| Personal information | |||
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| Born | 21 March 1991 Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–present | Australia | 193 | (25) |
Medal record | |||
Aran Zalewski (born 21 March 1991) is an Australian field hockey player who is the captain of the Australian national team.
He is from Margaret River, Western Australia. [1] he attended Aquinas College in Perth, Western Australia. [2] As a 12- and 13-year-old, he played in the Margaret River South West League.
He is a centre-half. [3] He played junior hockey in Margaret River. [3] As a 12- and 13-year-old, he played in the Margaret River South West League. [3]
He made his state team debut when he was 15 years old. [3]
He participated in a training camp for the first time in October 2011. [3] He had his first call up to the national team in October 2011 in a game against India at the Bunbury Hockey Stadium. He scored a goal in his debut in the 57th minute, a game Australia won 5–0. [3] [4]
In December 2011, he was named as one of fourteen players to be on the 2012 Summer Olympics Australian men's national Olympic development squad. While this squad is not in the top twenty-eight and separate from the Olympic training coach, the Australian coach Ric Charlesworth did not rule out selecting from only the training squad, with players from the Olympic development having a chance at possibly being called up to represent Australia at the Olympics. He trained with the team from 18 January to mid-March in Perth, Western Australia. [1] He was named the best player of the 2019 FIH Pro League after Australia won the first edition of the FIH Pro League. [5] In December 2019, he was nominated for the FIH Player of the Year Award. [6]
Zalewski was selected in the Kookaburras Olympics squad for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The team reached the final for the first time since 2004 but couldn't achieve gold, beaten by Belgium in a shootout. [7]
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