Sam van der Ven
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(1989年09月05日) 5 September 1989 (age 35) Voorburg, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rijswijk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HDM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2024 | HGC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2020 | Netherlands | 57 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sam van der Ven (born 5 September 1989) is a Dutch former field hockey player who played as a goalkeeper for HGC and the Dutch national team.[1]
Club career
[edit ]Van der Ven started playing for Rijswijk and in the under-16's he switched to HDM.[2] He played his whole senior career for HGC where he played for 16 years. His last games for HGC were the relegation play-offs in the 2023–24 season.[3]
International career
[edit ]Van der Ven made his debut for the Dutch national team in a test match against Belgium in 2014.[4] He was a part of the Dutch squad which won the silver medal at the 2018 World Cup.[5] [6] In June 2019, he was selected as the joint first goalkeeper in the Netherlands squad for the 2019 EuroHockey Championship.[7] They won the bronze medal by defeating Germany 4–0.[8]
References
[edit ]- ^ "Sam van der Ven". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey.nl. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ^ Collewijn, Sander (5 May 2019). "Hockeymonoloog Sam van der Ven: 'Keepers zijn perfectionisten'". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey.nl. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
- ^ Romijn, Kees (1 June 2024). "Na 16 jaar HGC stopt Sam van der Ven (34) ermee: 'No way dat ik in mijn laatste wedstrijd degradeer'". ad.nl (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad . Retrieved 13 January 2025.
- ^ "van der VEN Sam". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ^ "Team Details Netherlands". fih.altiusrt.com. International Hockey Federation. p. 12. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ^ "Dit is de selectie van Oranje voor het WK in India". hockey.nl (in Dutch). 26 October 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ^ "Selectie Heren EK Hockey 2019 bekend". www.knhb.nl (in Dutch). Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond. 29 July 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ^ "Hockeyers verslaan Duitsland weer en pakken brons". www.ad.nl (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
External links
[edit ]- Sam van der Ven at the International Hockey Federation Edit on Wikidata
- Sam van der Ven at Olympedia Edit on Wikidata
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