Sean Murray (field hockey)

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Sean Murray
Personal information
Born (1997-05-05) 5 May 1997 (age 27) [1]
Detroit, United States [2]
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Gantoise
Youth career
2008–2015 Wallace High School
2014 → Ulster U18
Senior career
YearsTeam
2014–2018 → Ireland U21
2014–2016 Lisnagarvey
2018–2020 Rotterdam
2020–2022 Leuven
2022–present Gantoise
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–present Ireland 78 [3]
Last updated on: 2 July 2020

Sean Murray (born 5 May 1997) [1] is an Irish field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for Belgian Hockey League club Gantoise and the Irish national team.

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He represented Ireland at the 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup. At club level, he was a member of the Lisnagarvey team that won the 2015–16 Men's Irish Hockey League title.

Early years, family and education

Murray was educated at Wallace High School and at Queen's University Belfast, where he gained a maths degree. [2] [4] [5] [6] [7] His father, Mark Murray, is involved with Lisnagarvey Hockey Club in various roles including as a coach, and his older siblings, Laura and Stephen and younger brother Daniel are also field hockey players. [5] [8]

Domestic teams

Wallace High School

In 2013–14 Murray was a member of the Wallace High School team that won a McCullough Cup/Burney Cup double. Murray scored in both finals. [9] [10] He also played for Wallace High School in the 2014 All Ireland Schoolboys Hockey Championship final, when they lost 3–1 to St. Andrew's College. [11] He also played in the 2014–15 McCullough Cup final. [12] He captained Wallace High School when they retained the Burney Cup in 2014–15. [5] [13] [14] While playing for Wallace High School, Murray also represented Ulster U18 at inter-provincial level. [15]

Lisnagarvey

During the 2014–15 season, Murray became an established member of the Lisnagarvey first team. [15] [16] In 2015–16, along with Jonathan Bell, Michael Watt and Paul Gleghorne, Murray was a member of the Lisnagarvey team that won the Men's Irish Hockey League and the EY Champions Trophy. [17] [18] Murray and Lisnagarvey also reached the final of the Irish Senior Cup but lost to Monkstown after a penalty shoot-out. [19] [20] [21] Murray also played and scored for Lisnagarvey in the 2016–17 Euro Hockey League. [5] [22]

Playing abroad

In 2018 Murray began playing for HC Rotterdam in the Dutch Hoofdklasse. [7] [23] After two seasons he left Rotterdam for Leuven in Belgium. [24] At Leuven he also only stayed for two seasons and left them in 2022 for Gantoise. [25]

Ireland international

Murray made his senior debut for Ireland in October 2015 in a 2–2 draw with Argentina. [2] [5] [26] He has previously represented Ireland at under-18 and under-21 levels. [3] [8] [27] In March 2017 Murray helped Ireland win a 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Round 2 tournament. [5] In June 2017 Murray was also a member of the Ireland team that won the Hamburg Masters, defeating Germany 4–2 in the final. [28] [29]

TournamentsPlace
2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Round 2 [5] 1st
2017 Hamburg Masters [28] [29] 1st
2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals [30] [31] 5th
2017 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship [32] [33] [34] 6th
2018 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup [35] 6th
2018 Men's Four Nations Cup [36] 4th
2018 Men's Hockey World Cup [37] 14th
2018–19 Men's FIH Series Finals [38] [39] [40] 2nd
2019 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship [41] 8th

Source: [3]

Honours

Ireland
Lisnagarvey
Wallace High School

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