Rajinder Singh

Rajinder Singh (born 22 December 2002) is an Indian hockey player. He made his senior Indian debut in the two-match series against Germany in October 2024. He plays for Haryana in the domestic tournaments and for Hyderabad Toofans in the Hockey India League.

Early life and education Singh is from Sant Nagar village, Sirsa district, Haryana. He is the son of a land-owning farmer and took up hockey by chance when he joined the Namdhari Academy to get a new hockey stick, like others in his village. He learnt his basics under coach Harwinder Singh and later, former Indian skipper Sardara Singh, who hails from the same village, became his mentor. His Haryana state coach is Sandeep Sangwan. Next year too, he was in the Indian team that won a bronze medal in the 2023 Sultan of Johor Cup. In December, he was also part of the India team that came fourth in the 2023 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup. In 2023, he played in the Indian team that won the Men’s Junior Asia Cup 2023.