Name: Jatin Sharma
Position: Midfield
Caps: 10
Sport: Field Hockey
DOB: 8/29/2001
Hometown: South San Francisco, Calif.
High School: Junipero Serra High School
College: University of California, Santa Cruz
Team/Club: San Jose Khalsa
World Championship Experience
  • Bronze - 2021 Junior Pan American Championship (Santiago, Chile)
  • 4th - 2022 Pan American Cup (Santiago, Chile)
  • 15th - 2021 FIH Odisha Hockey Men's Junior World Cup (Bhubaneswar, India)
Other Career Highlights
  • 2022: Named to U.S. Men's National Team (September)
  • 2022: Series against Austria (Vienna, Austria)
  • 2021: Europe Tour (Frankfurt, Germany & Antwerp, Belgium), Series against Canada (Moorpark, Calif.)
  • 2021: Named to U.S. Men's National Team (December)
  • 2021: Named to the U.S. U-21 Men's National Team
  • 2020: Series against South Africa (Durban, South Africa), Recorded first cap on February 8 against South Africa, Junior Series against Argentina (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
  • 2020: Named to the U.S. U-21 Men's National Team
  • 2019: Junior Series against Chile (Santiago, Chile), Junior U.S. Men's National Team Holland Training Camp (Netherlands), Junior Series against Canada (Moorpark, Calif.)
  • 2019: Named to the U.S. U-21 Men's National Team
  • 2018: Junior Series against Chile (Santiago, Chile), Canada National Championship (Toronto, Canada), Junior Series against Chile (Greenwich, Conn.)
  • 2018: Named to the U.S. U-19 Men's National Team
  • 2017: Named to the U.S. U-19 Men's National Team
  • 2014: Named to the U.S. U-15 Men's National Team
Personal: Son of Balram Kumar and Neelam Sharma...Has a sister, Nitasha Sharmas...Joined the USMNT in 2021...Joined the Junior USMNT in 2017...Game Day Mantra: "Don’t make the game bigger than what it is."...Favorite Sports Quote: “If you don’t play to win, don’t play at all.” -Tom Brady...Best Words of Advice: “Control the things you can control."
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Sharma started playing field hockey because of his dad and he is grateful to him for introducing him to this sport that has given him so much.