Bob de Voogd

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

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
Helmond, Netherlands[1]
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Playing position Midfielder / Forward
Club information
Current club Braxgata
Youth career
0000–1999 HMHC
1999– Helmond
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–2004 Helmond
2004–2007 Den Bosch
2007–2016 Oranje Zwart
2016–2019 Oranje-Rood
2019–present Braxgata
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–present Netherlands 146 (35)
Last updated on: 3 February 2020

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

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

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

Netherlands

Oranje Zwart[6]

References
  1. Bob de Voogd. sports-reference.com
  2. Bob de Voogd Archived 2016-09-22 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
  3. "Bob de Voogd - Hockey.nl". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey.nl. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  4. 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. 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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