Vikram Vishnu Pillai

Last Updated : December 2004

PERSONAL
Date of Birth November 27, 1981
Height 157 cm
Weight 65 kgs
Birthplace Kirkee (near Pune)
Marital Status Single
Languages Tamil, Hindi, Marathi, English
Education  
Occupation Indian Airlines

Vikram Pillai (left) celebrates India's Asia Cup Victory (Photo by AFP)

DOMESTIC CIRCUIT
Teams Tata Sports Club (2001)
Air India (2002)
Indian Airlines (2003 - present)
City Mumbai
Position Midfielder
Awards Shiv Chattrapati Puraskar (2004)
TOURNAMENTS
Junior National Hockey Championship Jun 1999 - Bangalore (2nd) - played for Mumbai
Feb 2001 - Chennai (2nd) - played for Mumbai
Bombay Gold Cup Apr 2003 - Mumbai (1st) - Indian Airlines
Apr 2002 - Mumbai (1st) - Air India
Lal Bahadur Shastri Hockey Tournament Nov/Dec 2002 - Delhi (1st) - Air India, CAPTAIN

Vikram puts ball past Aaron Hopkins of Australia in the 2004 Azlan Shah Cup
Photograph by AP/PTI

INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT
International Debut May/Jun 2002 - Adelaide - 4-Nation Tournament
Matches  
Goals  
Olympics Aug 2004 - Athens (7th), 1 GOAL
Champions Trophy Dec 2004 - Lahore (4th), 1 GOAL
Man of the Match - India vs. Germany - Dec 7
Aug 2003 - Amstelveen (4th)
Aug/Sep 2002 - Cologne (4th)
Asian Games Oct 2002 - Busan (2nd)
Asia Cup Sep 2003 - Kuala Lumpur (1st), 1 GOAL
Afro-Asian Games Oct 2003 - Hyderabad (1st)
Champions Challenge Dec 2001 - Kuala Lumpur (1st)
Indo-Pak Hockey Series Sep/Oct 2004 (Lost 2-4), 1 GOAL
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Jan 2004 - Kuala Lumpur (LAST)
Junior World Cup Oct 2001 - Hobart (1st)
African Tour Aug 1999
Asian Tour Aug/Sep 2001 - Kuala Lumpur - 5-Nation Jr. Tourney (3rd)
Australian Tour Jun 2003 - Sydney - 3-Nation Tournament (1st)
May/Jun 2003 - Perth - 3-Nation Tournament (2nd)
Jun 2002 - Melbourne - 4-Nation Tournament (2nd)
May/Jun 2002 - Adelaide - 4-Nation Tournament (2nd)
European Tour Aug 2004 - Leverkusen - 3-Test Series vs. Ireland (Won 2-1)
Jul 2004 - Dusseldorf - 4-Nation Tournament (2nd)
Jun/Jul 2004 - Amstelveen - 4-Nation Tournament (LAST)
Mar 2004 - Madrid - Olympic Qualifier (4th)
Jun 2003 - Hamburg - 4-Nation Panasonic Masters (1st)
Aug 2002 - Amstelveen - Rabobank 4-Nation Tournament (LAST)
Aug 2001 - Poznan - 6-Nation Jr. Challenge (2nd)
Test Series at Home Feb 2004 - Hyderabad - 3-Test Series vs. Netherlands (Lost 0-2)
Player of the Series

Vikram Pillai vs. Rehan Butt of Pakistan

FOREIGN CLUBS
Never Played Professionally for a Foreign Club