Magan Singh Rajvi

Magan Singh Rajvi is a former Indian football player. He hails from Indian state of Rajasthan. He was part of the Indian football team which won bronze medal at the 1970 Asian Games.^[2] He also captained the Indian team in 1973 and 1974. He is one of the few and 6th hat trick scorer of India which he scored against Thailand on 23 July 1974 at 1974 Merdeka Cup.^[3]

Magan Singh

Personal information
Full name	Magan Singh Rajvi
Place of birth	Dheengsari, Rajasthan, India
Position(s)	Winger/Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	RAC Bikaner
	Mohun Bagan
	East Bengal
	Salgaocar
International career‡
1968–1974	India	36	(16[1])
Managerial career
2020–	Rajasthan United (Technical director)
Medal record Men's football Representing  India Asian Games 1970 Bangkok Team
* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:30 (UTC), 2 February 2019

Personal life

Magan Singh is a retired Superintendent of Police (RAC) Bikaner Range. He is from a village situated 60 km from Bikaner named Dheengsari. He is related to Maharaja Karni Singh of Bikaner, who won Arjun Awarda in 1961 in shooting. His elder brother Chain Singh Rajvi was also an illustrious and accomplished footballer who attended Indian Football team camp and was also the vice-captain of the famous RAC Bikaner Football Team of which Magan Singh was captain. He was additional Superintendent of Police. ^[4]

International goals

FIFA "A" international statistics

Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Competition	Goals
4 November 1969	Kuala Lumpur, Malaya	Singapore	3–0	1969 Merdeka Tournament	1 [5]
15 August 1970	Kuala Lumpur, Malaya	Hong Kong	3–2	1970 Merdeka Tournament	2 [6]
12 December 1970	Bangkok, Thailand	South Vietnam	2–0	1970 Asian Games	1 [7]
15 December 1970	Bangkok, Thailand	Indonesia	3–0	1970 Asian Games	1 [8]
6 August 1971	Kuala Lumpur, Malaya	Burma	1–9	1971 Merdeka Tournament	1 [9]
22 March 1972	Rangoon, Burma	Burma	3–4	1972 Olympic Qualification	1 [10]
26 July 1973	Kuala Lumpur, Malaya	South Vietnam	2–1	1973 Merdeka Tournament	1 [11]
1 August 1973	Kuala Lumpur, Malaya	Khmer Republic	3–0	1973 Merdeka Tournament	1 [12]
23 July 1974	Perak Stadium, Ipoh	Thailand	4–2	1974 Merdeka Tournament	3 [13]
25 July 1974	Perak Stadium, Ipoh	Malaysia	1–4	1974 Merdeka Tournament	1 [14]
29 July 1974	Perak Stadium, Ipoh	Hong Kong	2–2	1974 Merdeka Tournament	1 [15]
4 September 1974	Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran	China	1–7	1974 Asian Games	1 [16]
6 September 1974	Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran	North Korea	1–4	1974 Asian Games	1 [16]

Non FIFA statistics

Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Competition	Goals
5 August 1970	Kuala Lumpur, Malaya	Western Australia	2–0	1970 Merdeka Tournament	2 [17]

Honours

India

• Asian Games Bronze Medal: 1970^[18]
• Merdeka Tournament third place: 1970^[19]

Individual

• Received Arjuna Award in 1973 for his achievements as a football player.^[20][21][22]

See also

• List of India national football team hat-tricks
• List of India national football team captains