Salima Tete

{{Infobox field hockey player

| player name = Salima Tete

| image = Women's Hockey5s Medallist Ceremony YOG18 14-10-2018 (038) (cropped).jpg

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| caption = Salima Tete at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2001|12|27}}

| birth_place = Simdega, Jharkhand, India

| position = Midfielder

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| clubs1 = Hockey Jharkhand

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| clubs2 = Railways

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| years3 = 2025–

| clubs3 = Soorma Hockey Club

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| nationalteam1 = India U21

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| nationalteam2 = India

| nationalyears2 = 2016–

| nationalcaps2 = 130

| nationalgoals2 = 16

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's field hockey}}

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Salima Tete (born 26 December 2001) is an Indian field hockey player.{{Cite web|date=2020-11-12|title=Determined to Perform Consistently for Indian Women's Hockey Team: Salima Tete|url=https://www.news18.com/news/sports/determined-to-perform-consistently-for-indian-womens-hockey-team-salima-tete-3073217.html|access-date=2021-07-05|website=News18|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Patwardhan|first=Deepti|date=2021-05-04|title=The Olympics dreams of Jharkhand's hockey queens|url=https://lifestyle.livemint.com//news/big-story/the-olympics-dreams-of-jharkhand-s-hockey-queens-111620121878216.html|access-date=2021-07-05|website=Mintlounge|language=en}} On 2 May 2023, she was named as the captain of the India women's national field hockey team.{{Cite news |date=2024-05-03 |title=Salima takes baton from Savita as India captain |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/salima-takes-baton-from-savita-as-india-captain/articleshow/109799047.cms |access-date=2024-05-03 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}

Early life and background

Tete is from a village in the Simdega district of Jharkhand. Both her parents work as farmers. Her father also played hockey.{{Cite web|last=Kumar|first=Mrituanjay|title=Hockey players Nikki Pradhan, Salima Tete selected for Olympics|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2021/state-editions/hockey-players-nikki-pradhan--salima-tete-selected-for-olympics.html|access-date=2021-07-05|website=The Pioneer|language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2023-12-03 |title=From back of beyond to front and centre: How progressive thinking turned rural Jharkhand into India's women's hockey hotspot |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/hockey/from-back-of-beyond-to-front-and-centre-how-progressive-thinking-turned-rural-jharkhand-into-indias-womens-hockey-hotspot-9052106/ |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}

Career

She made her debut for the national side in 2017 against Belarus.{{Cite web|date=2020-04-29|title=Tokyo Olympics 2020: Postponement gives Indian women's hockey team scope to improve, says midfielder Salima Tete|url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/tokyo-olympics-2020-postponement-gives-indian-womens-hockey-team-scope-to-improve-says-midfielder-salima-tete-8312241.html|access-date=2021-07-05|website=Firstpost}}

At the 2018 Youth Olympic games, she was the captain of the Indian side, which went on to win a silver medal.{{Cite web|last=Gupta|first=K. A.|date=2021-06-18|title=Two girls from Jharkhand in Tokyo Olympics hockey team {{!}} Ranchi News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/2-girls-from-state-in-oly-hockey-team/articleshow/83616139.cms|access-date=2021-07-05|website=The Times of India|language=en}}

In 2021, she was selected in the Indian squad for the Tokyo Olympics.{{Cite web|last=Sadanandam|first=Abishek|date=2021-06-24|title=A look at the Indian women's hockey team going to the Tokyo Olympics|url=https://thebridge.in/hockey/indian-women-hockey-team-tokyo-olympics-22376|access-date=2021-07-05|website=thebridge.in|language=en}}