Phil Roper

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Phil Roper
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Personal information
Full name Philip Andrew Roper
Born (1992-01-24) 24 January 1992 (age 32)
Chester, England
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 66 kg (146 lb)
Playing position Midfielder / Forward
Youth career
2000–2010 Chester HC
Senior career
YearsTeam
2008-2009 Brooklands MU
2010-2013 Sheffield Hallam
2013-2021 Wimbledon
2021-present Oranje-Rood
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–present England & GB 163 (39)
Medal record
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Glasgow Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Team
EuroHockey Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Mönchengladbach
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Amstelveen

Phillip Andrew "Phil" Roper (born 24 January 1992) is an English field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for Dutch club Oranje-Rood in the Dutch Hoofdklasse and the England and Great Britain national teams. [1] [2]

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Club career

Roper joined Dutch club Oranje-Rood for the 2021–22 season, for at least two seasons. [3]

He previously played club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Wimbledon.

He started playing hockey, aged 8, for his local club Chester HC and played there for ten years before going to university, where he played for Sheffield Hallam. [4]

International career

Roper made his international debut in 2013. He competed for England in the men's hockey tournament at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won a bronze medal. [5] On 24 May 2017 he was named as one of a three-man captaincy group, for England and Great Britain. It was a new captaincy structure for the men's international teams. [6] On 28 May 2021, he was selected in the England squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ https://teamengland.org/team-england-athletes/phil-roper [ bare URL ]
  2. ↑ "Senior Squads | England Hockey".
  3. ↑ "Oranje Rood get their man... Phil Roper signs". 17 February 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  4. ↑ "EHL Statistics". Fixtureslive.com. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Phil Roper biography" . Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Latest Media | England Hockey".
  7. ↑ "England Squads For 2021 EuroHockey Championships Announced". englandhockey.co.uk. England Hockey. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.


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