Phil Roper

Phillip Roper (born 24 January 1992) is an English international field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for England and Great Britain. [1] [2]

Phil Roper
Personal information
Full name Philip Roper
Born (1992-01-24) 24 January 1992
Chester, England
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 66 kg (146 lb)
Playing position Midfielder / Forward
Youth career
2000–2010 Chester HC
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008-2009 Brooklands MU
2010-2013 Sheffield Hallam
2013-present Wimbledon
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–present England & GB 145 (34)
Medal record
Commonwealth Games
2014 GlasgowTeam
2018 Gold CoastTeam
European Championships
2017 Amstelveen
Last updated on: 28 October 2020

Club career

Roper plays club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Wimbledon. He was born in Chester and he started playing hockey, aged 8, for Chester Hockey Club and played there for ten years before going to university, where he played for Sheffield Hallam. [3]

International career

Roper made his international debut in 2013. He competed for England in the men's hockey tournament at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won a bronze medal.[4] On 24 May 2017 he was named as one of a three-man captaincy group, for England and Great Britain. It is a new captaincy structure for the men’s international teams.[5]

References
  1. https://teamengland.org/team-england-athletes/phil-roper
  2. http://www.englandhockey.co.uk/player.asp?itemid=8546&itemTitle=Phil+Roper&section=44
  3. "EHL Statistics". Fixtureslive.com. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  4. "Phil Roper biography". Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  5. http://www.englandhockey.co.uk/news.asp?itemid=41121&itemTitle=Great+Britain+and+England%27s+men+announce+landmark+captaincy+structure&section=22


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