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Sozhasingarayer Robinson, born in Pondicherry, grew up in Gujarat, India.
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He currently plays for the Tamil Nadu Basketball Team which competes in the India National Cup. A standout athlete in India, Robinson started to gain international media attention when he led India with 36 points to a surprise victory at the 2004 International Basketball Federation Asia Stanković Cup against South of Korea, a regular competitor for the title at international tournaments in Asia. To unknown reasons, he did not take the offer to play professionally in New Zealand in 2006, following extraordinary performances against the Tall Blacks.
In that same year he was banned from representing his state"s basketball team for missing its training camp.
Robinson is known as being extremely outspoken as he severely criticized the lack of support for India"s national basketball team from which he retired in 2006 only to try a comeback a little later. Robinson is one of the most well known figures in Indian basketball.
Altogether, he played professional inbasketball for the following teams: 2003-2004 Negar sang Sharekord 2004 Indian Overseas Bank Chennai 2004 Farsh Mashad 2005 Tamil Nadu 2005-2006 Indian Overseas Bank Chennai 2006 offer sheet Auckland Stars, never played 2010 Indian Army 2001, 2005-2006 India national basketball team
