Affan Yousuf

{{short description|Indian field hockey player (born 1994)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}} {{Use Indian English|date=July 2016}} {{Infobox field hockey player |name=Affan Yousuf |image= |birth_date={{birth date and age|1994|12|29|df=yes}} |birth_place=Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India |death_date= |death_place= |height= |position=Forward |currentclub= |youthclubs1= |youthyears1= |clubs1= |years1= |caps(goals)1= |clubs2= |years2= |caps(goals)2= |clubs3= |years3= |caps(goals)3= |nationalteam1=India |nationalyears1=2014-present |nationalcaps(goals)1= |updated=8 November 2016 |medaltemplates= {{MedalSport | Men's Field Hockey}} {{MedalCountry | {{IND}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Asian Champions Trophy}} {{MedalGold|2016 Kuantan|}} }}

'''Affan Yousuf''' (born 29 December 1994) is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a forward.<ref>{{cite web|title=Affan Yousuf|url=http://hockeyindia.org/team/affan-yousuf.html|publisher=Hockey India|accessdate=9 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110060059/http://hockeyindia.org/team/affan-yousuf.html|archive-date=10 November 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was part of the Indian squad that won the 2016 Asian Men's Hockey Champions Trophy.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Biswal|first1=Sattwik|title=Sreejesh retained as captain for Asian hockey Champions Trophy|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/other-sports/story/pr-sreejesh-hockey-captain-asian-hockey-champions-trophy-345259-2016-10-06|access-date=9 November 2016|work=India Today|date=6 October 2016}}</ref> His father Mohammed Yousuf, grandfather Khuda Dad and uncle Sameer Dad all represented India in field hockey.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ninan|first1=Susan|title=Affan Yousuf finds his place in Indian hockey's family of four|url=http://www.espn.in/field-hockey/story/_/id/17872897/affan-yousuf-finds-place-indian-hockey-family-four|accessdate=9 November 2016|work=ESPN.in|date=24 October 2016}}</ref>

It was the experience of watching his dad play hockey that inspired him to take up the game.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://blog.sportwalk.co/hockey/affan-yousuf-indian-hockey/|title=Exclusive Interview with Affan Yousuf - Indian Hockey's promising one {{!}} Sportwalk Times|date=2017-01-20|work=Sportwalk Times|access-date=2017-03-29|language=en-US}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Yousuf, Affan}} Category:1994 births Category:Living people Category:Field hockey players from Bhopal Category:Indian men's field hockey players Category:21st-century Indian sportsmen Category:Men's field hockey forwards