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Thierry Brinkman

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Thierry Brinkman
Personal information
Born (1995-03-19) 19 March 1995 (age 29)
Bilthoven, Netherlands
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Midfielder / Forward
Club information
Current club Den Bosch
Youth career
0000–2010 SCHC
2010–2012 Kampong
Senior career
Years Team
2012–2015 Kampong
2015–2024 Bloemendaal
2024–present Den Bosch
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2013–2016 Netherlands U21 20 (15)
2015–present Netherlands 173 (74)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Team
World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2018 Bhubaneswar
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Bhubaneswar–Rourkela
EuroHockey Championship
Gold medal – first place 2015 London
Gold medal – first place 2017 Amstelveen
Gold medal – first place 2021 Amstelveen
Gold medal – first place 2023 Mönchengladbach
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Antwerp
Champions Trophy
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Breda
Junior World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2013 New Delhi
EuroHockey Junior Championship
Gold medal – first place 2014 Waterloo

Thierry Brinkman (born 19 March 1995) is a Dutch field hockey player who plays as a forward or midfielder for Hoofdklasse club Den Bosch and captains the Dutch national team.[1] He is the son of former Dutch international Jacques Brinkman and the brother of Tim Brinkman, a Dutch footballer.[2]

Club career

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Thierry started playing hockey at his local club SCHC, whom he left in 2010, to play in the youth ranks of SV Kampong. He made his debut for the first team aged seventeen in the 2012–13 season.[3] In 2015 he transferred to Bloemendaal.[3] With Bloemendaal, he won the 2017–18 Euro Hockey League.[4] In his fourth season with Bloemendaal, he won his first Dutch national title by defeating his former club Kampong in the final.[5] After nine years at Bloemendaal, he moved to Den Bosch where he signed a contract until 2028.[6]

International career

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Junior national team

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Brinkman played for the junior national team at the 2013 Junior World Cup in New Delhi, India. At the tournament he scored six goals, helping the Netherlands to a bronze medal.[7] Brinkman again represented the Netherlands at the Junior World Cup in Lucknow, India, where the team finished 7th.[8]

Senior national team

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Brinkman debuted for the senior national team in 2015, in a test match against South Africa, in Cape Town.[9] Brinkman represented the Netherlands at the 2018 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in Breda, Netherlands, where the team won a bronze medal.[10] In October 2018, he was named in the Dutch squad for the 2018 World Cup, which meant he was about to make his World Cup debut.[11] He played in all seven matches and scored four goals,[12] they eventually los in the final to Belgium. In June 2019, he was selected in the Netherlands squad for the 2019 EuroHockey Championship.[13] They won the bronze medal by defeating Germany 4–0.[14] On 19 June 2024, he was selected to represent the Netherlands at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[15]

Honours

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Club

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Bloemendaal

International

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Netherlands U21

Netherlands

References

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  1. ^ "Thierry Brinkman". hockey.nl. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  2. ^ Butter, Jan-Cees (10 January 2018). "Jacques Brinkman heeft drie kinderen, allemaal winnaars". trouw.nl (in Dutch). Trouw. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Thierry Brinkman vervolgt hockeycarrière bij HC Bloemendaal". hoofdklassehockey.nl (in Dutch). 13 April 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Brilliant Bloemendaal win third EHL crown in front of wild home crowd". ehlhockey.tv. Euro Hockey League. 27 May 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Oranjefeest in Bloemendaal: hockeyers na negen jaar weer kampioen". nos.nl (in Dutch). NOS. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  6. ^ Fassbender, Wout (7 March 2024). "Thierry Brinkman naar HC Den Bosch: 'Verrassend? Als de mensen mij een half uur spreken, begrijpen ze de keuze'". bd.nl (in Dutch). Brabants Dagblad. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  7. ^ "BRINKMAN Thierry". FIH. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  8. ^ "Uttar Pradesh Hockey Junior World Cup Men Lucknow 2016". FIH. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  9. ^ "Test Match 2015: RSA V NED (M)". FIH. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  10. ^ "Rabobank Hockey Champions Trophy Breda 2018". FIH. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  11. ^ "Dit is de selectie van Oranje voor het WK in India". hockey.nl (in Dutch). 26 October 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  12. ^ "BRINKMAN Thierry History". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  13. ^ "Selectie Heren EK Hockey 2019 bekend". www.knhb.nl (in Dutch). Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond. 29 July 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  14. ^ "Hockeyers verslaan Duitsland weer en pakken brons". www.ad.nl (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  15. ^ "Bondscoach Jeroen Delmée maakt hockeyselectie voor Parijs bekend: derde Olympische Spelen Seve van Ass". bd.nl (in Dutch). Brabants Dagblad. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
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