David Goodfield

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David Goodfield
Personal information
Born (1993-06-15) 15 June 1993 (age 32)
Shrewsbury, England
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing position Midfielder or forward
Senior career
YearsTeam
2008-2009 Telford & Wrekin HC
2011-2015 Sheffield Hallam
2015-2016 Harvestehuder THC
2016-present Surbiton
National team
YearsTeamCapsGoals
2013–2014 England & GB U21 25
2017–present England and GB 62 (12)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Team
EuroHockey Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Mönchengladbach
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Amsterdam

David Rhys Goodfield (born 15 June 1993) is an English field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for Surbiton and the England and Great Britain national teams. [1] [2] [3] He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

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Biography

Goodfield played hockey for Telford & Wrekin HC, Sheffield Hallam and then Harvestehuder THC before joining Surbiton in the Men's England Hockey League in 2016. [4] While at Surbiton he represented England and won a bronze medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast. [5] and won another bronze medal with England in the Men's tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. [6] He then won a silver medal with England at the 2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship in Mönchengladbach. [7]

He was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics. [8] The team went out in the quarter-finals after losing a penalty shootout to India. [9]

Goodfield captained and was part of the Surbiton team that won the league title during the 2024–25 Men's England Hockey League season. [10]

References

  1. ↑ "David Goodfield - GB Hockey". www.greatbritainhockey.co.uk. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020.
  2. ↑ https://teamengland.org/team-england-athletes/david-goodfield [ bare URL ]
  3. ↑ "Nine new faces join men's central programme - England Hockey". www.englandhockey.co.uk. 26 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "David Goodfield lands a third title". www.shropshirestar.com. 30 April 2020.
  5. ↑ "Men's hockey team ready for Gold Coast challenge". England Hockey. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  6. ↑ "Commonwealth Games: England's men win hockey bronze against South Africa". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  7. ↑ "EuroHockey: England men lose out to the Netherlands in dramatic final". BBC Sport. 27 August 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  8. ↑ "GB hockey select Roper for fourth Olympic Games". bbc.com. BBC. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  9. ↑ "GB wait for men's hockey medal goes on after shootout heartbreak". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  10. ↑ "England Hockey Finals: Reading women and Surbiton men land surprise titles". The Hockey Paper. 5 May 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
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