Floris Wortelboer

Floris Wortelboer (born 4 August 1996) is a Dutch professional field hockey player who plays as a defender or midfielder for Hoofdklasse club Bloemendaal and the Dutch national team.[1][2][3]

Floris Wortelboer
Personal information
Born (1996-08-04) 4 August 1996
Teteringen, Netherlands
Playing position Defender / Midfielder
Club information
Current club Bloemendaal
Youth career
Teteringen
Push
Senior career
Years Team
0000–2015 Push
2015–2017 Den Bosch
2017–present Bloemendaal
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Netherlands U21 10 (0)
2017– Netherlands 61 (1)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing the  Netherlands
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place2023 Bhubaneswar/Rourkela
EuroHockey Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 Amstelveen
Gold medal – first place2023 Mönchengladbach
FIH Champions Trophy
Bronze medal – third place2018 Breda

Club career

Wortelboer first played football when he was young but when he was around seven years old he made the switch to hockey and started playing at the local hockey club Teteringen. He then made the switch to Push where he played from the under-12 teams until the first senior men's team.[4] In 2017 he made the switch to Den Bosch where he signed for two seasons.[5] After those two seasons he moved to Bloemendaal in 2017.[6][7]

International career

Under–21

Wortelboer made his debut for the Netherlands U–21 team in 2015 during a test series in Breda.[8]

The following year he went on to represent the team at the FIH Junior World Cup in Lucknow.[8]

Oranje

Floris Wortelboer made his senior debut for the Oranje in 2017. He played his first international during the Summer Series in Cape Town.[2] He went on to win his major medal with the team that year, taking home gold at the EuroHockey Championship in Amsterdam.[9]

He went on to add two bronze medals to his collection. His first at the 2018 FIH Champions Trophy in Breda, as well as the 2019 FIH Pro League in Amsterdam.[10][8]

References
  1. "Team Details – Netherlands". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  2. "Floris Wortelboer". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey Netherlands. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  3. "WORTELBOER Floris". eurohockey.altiusrt.com. European Hockey Federation. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  4. Collewijn, Sander (12 August 2017). "Verrassende EK-debutant Floris Wortelboer moest knop omzetten na WK in India". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  5. "Floris Wortelboer van Push naar HC Den Bosch". bndestem.nl (in Dutch). BN DeStem. 27 April 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  6. "Floris Wortelboer maakt overstap van Den Bosch naar Bloemendaal". hockey.nl (in Dutch). 16 May 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  7. "Heren 1". hcbloemendaal.nl (in Dutch). HC Bloemendaal. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  8. "WORTELBOER Floris". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  9. "DOUBLE DUTCH DELIGHT AS NETHERLANDS PRODUCE REMARKABLE COMEBACK". archive.eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  10. "WORTELBOER Floris". fihproleague.com. FIH Pro League. Retrieved 9 March 2022.


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