Jip Janssen

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Jip Janssen
Personal information
Born (1997-10-14) 14 October 1997 (age 27)
Naarden, Netherlands
Playing position Defender
Youth career
Naarden
Kampong
Senior career
YearsTeam
–present Kampong
2024 Tamil Nadu Dragons
National team
YearsTeamCapsGoals
2016–2018 Netherlands U21 9 (5)
2017–present Netherlands 127 (73)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing the Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Paris Team
World Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Bhubaneswar–Rourkela
European Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Amstelveen
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Mönchengladbach
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Mönchengladbach
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Antwerp

Jip Janssen (born 14 October 1997) is a Dutch field hockey player who plays as a defender for Hoofdklasse club Kampong and the Netherlands national team. [1] [2]

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Club career

In the Dutch Hoofdklasse, Janssen plays for SV Kampong. [3] [4] Before he joined Kampong he played in the youth ranks of Naarden. [5] [6]

International career

Under–21

In 2016, Janssen made his debut for the Netherlands U–21 side in a four nations tournament in Hannover, Germany. [7]

Later that year, Janssen represented the side at the Junior World Cup in Lucknow, India. At the tournament, the Netherlands finished in seventh place. [8]

Senior team

Janssen made his debut for the Netherlands senior national team in 2017, in a test match against South Africa in Cape Town. During the match, Janssen scored his first international goal in a 6–2 win.

After his debut, Janssen did not represent the Dutch side again until 2019 during the inaugural tournament of the FIH Pro League. Janssen scored three times during the league, helping the Netherlands to a bronze medal. [9] Janssen won another bronze medal in 2019 at the EuroHockey Nations Championship in Antwerp. [10] [11]

References

  1. ↑ "Jip Janssen". hockey.nl (in Dutch). KNHB . Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  2. ↑ "Jip Janssen – Player Info". www.globalsportsarchive.com. Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  3. ↑ "Jip Janssen". kamponghockey.nl (in Dutch). SV Kampong . Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  4. ↑ "JANSSEN Jip". eurohockey.altiusrt.com. European Hockey Federation . Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  5. ↑ "Jip Janssen eerste Naarden speler in Nederlands XI-tal". hcnaarden.nl (in Dutch). Hockey Club Naarden. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  6. ↑ "De tweede Olympische Spelen van Jip Janssen: 'Daar had ik nooit van durven dromen'". rtvutrecht.nl (in Dutch). RTV Utrecht. 29 April 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  7. ↑ "JANSSEN Jip". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  8. ↑ "Uttar Pradesh Hockey Junior World Cup Men Lucknow 2016". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  9. ↑ "JANSSEN Jip". fihproleague.com. FIH Pro League . Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  10. ↑ "Spain stun The Netherlands to reach first EuroHockey Nations Championship final since 2007". insidethegames.biz. Inside the Games. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  11. ↑ "FOUR-STAR DUTCH EASE THEIR WAY TO EUROPEAN BRONZE MEDAL". belfiuseurohockey.com. Belfius EuroHockey. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
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