Marcus Child (field hockey)

Marcus Child

Personal information
Full name	Marcus Andrew Law Child
Born	(1991-03-02) 2 March 1991 (age 34) [1] Auckland, New Zealand
Height	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	80 kg (12 st 8 lb)
Playing position	Midfielder / Forward
Youth career
	Auckland
Senior career
Years	Team
0000–2017	Auckland
2014	Southern Hotshots
2018–2019	Pinoké
2019	Auckland
National team
Years	Team	Caps	Goals
2010–2020	New Zealand	172
Medal record Men's field hockey Representing   New Zealand Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast Team Oceania Cup 2013 Stratford 2017 Sydney 2019 Rockhampton Hockey World League 2012–13 New Delhi Team
Last updated on: 5 April 2020

Marcus "Marky" Andrew Law Child (born 2 March 1991) is a retired New Zealand field hockey player, who played as a midfielder or forward for the New Zealand national team. ^[2]

Personal life

Marcus Child was born and raised in Auckland, New Zealand. He has an older brother, Simon, who also plays representative hockey for New Zealand. ^[3]

Career

Child started playing hockey when he was four years old. ^[2] He plays for Auckland in the New Zealand Hockey League. ^[2] In the 2018–19 season he played for Pinoké in the Dutch Hoofdklasse. ^[4]

Child made his senior international debut for the Black Sticks in 2010. ^[5] Since his debut, he has been a regular inclusion in the side. In 2018, he was a silver medallist at the Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast, Australia. ^[6] In December 2020 he announced his retirement from the national team. ^[7]

References

1. "Team Details – New Zealand". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 2 August 2019.
2. "Vantage Black Sticks Men". www.blacksticks.co.nz. Vantage Black Sticks. Archived from the original on 15 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
3. "Marcus Child". www.olympic.org.nz. New Zealand Olympic Committee . Retrieved 2 August 2019.
4. Barreveld, Merel (5 March 2018). "Pinoké en aanvoerder Brasem per direct uit elkaar". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey.nl. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
5. "New Zealand Hockey Representatives – Men" (PDF). www.blacksticks.co.nz. Vantage Black Sticks . Retrieved 2 August 2019.
6. "Marcus CHILD". results.gc2018.com. GoldCoast2018. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
7. "Black Sticks men to head to Tokyo Olympics minus 569 caps of experience due to trio of retirements". 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.

External links

• Marcus Child at the International Hockey Federation