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{{Short description|Indian field hockey player (born 1980)}}
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{{Infobox field hockey player
| name               = Arjun Halappa
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| image              = Arjun Bhavana.JPG
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1980|12|18|df=yes}}
| birth_place        = [[Somwarpet]], [[Kodagu]]<br>[[Karnataka]], [[India]]
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| position           = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| clubs1             = Air India
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| clubs2             = [[Bangalore Hi-Fliers]]
| years2             = 2005–2008
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| clubs3             = [[Karnataka Lions]]
| years3             = 2012
| caps3              = 12
| goals3             = 3
| clubs4             = [[Dabang Mumbai]]
| years4             = 2015–2017
| caps4              = 2
| goals4             = 0
| nationalteam1      = [[India men's national field hockey team|India]]
| nationalyears1     = 2001–2010
| nationalcaps1      = 250+
| nationalgoals1     = 
|medaltemplates={{MedalSport | Men's [[field hockey]]}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[[Hockey at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Hockey at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Delhi]]|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Hockey Champions Challenge|Champions Challenge]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2001 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge|2001 Kuala Lumpur]] | Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Field hockey at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2010 Asian Games|2010 Guangzhou]]|[[Field hockey at the 2010 Asian Games|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Hockey Junior World Cup|Junior World Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2001 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup|2001 Hobart]]|Team}}
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'''Arjun Halappa''' (born 13 December 1980) is a former [[India]]n [[field hockey|hockey]] player and former captain of [[India men's national field hockey team|Indian hockey team]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/hockey/arjun-halappa-brace-in-lions-win/article3003875.ece | newspaper=The Hindu | title=Arjun Halappa brace in Lions win | date=17 March 2012 | first=Nandakumar | last=Marar | accessdate=14 January 2019 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.stick2hockey.com/View-Bio-Data/Arjun%20Halappa/42.html Latest Hockey News, Indian Hockey Players, Article, Columns - Stick2Hockey<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524113735/http://www.stick2hockey.com/View-Bio-Data/Arjun%20Halappa/42.html |date=24 May 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.in.com/arjun-halappa/biography-25523.html |title=Arjun Halappa Biography, Arjun Halappa Bio, Arjun Halappa Photos, Videos, Wallpapers, News<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=27 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714232643/http://www.in.com/arjun-halappa/biography-25523.html |archive-date=14 July 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.sportskeeda.com/2012/10/11/arjun-halappa-the-missing-link-in-indian-hockey/ Arjun Halappa – The missing link in Indian hockey | SportsKeeda<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref name=autogenerated1>[http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_halappa-is-new-hockey-captain_1529147 Halappa is new hockey captain – Sport – DNA<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

==Career==
Midfield maestro Arjun Halappa is the son of former [[East Bengal Club (field hockey)|East Bengal Club]] player B. K. Halappa,

He hails from [[Kodagu]] (Coorg) District, Karnataka.  He joined the Centre of Excellence in 1998 and a year later played his first Senior Nationals at Hyderabad, and was picked among the 72 probables for a conditioning camp. He made his junior international debut in the Europe tour same year under coaches C.R. Kumar and Harendera. He posted eight goals in the 2000 Junior Asia Cup.

He made his international debut for the [[India men's national field hockey team|Men's National Team]] in March 2001 against [[Egypt]] in the Prime Minister's Gold Cup. Halappa represented India at the [[Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Summer Olympics]], where India finished in seventh place. He represented India at the [[Hockey at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Commonwealth Games]] in New Delhi, where India finished in second place.

==Personal life==
He married Bhavana on 12 October 2008 at [[Somwarpet]], [[Kodagu]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Arjun Halappa enters into wedlock |url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/Content/Oct142008/district2008101395021.asp |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216003532/http://archive.deccanherald.com/Content/Oct142008/district2008101395021.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-02-16 |publisher=The Hindu |date=2008-10-14 |accessdate=2013-01-13 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061007010512/http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/khiladi/2004/ Bharatiya Hockey]
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