Jared Panchia

{{Infobox field hockey player

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| full_name = Jared Kiran Panchia

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|10|18|df=y}}

| birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand

| height = 1.70 m

| position = Forward/Midfielder

| currentclub = Auckland

| years1 =

| clubs1 = Auckland

| nationalyears1 = 2013–2014

| nationalteam1 = New Zealand U21

| nationalcaps1 = 45

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| nationalyears2 = 2013–

| nationalteam2 = New Zealand

| nationalcaps2 = 139

| nationalgoals2 = 26

| updated = 24 July 2021

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Jared Kiran Panchia (born 18 October 1993) is a New Zealand field hockey player who plays as a forward or midfielder for the New Zealand national team.

Life and career

Panchia was born on 18 October 1993 in Auckland to Peter Panchia and Ramila. Both his parents played field hockey at local level. Panchia's siblings are also field hockey players; his elder brother Arun Panchia has captained the national side, while younger brother Daniel Panchia has represented the national junior team. He has a younger sister, Anjali, who has also taken up the sport.{{cite news|title=Hockey: Sport mad siblings do parents proud|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10851268|access-date=30 October 2017|work=New Zealand Herald |date=1 December 2012}}{{cite news|last1=Leggat|first1=David|title=Hockey: Panchia brothers a triple threat at NHL|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11316299|access-date=30 October 2017|work=New Zealand Herald |date=30 August 2014}} The Panchia family have Gujarati ancestry, with Panchia's great-grandfather emigrating from India to New Zealand in the 1920s.{{cite news|last1=Cornaga|first1=Andrew|title=Meet Arun Panchia, a Gujarati insurance agent who is set to lead New Zealand against India|url=https://thefield.scroll.in/836093/meet-arun-panchia-a-gujarati-insurance-agent-who-is-set-to-lead-new-zealand-against-india|access-date=30 October 2017|work=scroll.in|date=30 April 2017}}

Panchia was part of the New Zealand U21 squad that took part in the 2013 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup in New Delhi. He made his senior team debut the same year and was the youngest member of the national squad at the 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup in The Hague.{{cite news|title=Experienced Black Sticks Men's team for World Cup|url=http://www.hockeynz.co.nz/News/experienced-black-sticks-mens-team-for-world-cup|access-date=30 October 2017|work=hockeynz.co.nz|date=21 May 2014}} Panchia was part of two Oceania Cup silver medal-winning teams: 2013 in Stratford and 2017 in Sydney.