Personal information | |||
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Full name | Philip Andrew Roper | ||
Born |
Chester, England | 24 January 1992||
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 | ||
2008-2009 | Brooklands MU | ||
2010-2013 | Sheffield Hallam | ||
2013-2021 | Wimbledon | ||
2021-present | Oranje-Rood | ||
National team | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–present | England & GB | 163 | (39) |
Phillip Andrew "Phil" Roper (born 24 January 1992) is an English field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for Dutch club Oranje-Rood in the Dutch Hoofdklasse and the England and Great Britain national teams.[1][2]
Roper joined Dutch club Oranje-Rood for the 2021–22 season, for at least two seasons.[3]
He previously played club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Wimbledon.
He started playing hockey, aged 8, for his local club Chester HC and played there for ten years before going to university, where he played for Sheffield Hallam.[4]
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.[5] On 24 May 2017 he was named as one of a three-man captaincy group, for England and Great Britain. It was a new captaincy structure for the men's international teams.[6] On 28 May 2021, he was selected in the England squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.[7]