Chhitaranjan Murmu(Cheeta); born 02 March 1995) is an Indian professional Rugby Player who plays as a Full-Back and Winger. Widely regarded as one of the most prolific winger, he represented the India U-19 Rugby team in 2010 and he has led India to victory in the 2007 Touraid U-14 Junior World Cup in London, England. He also led the teams that Runner-up in the U-16 KISS (India) Rugby team tour to Australia in 2008 and won 06 matches out of 08 matches in Melbourne, Adelaide, Darwin and Sydney. And was a member of the Runner-up squad in Coca-Cola Asian Rugby Championship 2013 in Lahore, Pakistan. ACHIVEMENTS OF CHITTARANJAN MURMU
NATIONAL LEVEL
S. No Events Venue Year Playing For Position 1 Friendly Match Kolkata 2007 Kiss Rugby Club 5th 2 Future Hope Cup Kolkata 2007 Jungle Crows Bronze 3 "U-16 All India 7s
Tournamanets" BBSR 2008 Kiss Rugby Club Gold
4 All India 7s C'ship BBSR 2009 Puri Rugby Team 6th 5 Callaghan Cup BBSR 2009 Kiss Rugby Club Silver 6 "All India & South
Asian C'Ship" Mumbai 2009 Kiss Rugby Club -
7 All India U-20 Rugby
C'Ship BBSR 2009 Kiss Rugby Club Gold
8 U-20 All India Nagpur 2012 Kiss Rugby Club Gold 9 U-20 All India Mumbai 2010 Kiss Rugby Club 4th 10 "All India & South
Asian C'Ship" Kolkata 2011 Kiss Rugby Club -
11 Central Zone Rugby
c'ship Balasore 2011 Kiss Rugby Club Gold
12 U-20 All India 7s Ranchi 2012 Odisha Gold 13 All India U-20 Rugby
Sevens Delhi 2012 Odisha 4th
14 "All India & South
Asian C'Ship" Mumbai 2012 Kiss Rugby Club -
15 All India Club Sevens Delhi 2012 Kiss Rugby Club - 16 "National Games
Qualifying" Kolkata 2014 Odisha 5th
In 2015 Murmu has enrolled in Army in Sports Qota and played for Army, Services and India in the following events 17 Senior National Rugby 7's Patna 2016 Services Gold 18 Senior National Rugby 7's Patna 2017 Services Bronze 19 Federation Cup Bhubaneswra 2017 Services 5th 20 All India Zonal Rugby C'Ship Chandigarh 2018 Army Gold 21 "All India & South
Asian C'Ship" Mumbai 2018 Army 4th
22 Senior National Rugby 7's Amritsar 2018 Services 5th 23 Howrah 7's Kolkata 2019 Army 4th 24 Senior National Rugby 7's Patna 2019 Services Silver 25 "All India & South
Asian C'Ship" Kolkata 2019 Army
26 Senior National Rugby 7's Bhubaneswar 2021 Services 5th 27 Senior National Rugby 7's Patna 2022 Services 5th 28 36th National Games 2022 Ahmedabad 2022 Services 5th 29 "All India & South
Asian C'Ship" BBSR 2023 Army Bronze
INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
S. No Events Venue Year Playing For Position 1 Touraid U-14 Junior WC London 2007 Jungle Crows-India Gold 2 "U-16 India team tour
Australia" Darwin 2008 India U-16 2 Match Won
Adelaide 2 Match Won Melbourne 1 Match Won Sydney 1 Match Won 3 U-20 Asian Five Nation Laos 2010 India U-20 4th 4 Attend India Camp Delhi 2012 India Camp Not Selected 5 Attend India Camp Delhi 2013 India Camp Not Selected 6 U-19 Asian Rugby C'Ship Lahore 2013 U-19 India Team Silver 7 Asian Rugby Sevens Doha 2017 India 7th Posn
Early Life
Born in Santoshpur, Balasore, Odisha, Murmu made his first Rugby carrier with KISS RUGBY CLUB and Jungle Crows (Kolkata) in 2006. He made his debut for the State team in 2007 in All India and played his first match against Jharkhand a year later against Army Red in All India & South Asia Rugby Championship in Mumbai 2008.
Family and Schooling
Murmu was born on 02 Mar 1995 In Balasore, Odisha in a Sarna (Santhal) family to Late Katin Murmu and Malati Murmu in very poor family. Later his family move to Bhubaneswar. [4] His parents hailed from tribal village in Udala and Jaleswar and he was the second oldest of seven children.[5][6][7]
Murmu did his schooling at Kalinga Institute of Socially Sciences (KISS) first tribal university in Bhubaneswar where he started playing Athletics as a Sprinter but later moved to play Rugby on the suggestion of his coach Rudrakesh Jena and Dr. Achyuta Samanta (Founder of KISS University).[10][11] From 2005.