Personal information | |||
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Born | Manchester, England | 4 February 2001||
Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career | |||
Years | Team | ||
2016–2019 | Bowdon | ||
2019–2022 | Loughborough Students | ||
2024–present | UP Rudras | ||
2022–present | Surbiton | ||
National team | |||
Years | Team | Caps | Goals |
2018–2019 | England & GB U21 | 10 | |
2022-present | England | 7 | |
2022-present | GB | 13 | |
Medal record |
James Mazarelo (born 4 February 2001) is an English field hockey player who plays as a goalkeeper for Surbiton Hockey Club in the Men's England Hockey League and for UP Rudras in the Hockey India League. [1]
Mazarelo was born on 4 February 2001 in Manchester, England [2] and is of Goan descent. His great-uncle, Sebastião Mazarelo, served as one of the first members in the Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly. [3] He was educated at Altrincham Grammar School for Boys, where he was head boy. [4]
Mazarelo started playing for Bowdon and represented England U-16s, U-18s and U-21s and GB U-21s. [5] He then played club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League for Loughborough Students for three years before moving on to Surbiton in 2022. Mazarelo won a bronze medal with England in the Men's tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham [6] and won a silver medal with England at the 2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship in Mönchengladbach. [7]
Mazarelo was part of the Surbiton team that won the league title during the 2024–25 Men's England Hockey League season. [8]