Floris Wortelboer

Floris Wortelboer

Personal information
Born	(1996-08-04) 4 August 1996 (age 28) Teteringen, Netherlands
Playing position	Defender / Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Bloemendaal
Youth career
	Teteringen
	Push
Senior career
Years	Team
0000–2015	Push
2015–2017	Den Bosch
2017–present	Bloemendaal
2024–present	→ UP Rudras
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2016	Netherlands U21	10	(0)
2017–present	Netherlands	118	(6)
Medal record Men's field hockey Representing the   Netherlands Olympic Games 2024 Paris Team World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar–Rourkela EuroHockey Championships 2017 Amstelveen 2023 Mönchengladbach Champions Trophy 2018 Breda

Floris Wortelboer (born 4 August 1996) is a Dutch professional field hockey player who plays as a defender or midfielder for Hoofdklasse club Bloemendaal and the Dutch national team. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Club career

Wortelboer first played football when he was young but when he was around seven years old he made the switch to hockey and started playing at the local hockey club Teteringen. He then made the switch to Push where he played from the under-12 teams until the first senior men's team. ^[4] In 2017 he made the switch to Den Bosch where he signed for two seasons. ^[5] After those two seasons he moved to Bloemendaal in 2017. ^{[6] [7]} For the 2024–25 Hockey India League, he was signed by the UP Rudras for a total of ₹27 lakhs. ^{[8] [9]}

International career

Under–21

Wortelboer made his debut for the Netherlands U–21 team in 2015 during a test series in Breda. ^[10] The following year he went on to represent the team at the FIH Junior World Cup in Lucknow. ^[10]

Oranje

Floris Wortelboer made his senior debut for the Oranje in 2017. He played his first international during the Summer Series in Cape Town. ^[2] He went on to win his major medal with the team that year, taking home gold at the EuroHockey Championship in Amsterdam. ^[11]

He went on to add two bronze medals to his collection. His first at the 2018 FIH Champions Trophy in Breda, as well as the 2019 FIH Pro League in Amsterdam. ^{[12] [10]}

References

1. "Team Details – Netherlands". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 9 March 2022.
2. "Floris Wortelboer". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey Netherlands . Retrieved 9 March 2022.
3. "WORTELBOER Floris". eurohockey.altiusrt.com. European Hockey Federation . Retrieved 9 March 2022.
4. Collewijn, Sander (12 August 2017). "Verrassende EK-debutant Floris Wortelboer moest knop omzetten na WK in India". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 March 2022.
5. "Floris Wortelboer van Push naar HC Den Bosch". bndestem.nl (in Dutch). BN DeStem. 27 April 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
6. "Floris Wortelboer maakt overstap van Den Bosch naar Bloemendaal". hockey.nl (in Dutch). 16 May 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
7. "Heren 1". hcbloemendaal.nl (in Dutch). HC Bloemendaal . Retrieved 9 March 2022.
8. van Nugteren, Marco (14 October 2024). "Gekte in India: Janssen met 59.000 euro best betaalde Oranje-ster". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey.nl. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
9. "UP Rudras squad, Hockey India League 2024-25: Full list of players after auction, remaining purse". sportstar.thehindu.com. Sportstar. 13 October 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
10. "WORTELBOER Floris". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 9 March 2022.
11. "DOUBLE DUTCH DELIGHT AS NETHERLANDS PRODUCE REMARKABLE COMEBACK". archive.eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation . Retrieved 9 March 2022.
12. "WORTELBOER Floris". fihproleague.com. FIH Pro League . Retrieved 9 March 2022.

External links

• Floris Wortelboer at the International Hockey Federation
• Floris Wortelboer at the European Hockey Federation