Category: FIH Awardees
The Kookaburra defender stands just 170cm tall but packs a lot of verve and energy as a defender. Born on May 16, 1989, Swann made his debut for Australia in 2009 and has since then ...
FIH Player of the Year in 2013 and Rising Star in 2009, Tobias Hauke of Germany exudes discipline and commitment on and off the hockey pitch. He had to juggle duty as a defender par ...
A complete player replete with individual skills, visionary passing and crucially drag flicking which has brought him much of his 137 goals from 250 internationals for England and Great Britain. That’s Ashley Jackson for you! ...
The Australian from Tasmania has been a fixture in the national side for over a decade. Eddie Ockenden’s leadership qualities renders him captain of the Kookaburras. His versatility on the pitch, switching from midfield to ...
An Olympic and two World Cup gold medals adorn Australian MARK KNOWELES’ trophy cabinet. Kookaburras icon, defender and captain’s retirement in 2018 left a void in the team that will be difficult to fill. An ...
Christopher Zeller underlined his prowess with a match-winner to enable Germany win their second World Cup title in 2006. The tall striker ran the length of the pitch, jinking his way past a host of ...
The Netherlands defender kept his promise he showed at the start of his international career when he won the 2005 FIH Rising Stars award. Ten years later he was voted 2015 FIH Player of the ...
Skillful and enterprising, Santi Freixa caught the eye as an exciting forward in the early years of the millennium. The Spaniard, born on Februay 13, 1983, was conferred the 2003 FIH Rising Stars award. Freixa ...
The livewire Australian forward burst onto the international scene in 2003. Grant Schubert, born on August 1, 1980, made his debut in a friendly against Germany and then scintillated at the Champions Trophy in Amstelveen ...
She won an Olympic gold medal at only 18 years of age with the Netherlands team at Beijing 2018. Lidewij Welten, born on July 16, 1990, has more gold in the cabinet. She picked up ...
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