Aidan Sarikaya
Personal information
Full name Aidan Thomas Sarikaya
Born (1996-07-03) 3 July 1996 (age 27)
Playing position Defender / Midfielder
Club information
Current club Herakles
Senior career
Years Team
2015–2018 Midlands
2019–present Herakles
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 New Zealand U21 14 (3)
2017–present New Zealand 46 (3)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  New Zealand
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast Team
Oceania Cup
Silver medal – second place 2023 Whangārei

Aidan Thomas Sarikaya (born 3 July 1996) is a New Zealand field hockey player who plays as a defender or midfielder for Belgian club Herakles and the New Zealand national team.[1]

Club career

Sarikaya played for the Midlands team in the New Zealand National Hockey League.[2] In 2019 he moved to Europe to play for Herkales in Belgium for the 2019–20 season.[3][4]

International career

Junior national team

Sarikaya made his debut for the national under 18 team in 2014, at a qualifying event for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. Sarikaya again represented the national U18 side at the Youth Olympics, held in Nanjing, China.[5] In 2016, Sarikaya made his debut for the national under 21 team at the Junior Oceania Cup.[6] New Zealand successfully qualified for the Junior World Cup in Lucknow, India, where Sarikaya was also a member of the U21 side.[7]

Senior national team

Sarikaya made his senior international debut in 2017, at the International Festival of Hockey in Victoria, Australia. In 2018, Sarikaya most notably represented New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games, where New Zealand won a silver medal.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Aidan Sarikaya". Hockey New Zealand. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Midlands midfielder Aidan Sarikaya earns Black Sticks call-up". www.stuff.co.nz. Stuff. 2 November 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Transferts : l'Herakles se renforce encore!". okey.lalibre.be (in French). Okey.be. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  4. ^ "L'Herakles confirme l'arrivée de 5 étrangers". www.lalibre.be (in French). LaLibre. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Aidan Sarikaya". Team New Zealand. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  6. ^ "SARIKAYA Aidan". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Team Details New Zealand". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  8. ^ "Aidan Sarikaya". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.

External links


New Zealand squad – 2018 World Cup – 9th place
2018 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team
2022 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team
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