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{{short description|Scottish field hockey player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2012}}
{{Infobox field hockey player
| name                 = Vishal Marwaha
| birth_date           = 8 May 1976
| birth_place          = Glasgow, Scotland
| death_date           = 
| death_place          = 
| position             = 
| years1               = 1992–2011
| clubs1               = [[Western Wildcats Hockey Club|Western Wildcats]]
| nationalyears1       = 1996–2011
| nationalteam1        = [[Scotland men's national field hockey team|Scotland]]
| nationalcaps(goals)1 =190
| nationalyears2       = 2003–2011
| nationalteam2        = [[Great Britain men's national field hockey team|GB]]
| nationalcaps(goals)2 =13
| medaltemplates       = 
}}

'''Vishal Marwaha''' (born 8 May 1976) is a Scottish former [[field hockey]] player.<ref>http://www.cgcs.org.uk/Athletes/AthleteProfile.aspx?print=&id=2114&mode=bio&ContactID=29539{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="highbeam">{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-110092373.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105052856/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-110092373.html |archive-date=2012-11-05 |url-status=dead |title=HOCKEY: Vishal Marwaha.(Sport) – Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) &#124; HighBeam Research|access-date=2 August 2016}}</ref> He played for the [[Great Britain men's national field hockey team]] and [[Scotland men's national field hockey team]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.spiderhockeycoaching.co.uk/Staff.html# |title=Archived copy |access-date=3 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101017173816/http://www.spiderhockeycoaching.co.uk/Staff.html# |archive-date=17 October 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Biography ==
Marwaha played his entire career at [[Western Wildcats]], making his debut in the first team in 1996 and captaining the team for three seasons from 2003 to 2006.

He gained his first Scotland cap in 1996 against France and first GB cap on 1 July 2003.<ref name="westernwildcats">{{cite web|url=http://www.westernwildcats.co.uk/pages/page_11921/CaptainsSince1969.aspx|title=Captains Since 1969|publisher=westernwildcats.co.uk|access-date=2 August 2016}}</ref> He was part of the [[Scotland at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|Scotland Commonwealth Games team]] at the [[2006 Commonwealth Games]] in Melbourne.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/commonwealth_games/4662668.stm |title=Scotland Commonwealth Games squad |website=BBC Sport |date=7 February 2006 |access-date=24 May 2025}}</ref>

Marwaha played for Scotland during the [[2010 Commonwealth Games]] in Delhi.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/hockey-kelburne-stars-dominate-commonwealth-2586059 |title=HOCKEY: Kelburne stars dominate Commonwealth Games selection squad |website=Daily Record |date=19 August 2010 |access-date=22 May 2025}}</ref> 

He retired from playing in 2011 after winning a final Scottish Cup. He took over as 1st team coach at Wildcats for the season 2011-12<ref name="westernwildcats2">{{cite web|url=http://www.westernwildcats.co.uk/pages/page_18336/internationalists-41-50.aspx|title=Internationalists Numbers 41-50|publisher=westernwildcats.co.uk|access-date=2 August 2016}}</ref><ref name="westernwildcats3">{{cite web|url=http://www.westernwildcats.co.uk/officials/default.aspx|title=Western Wildcats Hockey Club Officials|publisher=westernwildcats.co.uk|access-date=2 August 2016}}</ref>
He lives in Glasgow.<ref name="sisport">{{cite web|url=http://www.sisport.com/sisport/535.html|title=Sportscotland Institute of Sport|publisher=sisport.com|access-date=2 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309074919/http://www.sisport.com/sisport/535.html#|archive-date=9 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Scotland FH Squad 2005 EuroHockey}}
{{Scotland FH Squad 2006 Commonwealth Games}}
{{Scotland FH Squad 2010 Commonwealth Games}}

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[[Category:1976 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Scottish people of Indian descent]]
[[Category:Field hockey players from Glasgow]]
[[Category:Scottish male field hockey players]]
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games field hockey players for Scotland]]
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