Rutuja Pisal

Rutuja Dadaso Pisal (born 28 November 2002) is an Indian field hockey player from Maharashtra. She plays for the India women's national field hockey team as a forward. She plays for Union Bank of India and Hockey Maharashtra in the domestic tournaments. She played for Odisha Warriors, the winners of the inaugural Hero Hockey India Women’s League 2024.

Early life Pisal is from Kolki village, Satara district, Maharashtra. She was spotted by Vikas Bhujbal, a former volleyball player and a sports teacher, who saw her running and asked her to attend the summer athletics camp. In 2011, he sent her for selection trials at Krida Praboshini school in Pune, where she did well and later chose hockey following the suggestion by Olympian and hockey coach Ajit Lakra. Her father works at the TVS company in Phaltan taluka, a nearby town and her mother is a home maker.

Career In 2023, Pisal was part of the Indian team that won the Women’s Junior Asia Cup 2023 at Kakamigahara. Later in 2024, she played the Women's FIH Hockey5s World Cup in Oman where India finished second behind the Netherlands, losing the final. Pisal became India's second-highest goal scorer behind Deepika Soreng. She was in the Senior India National camp in May 2024 and was selected among the core probables. She is in the Indian senior team to play the Pro League second leg in Bhubaneswar from 10 February 2025.