Glenn Schuurman

Glenn Schuurman
Personal information
Born	16 April 1991; Boxtel, Netherlands
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Bloemendaal
Youth career
	MEP
Senior career
Years	Team
0000–2009	MEP
2009–present	Bloemendaal
National team
Years	Team
2012–2021	Netherlands
Medal record
Men's Field hockey
Representing the Netherlands
World Cup
EuroHockey Championship
Champions Trophy
	Last updated on: 24 July 2021

Glenn Schuurman (Dutch pronunciation: [glɛn sxyrmɑn]; born 16 April 1991) is a Dutch field hockey player who plays as a defender for Hoofdklasse club Bloemendaal. He played a total 159 matches from 2012 until 2021 for the Dutch national team and scored three goals.[1]

He participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2]

Club career

He was born in Boxtel in the Netherlands, where he started playing hockey for the local hockey club MEP. In 2009 he transferred to Bloemendaal where he won the Dutch national title in 2010. In the 2018–19 season, he won his second national title with Bloemendaal by defeating Kampong in the championship final.[3]

International career

Schuurman made his debut for the Dutch national team in 2012 in a friendly match against England. The following tournament, the 2012 Champions Trophy, they finished second and he won his first medal with the national team. At the 2018 Champions Trophy in Breda he played his 100th match for the Dutch national team.In June 2019, he was selected in the Netherlands squad for the 2019 EuroHockey Championship.[4] They won the bronze medal by defeating Germany 4–0.[5] After the 2020 Summer Olympics, he announced his retirement from international hockey.[6]

References

"Interlandhistorie - KNHB" (in Dutch).
"RIO 2016 profile". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
"Oranjefeest in Bloemendaal: hockeyers na negen jaar weer kampioen". nos.nl (in Dutch). NOS. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
"Selectie Heren EK Hockey 2019 bekend". www.knhb.nl (in Dutch). Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond. 29 July 2019. Archived from the original on 9 August 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.
Borcherts, Reemt (1 October 2021). "'Afwachten of ik straks nog in het plaatje pas bij Oranje'". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey.nl. Retrieved 9 November 2022.

External links

Glenn Schuurman at the International Hockey Federation

Glenn Schuurman at Olympedia

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[1] "Interlandhistorie - KNHB" (in Dutch).

[2] "RIO 2016 profile". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.

[3] "Oranjefeest in Bloemendaal: hockeyers na negen jaar weer kampioen". nos.nl (in Dutch). NOS. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.

[4] "Selectie Heren EK Hockey 2019 bekend". www.knhb.nl (in Dutch). Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond. 29 July 2019. Archived from the original on 9 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.

[5] "Hockeyers verslaan Duitsland weer en pakken brons". www.ad.nl (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.

[6] Borcherts, Reemt (1 October 2021). "'Afwachten of ik straks nog in het plaatje pas bij Oranje'". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey.nl. Retrieved 9 November 2022.