FULL NAME: Lazarus Barla
GENDER: Male
BORN: 4th November, 1979
FAMILY: Father (Late Pius Barla), Mother (Late Carmela Barla), Wife (Johnnita Tirkey), Daughter (Leilani Barla), Son (Leonel Barla).
HOME ADDRESS: Saunamara, Sundargarh, Odisha, India.
OFFICE ADDRESS: Indian Airlines, City Booking, Razpali Unit-1 Bhuvaneswar, Odisha.
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Orissa Secondary Boarding School
PROFESSION: Traffic Supervisor, Indian Airlines, Bhubaneswar. At present working as Deputy Director, Coaching, Department of Sports & Youth Services, Government of Odisha at Rourkela on deputation.
HOME CLUB/ACADEMY: Panposh Sports Hostel, Rourkela
PLAYING POSITION: Full back
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Kalu Charan Choudhury
HOBBIES: Music and Movies

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

NATIONAL:
*     Junior Nationals 1996, Senior Nationals Dec 2000 - Jammu (1st) May 1997 - Bangalore (1st).
*     Muruguppa Gold Cup July 1999 - Chennai (Best Defender) Jul 1998 - Chennai (1st).

INTERNATIONAL:
*     Played a total of 159 international matches (post 2002 World Cup).
Junior World Cup: Sept 1997, Milton Keynes (2nd).
Olympics: Sept 2000 - Sydney (7th).
World Cup: Feb/Mar 2002 - Kuala Lumpur (10th) May 1998 - Utrecht (9th).
Champions Challenge: Dec 2001 - Kuala Lumpur (1st).
Asian Games: Dec 1998 - Bangkok (1st).
Junior Asia Cup: May 2000 - Kuala Lumpur (2nd), 2 Goals.
Captain: Junior Asia Cup All-Star Team Indo-Pak Series Feb 1999 - Lost 3-6 Feb/Mar 1998 - Lost 3-4
Commonwealth Games Sep 1998 - Kuala Lumpur (4th)
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup: Feb 2000 - Kuala Lumpur (3rd)
Prime Minister`s Gold Cup: Mar 2001 - Dhaka (1st)
African Tour: Aug 1999 - Johannesburg - Lost 0-3-2.
European Tour: Jul 2001 World Cup Qualifier (5th)
New Zealand Tour: Jun 2001 - Lost 1-2-1.
Test Series: Jan 1998 - vs Germany - Lost 0-3-1 Feb/Mar 2001 - vs. Germany - Lost 1-2.
FOREIGN CLUBS: Ernst and Young Kuala Lumpur Sep - Oct 2004.

AWARDS/HONOURS:
*     On 29 August 2024, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi conferred him with the Biju Patnaik Sports Award for Lifetime Achievement in Promotion of Sports and Games, which carried a trophy and Rs 4 lakh.
*     Ekalavya Puraskar, 1999.
*     Indian Hockey Yearbook Award: 1997.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     He was the manager of the Hockey Gangpur-Odisha team that won the bronze medal in the 8th Hockey India Junior Men National Championship (Division-A), held at Bhopal (MP) from April 26 to May 6, 2018.
*     Made international debut for men’s National team in January 1998 during Test Series against Germany.
*     His wife Johnnita Tirkey is working as an Assistant Professor, BJB Autonomous College, Bhubaneswar.
*     He is the youngest Indian to win Asian Hockey Gold.
*     He Belongs to the Oraon tribe of Chota Nagpur.

RECORD LAST UPDATED: 6 October 2011
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 29 August 2024