Zachary Wallace

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Zach Wallace
Personal information
Full name Zachary Andrew David Wallace
Born (1999-09-29) 29 September 1999 (age 25)
Redhill, England
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) [1]
Playing position Midfielder / Forward
Senior career
YearsTeam
2015–2021 Surbiton
2021–2023 HGC
2023–present Bloemendaal
2024–present Hyderabad Toofans
National team
YearsTeamCapsGoals
2017–2019 England & GB U21 19 (5)
2018–present England & GB 101 (20)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
EuroHockey Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Mönchengladbach
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Team
EuroHockey Junior Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Valencia

Zachary Andrew David Wallace (born 29 September 1999) is an English field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for Dutch Hoofdklasse club Bloemendaal and the England and Great Britain national teams. [2]

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He was educated at Kingston Grammar School, Kingston-upon-Thames before joining Whitgift School, South Croydon, London in the 6th form. [3]

Club career

In March 2021 it was announced that Wallace joined Dutch Hoofdklasse club HGC for the 2021–22 season. [4] [5] After two seasons he moved to Bloemendaal. [6] [7] He also plays for Hyderabad Toofans in the Hockey India League 2024-25 season after being acquired in auction. [8]

He previously played in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Surbiton. [9]

International career

Wallace made his senior international debuts in October 2018, aged 19, for Great Britain versus Belgium on 2 October 2018 and for England versus France on 16 October 2018. In December 2019, he was nominated for the FIH Rising Star of the Year Award. [10]

On 28 May 2021, he was selected in the England squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship. [11]

He was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics. [12] The team went out in the quarter-finals after losing a penalty shootout to India. [13]

References

  1. ↑ "WALLACE Zachary". www.worldcup2018.hockey. International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  2. ↑ "Zach Wallace - GB Hockey". www.greatbritainhockey.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "Whitgift School News: Ten Whitgift pupils selected for England Hockey national training squads". Whitgift.co.uk. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  4. ↑ "British hockey trio sign for Dutch club HGC". 4 March 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  5. ↑ "British hockey trio sign for Dutch club HGCa". 4 March 2021.
  6. ↑ "Zachary Wallace van HGC naar Bloemendaal". hoofdklassehockey.nl (in Dutch). Hoofdklasse Hockey Nederland. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  7. ↑ Gilmour, Rod (5 May 2023). "'Spectacular': GB Hockey star Zach Wallace signs for Dutch giants Bloemendaal". thehockeypaper.co.uk. The Hockey Paper. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  8. ↑ "Zach Wallace on Hockey India League's role in shaping India's hockey future". www.lokmattimes.com. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  9. ↑ "Fixtures, Results, Tables, Stats, Teams & Players - England Hockey". Englandhockey.co.uk. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  10. ↑ "Manpreet Singh nominated for FIH Player of the Year award". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Lausanne: The Times of India. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  11. ↑ "England Squads For 2021 EuroHockey Championships Announced". englandhockey.co.uk. England Hockey. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  12. ↑ "GB hockey select Roper for fourth Olympic Games". bbc.com. BBC. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  13. ↑ "GB wait for men's hockey medal goes on after shootout heartbreak". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 August 2024.


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