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Bob de Voogd

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In this Dutch name, the surname is de Voogd, not Voogd.

Bob de Voogd
De Voogd at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1988-09-16) 16 September 1988 (age 36)
Helmond, Netherlands[1]
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Playing position Midfielder / Forward
Club information
Current club Braxgata
Youth career
–1999 HMHC
1999– Helmond
Senior career
Years Team
–2004 Helmond
2004–2007 Den Bosch
2007–2016 Oranje Zwart
2016–2019 Oranje-Rood
2019–present Braxgata
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2009–2020 Netherlands 146 (35)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Team
World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2018 Bhubaneswar
EuroHockey Championship
Gold medal – first place 2015 London
Gold medal – first place 2017 Amstelveen
Silver medal – second place 2011 Mönchengladbach
Champions Trophy
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Auckland
Silver medal – second place 2012 Melbourne
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Breda
Hockey World League
Gold medal – first place 2012–13 New Delhi Team
Last updated on: 4 April 2022

Bob de Voogd (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbɔb də ˈvoːxt]; born 16 September 1988) is a Dutch field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for Belgian club Braxgata.[3]

He was included to the national team in 2009 and won a silver medal at the 2012 Olympics, placing fourth in 2016.[4][2]

Club career

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De Voogd started playing hockey at his local hockey club HMHC in Helmond. After the club merged with another Helmond club he started playing for the newly formed club, HC Helmond. He played there until 2004 when he transferred to Den Bosch to play in the highest division of Dutch field hockey. In 2007, he transferred to Oranje Zwart. After Oranje Zwart merged in 2016 with EMHC he started playing for the newly formed club HC Oranje-Rood.[5] In January 2019, he agreed to play for Braxgata in Belgium from the 2019–20 season onwards.[6]

International career

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De Voogd broke his jaw during a friendly match against Pakistan in June 2012, but recovered for the 2012 Olympics. Next year he missed four months of competitions, including the European Championships, because of a foot injury. He was not selected for the 2014 World Championships.[4] However, he did play in the 2018 World Cup, where they won the silver medal. In January 2020, he was dropped from the national team's training squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[7]

Honours

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Netherlands

Oranje Zwart[6]

References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bob de Voogd.
  1. ^ Bob de Voogd. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ a b Bob de Voogd Archived 2016-09-22 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
  3. ^ "Bob de Voogd - Hockey.nl". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  4. ^ a b Bob de Voogd. nbcolympics.com
  5. ^ "Bob de Voogd tekent 4 jaar bij Oranje-Rood". hockey.nl (in Dutch). 27 January 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  6. ^ a b Klanke, Peter (31 January 2019). "Bob de Voogd verruilt Oranje-Rood voor 'avontuur' bij Braxgata". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  7. ^ "De Voogd lijkt Olympische Spelen te kunnen vergeten: Helmonder niet langer in trainingsgroep". ed.nl (in Dutch). Eindhovens Dagblad. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
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