Severiano Boris "Seve" van Ass (born 10 April 1992) is a Dutch former field hockey player who played as a midfielder or forward for the Dutch national team.[1]
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Severiano Boris van Ass | ||
| Born |
10 April 1992 Rotterdam, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder / Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Victoria | |||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| –2008 | Victoria | ||
| 2008–2013 | HGC | ||
| 2013–2018 | Rotterdam | ||
| 2018–2024 | HGC | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals |
| 2011–2024 | Netherlands | 236 | (29) |
Medal record | |||
He is the son of Dutch field hockey coach Paul van Ass.[2]
International career
editHe participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3] In June 2019, he was selected in the Netherlands squad for the 2019 EuroHockey Championship and was named the captain for the tournament.[4] They won the bronze medal by defeating Germany 4–0.[5] After the winning final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, he announced his retirement.[6]
Club career
editVan Ass started playing hockey at Victoria, a field hockey club in Rotterdam. In 2008 he switched to HGC,[7] with whom he won the 2010–11 Euro Hockey League. In 2013 he returned to Rotterdam to play for HC Rotterdam, where he played for five seasons until 2018 when he returned to HGC.[8] In his last season before his retirement HGC was relegated from the Hoofdklasse.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Seve van Ass". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ Olsthoorn, Thomas (24 July 2017). "Het familieportret van hockeyer Seve van Ass". www.helden.media (in Dutch). HELDEN. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ "RIO 2016 profile". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ^ "Selectie Heren EK Hockey 2019 bekend". www.knhb.nl (in Dutch). Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond. 29 July 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ^ "Hockeyers verslaan Duitsland weer en pakken brons". www.ad.nl (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ Wester, Eelko (9 August 2024). "Seve 'eerste Van Ass met goud' stopt met tophockey". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey.nl. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ^ "Hockeyer Seve van Ass naar HCR HCR_LOGOHCR_LOGO". www.rijnmond.nL (in Dutch). RTV Rijnmond. 10 May 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ Wester, Eelko (30 May 2018). "Oranje-captain Seve van Ass herenigd met zijn vader bij HGC". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ Marinus, Mitch (8 August 2024). "Seve van Ass beëindigt hockeycarrière na gouden finale tegen Duitsland". nu.nl (in Dutch). NU.nl. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
External links
edit- Seve van Ass at the International Hockey Federation
- Seve van Ass at Olympedia
- Severiano van Ass at Olympics.com
- Seve van Ass at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Seve van Ass at TeamNL (archived) (in Dutch)
