar
Position Half-Back
TOURNAMENTS
National Championship Dec 2000 - Jammu (4th)
Mar 1999 - Hyderabad
1992
National Games Dec 2002 - Hyderabad (1st)
Muruguppa Gold Cup Jul 1998 - Chennai

Photograph Courtesy Rediff.com

INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT
Matches 248 (post 2002 World Cup)
Goals 14 (pre-Sydney Olympics)
International Debut 1995 - Indira Gandhi Gold Cup
Olympics Sep 2000 - Sydney (7th)
Jul/Aug 1996 - Atlanta (8th)
World Cup Feb/Mar 2002 - Kuala Lumpur (10th)
May 1998 - Utrecht (9th)
Asian Games Dec 1998 - Bangkok (1st)
Indo-Pak Series Feb 1999 - Lost 3-6, 2 GOALS
Feb/Mar 1998 - Lost 3-4
SAF Games 1995 - Chennai (1st)
Indira Gandhi Gold Cup 1995 - Lucknow (1st)
Junior World Cup Sep 1997 - Milton Keynes (2nd), CAPTAIN
(Selected in World XI Team)
Commonwealth Games Sep 1998 - Kuala Lumpur (4th)
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Feb 2000 - Kuala Lumpur (3rd)
1996 - Ipoh
1995 - Kuala Lumpur (1st)
Prime Minister's Gold Cup Mar 2001 - Dhaka (1st)
Australian Tour Apr 2000 - Sydney (3rd in 4-Nation)
Apr 2000 - Perth (1st in 4-Nation)
Apr 1998 - Last in 4-Nation Tourney, CAPTAIN
European Tour Jul 2001 - World Cup Qualifier, Edinburgh (5th)
Jun 1999 - Germany (1-3-0), Belgium (3-0-1)
1995 - Olympic Qualifier, Spain
New Zealand Tour Jun 2001 - Lost 1-2-1
South African Tour Aug 1999 - Johannesburg - Lost 0-3-2
Test Series Feb/Mar 2001 - vs. Germany - Lost 1-2
1996 - vs. England, Germany, Australia

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FOREIGN CLUBS
Never Played Professionally for a Foreign Club