Dutch field hockey player
Thierry Brinkman (born 19 March 1995) is a Dutch professional field hockey player who plays as a forward or midfielder for Hoofdklasse club Bloemendaal and the Dutch national team.[1] He is the son of former Dutch international Jacques Brinkman and the brother of Tim Brinkman, a Dutch footballer.[2]
Club career
Thierry started playing hockey at his local club SCHC, whom he left in 2010, to play in the youth ranks of SV Kampong. He made his debut for the first team aged seventeen in the 2012–13 season.[3] In 2015 he transferred to Bloemendaal.[3] With Bloemendaal, he won the 2017–18 Euro Hockey League.[4] In his fourth season with Bloemendaal, he won his first Dutch national title by defeating his former club Kampong in the final.[5]
International career
Junior national team
Brinkman played for the junior national team at the 2013 Junior World Cup in New Delhi, India. At the tournament he scored six goals, helping the Netherlands to a bronze medal.[6] Brinkman again represented the Netherlands at the Junior World Cup in Lucknow, India, where the team finished 7th.[7]
Senior national team
Brinkman debuted for the senior national team in 2015, in a test match against South Africa, in Cape Town.[8] Brinkman represented the Netherlands at the 2018 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in Breda, Netherlands, where the team won a bronze medal.[9] In October 2018, he was named in the Dutch squad for the 2018 World Cup, which meant he was about to make his World Cup debut.[10] He played in all seven matches and scored four goals,[11] they eventually los in the final to Belgium. In June 2019, he was selected in the Netherlands squad for the 2019 EuroHockey Championship.[12] They won the bronze medal by defeating Germany 4–0.[13]
