Robbert Kemperman

Robbert Huib Kemperman (Dutch pronunciation: ['rɔbərt 'kɛmpərmɑn]; born 24 June 1990) is a Dutch field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for Hoofdklasse club Amsterdam.[1]

Robbert Kemperman
Personal information
Full name Robbert Huib Kemperman
Born (1990-06-24) 24 June 1990
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Amsterdam
Youth career
1995–2005 Union
2005–2008 Den Bosch
Senior career
Years Team
2005–2010 Den Bosch
2010–2012 Rot-Weiss Köln
2012–2022 Kampong
2019 UniKL
2022–present Amsterdam
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2021 Netherlands 228 (52)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2012 LondonTeam
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place2010 New Delhi
Silver medal – second place2014 The Hague
Silver medal – second place2018 Bhubaneswar
EuroHockey Championship
Gold medal – first place2015 London
Gold medal – first place2017 Amstelveen
Gold medal – first place2021 Amstelveen
Silver medal – second place2009 Mönchengladbach
Bronze medal – third place2009 Amstelveen
Bronze medal – third place2013 Boom
Champions Trophy
Silver medal – second place2012 Melbourne
Bronze medal – third place2010 Mönchengladbach
Bronze medal – third place2018 Breda
Hockey World League
Gold medal – first place2012–13 New DelhiTeam
Last updated on: 17 October 2023

He played a total of 228 matches for the Dutch national team and scored 52 goals. He played in three Olympic Games and three World Cups.

International career

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament, where he won a silver medal.[2] He made his debut for the national team in 2008, with just 17 years and 111 days of age, he is the second-youngest debutant ever in de Dutch national hockey team.

In 2018, Kemperman played in his third World Cup, where they won the silver medal. Due to his decision to play in the 2019 Malaysia Hockey League, he was not selected for the 2019 Pro League.[3] After the 2019 EuroHockey Championships he returned in the national team for the FIH Olympic Qualifier against Pakistan.[4] In June 2023 he announced he would retire from the national team after not having played internationally since the 2020 Summer Olympics.[5]

Club career

Born in Nijmegen, he started playing hockey when he was 5 at the local hockey club RKHV Union. In 2005 he went to HC 's-Hertogenbosch where he made his debut for the first team when he was just 15 years old. After his years at 's-Hertogenbosch, he went to Rot-Weiss Köln in Germany in 2010.[6] He played there for two seasons before returning to the Netherlands, where he joined his current club SV Kampong. In 2016 he won the 2015–16 Euro Hockey League with Kampong and then he won two consecutive Dutch national titles in 2017 and 2018. In the winter of 2019, he played in Malaysia for UniKL in the Malaysia Hockey League.[3] In December 2021 it was announced he will leave Kampong after ten seasons and will play for Amsterdam from the summer of 2022 onwards.[7]

Personal life

Kemperman is in a relationship with former Dutch field hockey international Sophie Polkamp.[8]

Honours

Club
Kampong
UniKL

Netherlands

References
  1. "Robbert Kemperman". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  2. "Men's Hockey: Netherlands". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  3. "Caldas: Verga en Kemperman naar Maleisië, geen Pro League". hockey.nl (in Dutch). 8 January 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  4. "Hockeyers Verga en Kemperman dromen na 'reset' weer van goud bij de Spelen van Tokio". volkskrant.nl (in Dutch). 15 September 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  5. Borcherts, Reemt (2 June 2023). "Laatste hoofdstuk van Kempi: 'Kwam erachter dat ik Oranje niet miste'". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey.nl. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  6. "Keeper Vivaldi verlaat Den Bosch". nu.nl (in Dutch). 11 August 2010. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  7. "Hockeyer Kemperman ruilt na tien seizoenen Kampong in voor Amsterdam". nos.nl (in Dutch). NOS. 23 December 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  8. van Nugteren, Marco (4 January 2022). "Robbert Kemperman: 'Parijs zit nog steeds in mijn achterhoofd'". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  9. "KEMPERMAN Robbert". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation.


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