Steijn van Heijningen

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Steijn van Heijningen
Personal information
Born (1997-01-28) 28 January 1997 (age 27)
Leiderdorp, Netherlands
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Rotterdam
Youth career
Alecto
Senior career
YearsTeam
2015–2016 Leiden
2016–2022 HGC
2022–present Rotterdam
National team
YearsTeamCapsGoals
2016–2017 Netherlands U21 15 (0)
2021–present Netherlands 52 (6)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing the Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Paris Team
World Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Bhubaneswar–Rourkela
EuroHockey Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Mönchengladbach
EuroHockey Junior Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Valencia

Steijn van Heijningen (born 28 January 1997) is a Dutch field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for Hoofdklasse club Rotterdam and the Dutch national team. [1] [2] [3]

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Club career

Van Heijningen started playing at his local club Alecto, where he played his whole youth career. He then played one year for Leiden during the 2015–16 season. After which he joined HGC. [4] After six years at HGC he left them for Rotterdam. [5]

International career

Under–21

Steijn van Heijningen made his debut for the national junior team in 2016 during a four-nations tournament in Hannover. Later that year he went on to represent the team at the FIH Junior World Cup in Lucknow, finishing in seventh place. [6]

Following his debut, Van Heijningen returned to the junior national team in 2017 for the EuroHockey Junior Championship in Valencia, Spain. At the tournament he won a gold medal. [7]

Oranje

Van Heijningen made his senior debut for the Oranje in 2021 during season three of the FIH Pro League. [8] [6]

He was officially named in the national senior squad in 2022. [2] Because of an injured teammate, he participated in only the final of the 2024 Summer Olympics, winning gold.

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References

  1. ↑ "Team Details – Netherlands". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Steijn van Heijningen". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey Netherlands . Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "van HEIJNINGEN Steijn". eurohockey.altiusrt.com. European Hockey Federation . Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "Steijn van Heijningen over zijn overstap naar HGC en selectie voor Jong Oranje" (in Dutch).
  5. ↑ "🔜 Steijn van Heijningen sluit aan bij Heren-1" (in Dutch).
  6. 1 2 "van HEIJNINGEN Steijn". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  7. ↑ "DUTCH GOLD ONCE AGAIN AS THE ORANJE SHOOT DOWN BELGIUM IN MEN'S JUNIOR EURO FINAL". archive.eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation . Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  8. ↑ "van HEIJNINGEN Steijn". fihproleague.com. FIH Pro League . Retrieved 8 March 2022.


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