Mirco Pruyser

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Mirco Pruyser
Personal information
Born (1989-08-11) 11 August 1989 (age 34)
Hoofddorp, Netherlands
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 87 kg (192 lb)
Playing position Forward
Youth career
0000–2004 Reigers
2004–2008 Amsterdam
Senior career
YearsTeam
2008–2023 Amsterdam
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2021 Netherlands 142 (80)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
World Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Bhubaneswar 0000
EuroHockey Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 London
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Amstelveen
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Amstelveen
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Antwerp
Champions Trophy
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Breda

Mirco Pruyser (born 11 August 1989) is a Dutch former field hockey player who played as a forward for Amsterdam and the Dutch national team.

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He participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics with the Dutch national team, where they finished fourth. [1]

Club career

Pruyser started playing at MHC De Reigers in Hoofddorp, when he was fifteen years old me moved to Amsterdam, where he made his debut in the first team in 2008. [2] In April 2023, he became the all-time top scorer for Amsterdam in the Hoofdklasse, with 214 goals. [3] After the 2022–23 season he retired from playing top-level hockey. [4]

International career

He made his debut for the Dutch national team in 2014 and won his first medal with the national team at the 2015 European Championships. In June 2019, he was selected in the Netherlands squad for the 2019 EuroHockey Championship. [5] They won the bronze medal by defeating Germany 4–0. [6] He was the joint-topscorer with three other players at the tournament. After the 2020 Summer Olympics he announced his retirement from the national team. [7] [8]

Honours

Amsterdam
Netherlands
Individual
Records

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References

  1. ↑ "RIO 2016 profile". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  2. ↑ Weber, Natasja (11 May 2023). "Kleine doelstellingen, hard werken en dan slagen; dat is typisch hockeyer Mirco Pruyser". volkskrant.nl (in Dutch). de Volkskrant . Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  3. ↑ van Nugeteren, Marco (26 April 2023). "Topscorers: Mirco Pruyser topscorer aller tijden van Amsterdam". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey.nl. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  4. ↑ Borcherts, Reemt (5 May 2023). "Pruyser zwaait af: 'Je krijgt in het leven niets cadeau'". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey.nl. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "Selectie Heren EK Hockey 2019 bekend". www.knhb.nl (in Dutch). Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond. 29 July 2019. Archived from the original on 9 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  6. ↑ "Hockeyers verslaan Duitsland weer en pakken brons". www.ad.nl (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  7. ↑ Wester, Eelko (8 October 2021). "Mirco Pruyser neemt afscheid van 'mooi leven' als international". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  8. ↑ "Ook Mirco Pruyser stopt als hockeyinternational". telegraaf.nl (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. 8 October 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
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