Personal information | |||
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Born | Hamburg, Germany | 18 August 1990||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Klein Zwitserland | ||
Senior career | |||
Years | Team | ||
Braunschweiger THC | |||
–2012 | UHC Hamburg | ||
2012–2019 | Rot-Weiss Köln | ||
2019–2020 | Gantoise | ||
2020–present | Klein Zwitserland | ||
National team | |||
Years | Team | Caps | Goals |
2009–2024 | Germany | 160 | (73) |
2018 | Germany (indoor) | 8 | (11) |
Medal record |
Marco Miltkau (born 18 August 1990) [1] is a German field hockey player who plays as a forward for Dutch Hoofdklasse club Klein Zwitserland. He played a total of 160 matches from 2009 to 2024 for the German national team and scored 73 goals. [2] [3]
Marco Miltkau was born and raised in Hamburg, Germany. He started playing hockey at the age of four, introduced to the sport by his father who was a well known coach. [4]
Miltkau played for Braunschweiger THC and UHC Hamburg in the German Bundesliga. In 2012 he switched from UHC Hamburg to Rot-Weiss Köln. [5] In 2019 he left Germany to play for La Gantoise in the Men's Belgian Hockey League. [6] In June 2020, it was announced he joined Klein Zwitserland in the Dutch Hoofdklasse for the 2020–21 season. [7]
Miltkau was a member of the German indoor team at the 2018 Indoor World Cup in Berlin, Germany. At the tournament, the team won a silver medal. [8]
In 2012, Miltkau made his debut for the senior national team. Shortly after he played in his first major tournament at the Champions Trophy in Melbourne, Australia. [9] Since his debut, He has been a regular inclusion in the national side. During his career he has medalled three times with the national team; gold and silver at the 2013 and 2015 [10] Men's EuroHockey Championships respectively, and bronze at the 2016 Champions Trophy. [11] He represented Germany in the inaugural tournament of the FIH Pro League from January–June 2019. [12] After the 2024 Summer Olympics, where Germany won the silver medal, he announced his retirement from the national team. [13] [14]