# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dhanraj-pillay
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:26:28.068Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dhanraj-pillay"
name: "Dhanraj Pillay"
slug: "dhanraj-pillay"
description: "Dhanraj Pillay is a retired Indian field hockey player and former captain of the India national team. He also looks after the Air India Sports Promotion Board as a Joint Secretary based in Mumbai. For the last 5 years, Dhanraj is overseeing the SAG Hockey Academy in Gujarat funded by the Gujarat Government. He is widely regarded as one of the best Indian players of hockey."
tagline: "Indian field hockey player"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1968-07-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  historical:           10.674448
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump