_(cropped).jpg) Vivek Prasad at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vivek Sagar Prasad | ||
| Born |
25 February 2000 Itarsi, Madhya Pradesh, India[1] | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Bhopal Police | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| Petroleum Sports Promotion Board | |||
| Bhopal Police | |||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2021 | India U21 | 12 | (1) |
| 2018– | India | 126 | (20) |
| Last updated on: 5 August 2021 | |||
Vivek Sagar Prasad (born 25 February 2000) is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for the Indian national team.[2][3]
In January 2018, he became the second-youngest player ever to debut for India at 17 years, 10 months and 22 days. At the 2019 Hockey Stars Awards, Prasad was named the FIH Rising Star of the Year.[4] At the 2020-21 FIH Player of the Year Awards, he was named the FIH Young Player of the Year. [5]
Prasad scored the equalizing goal for India in the 42nd minute in the final of the 2018 Champions Trophy against Australia, a match that India went on to lose in the penalties.[6] At the 2019 FIH Series Finals in Bhubaneswar, Prasad was named the best young player at the tournament.[7] In December 2019, he was nominated for the FIH Rising Star of the Year Award.[8] He won the award by getting 34.5 per cent of the votes and he became the first Indian player to win an FIH Award.[4] He was part of the Indian team that won the bronze medal at the 2020 Olympic Games. Finally he won gold medal in 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou.[9]
