Ranjeev Deol is a Canadian field hockey player, who plays for Surrey Lions FHC.

Career

He played club hockey in the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 since 2003, first at HC Rotterdam

HC Rotterdam

HC Rotterdam is a Dutch field hockey club, which was founded on September 16, 1925. With a total number of 2,342 members it is the biggest hockeyclub in the Netherlands. The first teams compete on the highest level of the Dutch field hockey league, which is called "Hoofdklasse"...

 then HC MOP and later on with HC Den Bosch

HC Den Bosch

Hockeyclub 's-Hertogenbosch is a Dutch field hockey club, which was founded on July 14, 1937 in 's-Hertogenbosch. With a total number of 1.977 members it is currently the sixth hockeyclub in the Netherlands....

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International career

Deol played in the 2008 Olympic Games (Beijing) and 2010 Hockey World Cup (Delhi) and played his first international senior tournament for the Men's National Team in 1998, at the Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games

The Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 and takes place every four years....

 in Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...

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In 2000 Deol missed the Summer Olympics in Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

, where the Canadians finished tenth.

Personal life

His father Surjeet S. Deol competed in field hockey for Kenya

Kenya national field hockey team

The Kenyan National Field Hockey Team represent Kenya Hockey Union in the international field hockey competition. Kenya's best result in the Hockey World Cup was fourth place in 1971...

 at three Olympic Games: 1956

1956 Summer Olympics

The 1956 Melbourne Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in Melbourne, Australia, in 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, which could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations...

, 1960

1960 Summer Olympics

The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held from August 25 to September 11, 1960 in Rome, Italy...

 and 1964

1964 Summer Olympics

The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan in 1964. Tokyo had been awarded with the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subsequently passed to Helsinki because of Japan's...

. He belonged to village Boparai Kalan (ludhiana).

International senior competitions

• 1998 — Commonwealth Games
  Commonwealth Games
  The Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 and takes place every four years....
  
  , Kuala Lumpur (not ranked)
• 2001 — World Cup Qualifier, Edinburgh (8th)
• 2002 — Commonwealth Games
  Commonwealth Games
  The Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 and takes place every four years....
  
  , Manchester (6th)
• 2003 — Pan American Games
  Pan American Games
  The Pan-American or Pan American Games are a major event in the Americas featuring summer and formerly winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Pan American Games are the second largest multi-sport event after the Summer Olympics...
  
  , Santo Domingo (2nd)
• 2004 — Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Madrid (11th)
• 2004 — Pan Am Cup, London (2nd)
• 2007 — Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, Malaysia
• 2007 — Pan American Games, Rio de Janeiro Brazil (1st)
• 2008- Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, Malaysia
• 2008 — Olympic Games, Beijing (10th)
• 2009 — Pan American Cup
  2009 Men's Pan American Cup
  The 2009 Men's Pan American Cup is the third tournament of the Pan American Cup for men. It was held in Santiago, Chile from March 7 to March 15, 2009. The tournament will also double as the qualification to the 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup. Canada earned an automatic spot for 2010 World Cup after...
  
  , Santiago Chile (1st)
• 2009- Champions Challenge, Salta Argentina
• 2010- Hockey World Cup, New Delhi India (11th)