Roel Bovendeert (born 8 May 1992) is a Dutch former field hockey player who played as a forward.

Roel Bovendeert
Personal information
Born (1992-05-08) 8 May 1992 (age 32)
Boxtel, Netherlands
Playing position Forward
Youth career
MEP
Senior career
Years Team
2008–2009 MEP
2009–2023 Bloemendaal
2020UniKL
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2015–2021 Netherlands 32 (9)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing the  Netherlands
Champions Trophy
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Breda
Junior World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2013 New Delhi
EuroHockey Junior Championship
Silver medal – second place 2012 's-Hertogenbosch

Club career

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Bovendeert started playing hockey at MEP where he played his whole youth career.[1] In 2009 he signed for Bloemendaal.[2] During the winter break of the 2019–20 season he played for UniKL in the Malaysia Hockey League and won the treble with UniKL.[3] Before the 2022–23 Euro Hockey League Final8 in April 2023 he announced he would retire at the end of that season. He won a total of four European titles with Bloemendaal, he missed the 2021 edition due to injury.[4]

International career

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Bovendeert represented the Netherlands at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[5] After the 2020 Olympics he retired from international hockey.[6]

Honours

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Bloemendaal
UniKL

References

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  1. ^ Huizinga, Arthur (14 March 2021). "Bovendeert en Galema, maatjes én rivalen: 'Van vrienden willen ze altijd winnen'". nos.nl (in Dutch). NOS. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Roel Bovendeert verlengt contract met Bloemendaal". hoofdklassehockey.nl (in Dutch). 23 June 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  3. ^ Maresch, Sjoerd (26 February 2020). "Bovendeert geniet van beleving in Maleisië: 'een geweldige ervaring'". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  4. ^ Klanke, Peter (6 April 2023). "De laatste Europese klus van boezemvrienden Bovendeert en Schuurman". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey.nl. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Roel Bovendeert". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  6. ^ Borcherts, Reemt (1 October 2021). "'Afwachten of ik straks nog in het plaatje pas bij Oranje'". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 April 2022.
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