FULL NAME: Amarendra Nayak
GENDER: Male
DATE OF BIRTH: 21 March 2003 (Source: International Basketball Federation)
HEIGHT: 203 cms (6.8 feet)
PARENTS: Father (Satyabrata Nayak), Mother (Swarnalata Nayak)
ORIGINAL HOME ADDRESS: Manisahu Chhak, Cuttack Odisha, India
PRESENT ADDRESS: Chandigarh, Punjab, India
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Studied at Sri Guru Gobind Singh College, Chandigarh
PROFESSION: Joined Indian Railway in 2022
TYPE OF PLAYER: Forward
HOME CLUB/ACADEMY: Not known
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Not known
TEAMS PLAYED FOR: Chandigarh, India U-16, India Senioro Men

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

NATIONAL:
*     He was captain of the Chandigarh team that won silver medal in the 71st Junior National Basketball Championship in Indore, Madhya Pradesh on 12 January 2022.

INTERNATIONAL:
*     Selected to represent Indian Senior Mens Team in the FIBA Asia Cup 2025 Qualifiers (Window-1) in Kazakhstan and New Delhi from 23 to 26 February 2024.
*     Represented the 12-member Indian Team in the FIBA Asia Cup, held in Jakarta, Indonesia from 12-24 July 2022.
*     Represented India in the FIBA World Cup 2023 Asian Qualifiers (Window 3) in Manila, in Philippines from 1-4 July 2022.
*     Represented India in FIBA U16 Asian Championship SABA Qualifier 2019.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     His father Satyabrata Nayak is also a basketball player and represented Odisha in National Championships.
*     Amarendra spent his childhood in Kolkata, where his father worked as a Railway employee.
*     Amarendra never played for Odisha.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 9 July 2022
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 21 February 2024