Luna Fokke

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Luna Fokke
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Fokke at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name Luna Noa Fokke
Born (2001-03-09) 9 March 2001 (age 24)
Leidschendam, Netherlands
Playing position Midfield
Senior career
YearsTeam
Kampong
National team
YearsTeamCapsGoals
2018 Netherlands U–18 5 (3)
2022 Netherlands U–21 11 (13)
2022– Netherlands 30 (5)
Medal record

Luna Noa Fokke (born 9 March 2001) [1] is a Dutch field hockey player. [2] [3] She played at SV Kampong in the midfield. Since 2022 she plays for the Dutch National Team. With this Team she won the FIH Pro League 2023 and EuroHockey Championship 2023.

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Personal life

Fokke was born and raised in Leidschendam. [2] She currently lives in Utrecht, where she studies computer science. [3]

Career

Domestic hockey

In the Netherlands' domestic league, the Hoofdklasse, Fokke represents Kampong. [4] [5]

Under–18

In 2018, Fokke was a member of the Netherlands U–18 team that won gold at the 2018 EuroHockey Youth Championship in Santander. [6]

Junior national team

Fokke made her debut for the junior national team debut in 2022 at the FIH Junior World Cup in Potchefstroom. [7] At the tournament she won a gold medal. Later that year she represented the team again at the EuroHockey Junior Championship in Ghent, where she won a bronze medal. [8]

Senior

Following her success in the national junior teams, Fokke was called up to make her senior international debut in 2022. She made her first appearance in a 2021–22 FIH Pro League match against England. [7]

In 2023, she was named in the national squad. [2] She has since appeared in season four of the FIH Pro League. [7]

Fokke won the title FIH Pro League from 2023 an the EuroHockey Championships 2023 with the Dutch National Team.

International goals
GoalDateLocationOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
17 June 2023 HC Oranje-Rood, Eindhoven, NetherlandsFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1–04–0 2022–23 FIH Pro League [9]
217 June 2023 Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre, London, Great BritainFlag of the United States.svg  United States 6–06–0 [10]
37 December 2023 Santiago del Estero, Argentina Great-britain 0-80-8
411 December 2023 Santiago del Estero, Argentina Argentina 0-31-7
53 February 2024 Bhubaneswar, India United States 0-10-7

References

  1. "Team Details – Netherlands". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "Luna Fokke". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey Netherlands . Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  3. 1 2 "LUNA FOKKE – NETHERLANDS". ritualhockey.com. Ritual Hockey. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  4. "Dames 1 2022–2023". kamponghockey.nl (in Dutch). SV Kampong . Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  5. "Luna Fokke is blij met het nieuwe vechthockey van Kampong". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey Netherlands . Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  6. "EuroHockey Youth Championships 2018 U18 Girls". eurohockey.altiusrt.com. European Hockey Federation . Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  7. 1 2 3 "FOKKE Luna". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  8. "Final Day – EuroHockey Junior Championship, m and w, Ghent". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation . Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  9. "Netherlands 4–0 China". International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  10. "Netherlands 6–0 United States". International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 12 June 2023.