Marcus Child (field hockey)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marcus Andrew Law Child | ||
| Born |
2 March 1991[1] Auckland, New Zealand | ||
| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 80 kg (12 st 8 lb) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder / Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Auckland | |||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| –2017 | Auckland | ||
| 2014 | Southern Hotshots | ||
| 2018–2019 | Pinoké | ||
| 2019 | Auckland | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals |
| 2010–2020 | New Zealand | 172 | |
Medal record | |||
| Last updated on: 5 April 2020 | |||
Marcus "Marky" Andrew Law Child (born 2 March 1991) is a retired New Zealand field hockey player, who played as a midfielder or forward for the New Zealand national team.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Marcus Child was born and raised in Auckland, New Zealand. He has an older brother, Simon, who also plays representative hockey for New Zealand.[3]
Career
[edit]Child started playing hockey when he was four years old.[2] He plays for Auckland in the New Zealand Hockey League.[2] In the 2018–19 season he played for Pinoké in the Dutch Hoofdklasse.[4]
Child made his senior international debut for the Black Sticks in 2010.[5] Since his debut, he has been a regular inclusion in the side. In 2018, he was a silver medallist at the Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast, Australia.[6] In December 2020 he announced his retirement from the national team.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Team Details – New Zealand". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ^ a b c "Vantage Black Sticks Men". www.blacksticks.co.nz. Vantage Black Sticks. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ^ "Marcus Child". www.olympic.org.nz. New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ^ Barreveld, Merel (5 March 2018). "Pinoké en aanvoerder Brasem per direct uit elkaar". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey.nl. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ "New Zealand Hockey Representatives – Men" (PDF). www.blacksticks.co.nz. Vantage Black Sticks. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ^ "Marcus CHILD". results.gc2018.com. GoldCoast2018. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ^ "Black Sticks men to head to Tokyo Olympics minus 569 caps of experience due to trio of retirements". 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
External links
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- 1991 births
- Living people
- New Zealand male field hockey players
- Male field hockey midfielders
- Male field hockey forwards
- 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players
- New Zealand expatriate field hockey players
- New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand
- Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey
- Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Pinoké players
- 21st-century New Zealand sportsmen