Thierry Brinkman (born 19 March 1995) is a Dutch field hockey player who plays as a forward for HC Bloemendaal and the Dutch national team.[1] He is the son of former Dutch international Jacques Brinkman and the brother of Tim Brinkman, a Dutch football player.[2]
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| Born |
19 March 1995 Bilthoven, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Bloemendaal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| –2010 | SCHC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Kampong | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2015 | Kampong | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015– | Bloemendaal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2016 | Netherlands U21 | 20 | (15) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015– | Netherlands | 68 | (28) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Club career
Thierry started playing hockey at his local club SCHC, whom he left in 2010, to play in the youth ranks of SV Kampong. He made his debut for the first team aged seventeen in the 2012–13 season.[3] In 2015 he transferred to HC Bloemendaal.[3] With Bloemendaal, he won the 2017–18 Euro Hockey League.[4]
International career
Junior National Team
Brinkman made his debut for the junior national team at the 2013 Junior World Cup in New Delhi, India. At the tournament he scored 6 goals, helping the Netherlands to a bronze medal.[5]
Brinkman again represented the Netherlands at the Junior World Cup in Lucknow, India, where the team finished 7th.[6]
Senior National Team
Brinkman debuted for the senior national team in 2015, in a test match against South Africa, in Cape Town.[7]
Brinkman represented the Netherlands at the 2018 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in Breda, Netherlands, where the team won a bronze medal.[8]
Honours
Club
Bloemendaal
International
Netherlands
Career statistics
International
- As of match played 13 December[5]
| National team | Year | Apps |
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| Netherlands | 2015 | 18 |
| 2016 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 25 | |
| 2018 | 25 | |
| Total | 68 | |
References
- ^ "Thierry Brinkman". hockey.nl. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- ^ Butter, Jan-Cees (10 January 2018). "Jacques Brinkman heeft drie kinderen, allemaal winnaars". trouw.nl (in Dutch). Trouw. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Thierry Brinkman vervolgt hockeycarrière bij HC Bloemendaal". hoofdklassehockey.nl (in Dutch). 13 April 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
- ^ "Brilliant Bloemendaal win third EHL crown in front of wild home crowd". ehlhockey.tv. Euro Hockey League. 27 May 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
- ^ a b "BRINKMAN Thierry". FIH. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- ^ "Uttar Pradesh Hockey Junior World Cup Men Lucknow 2016". FIH. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- ^ "Test Match 2015: RSA V NED (M)". FIH. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- ^ "Rabobank Hockey Champions Trophy Breda 2018". FIH. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
External links
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