33 Facts About Dilip Tirkey

Dilip Tirkey was best known for his penalty corner hit.

The first and only Hockey player from India to play more than 400 international matches Dilip Tirkey was the Former Captain of the Indian Hockey Team.

Previously, Dilip Tirkey was working as chairman of Odisha Tourism Development Corporation, now he is working as the chairman of Odisha Hockey Promotion Council.

Dilip Tirkey was born in a Kurukh tribal family in Saunamara village of Sundargarh, Orissa on 25 November 1977.

Dilip Tirkey's parents are Regina Tirkey and Vincent Tirkey, a former CRPF hockey player.

Dilip Tirkey was appointed as the Deputy Manager at Air India in 1996.

Dilip Tirkey represented India in 1996 Atlanta, 2000 Sydney and 2004 Athens Olympics and had a total of 412 international caps.

Dilip Tirkey is the only tribal hockey player to represent India in three Olympics.

In 2002 Dilip Tirkey was handed over the captaincy of the team as he became the first tribal to captain the Indian hockey team in the post-independence era.

Dilip Tirkey captained the team that won silver at the 2002 Asian Games and gold in the 2003 Afro-Asian Games.

Dilip Tirkey was a part of the team that won the gold at the Bangkok Asian Games in 1998 and won the 2003 Asia Cup held in Malaysia.

Dilip Tirkey Captained Indian Hockey Team at the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup in Germany.

Dilip Tirkey was Captain of Indian Hockey Team at 2004 Athens Olympics.

Dilip Tirkey is the first player in the world to have played 400 international matches.

Dilip Tirkey declined to become a national selector on 16 July 2010, three days after he was offered the post by the Indian Hockey Federation.

Dilip Tirkey has a total of 412 international caps and has scored over 60 goals in his international career.

Dilip Tirkey was awarded Player of Tournament in PHL 2007.

Dilip Tirkey was named the Player of Tournament in first edition of PHL.

In 2005 Dilip Tirkey led the team Sindh Qalandars that won the inaugural season of Pakistan's SHL.

Dilip Tirkey was among the few Indian players who played in Pakistan's SHL.

In 2012 Dilip Tirkey became a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Odisha representing Biju Janata Dal party.

Dilip Tirkey did use this opportunity to campaign for a Bharat Ratna for the legendary hockey player Dhyan Chand.

In 2021 Dilip Tirkey was appointed as the chairman of newly formed Ad hoc Committee to manage the sport of Hockey in Odisha.

Dilip Tirkey served as Chairman of Odisha Hockey Promotion Council.

Dilip Tirkey was elected unopposed as the new president of Hockey India for a tenure of four years.

In 2010 Dilip Tirkey made his acting debut in Cinema of Odisha by playing a role in Ollywood movie Toro Moro Katha Heba Chup Chap.

Dilip Tirkey had another Odia film in pipeline named as "Kotia Swapna".

Captain of Indian Hockey Team Amit Rohidas whose inspiration is Dilip Tirkey had commented that "Dilip Tirkey has inspired my village to look at Hockey as engine of change".

In 2005 and 2006, Dilip Tirkey was invited by the club Klein Zwitserland to play in the Dutch field Hockey League, one of the game's most competitive leagues in the world.

Dilip Tirkey endorsed a regional Odia cable network "Ortel Communications" as its brand ambassador.

Dilip Tirkey was brand ambassador for a chain of stores run by the state-run handloom cooperative.

In Odisha Premier League a professional Twenty-20 cricket tournament of the Odisha Cricket Association, Dilip Tirkey was the Brand Ambassador of Cricket team Bhubaneswar Jaguars.

Dilip Tirkey was the chief mentor, tehcnical director and advisor of Kalinga Lancers a field hockey team that became Champions in the 2017 edition of Hockey India League.