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Phil Roper
English field hockey player
Phillip Andrew "Phil" Roper (born 24 January 1992) is an English field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for Dutch club Oranje-Rood in the Dutch Hoofdklasse and the England and Great Britain national teams.[1][2]
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Philip Andrew Roper | ||
| Born |
(1992-01-24) 24 January 1992 (age 32) Chester, England | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder / Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2010 | Chester HC | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2008-2009 | Brooklands MU | ||
| 2010-2013 | Sheffield Hallam | ||
| 2013-2021 | Wimbledon | ||
| 2021-present | Oranje-Rood | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–present | England & GB | 163 | (39) |
Roper joined Dutch club Oranje-Rood for the 2021–22 season, for at least two seasons.[3]
He previously played club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Wimbledon.
He started playing hockey, aged 8, for his local club Chester HC and played there for ten years before going to university, where he played for Sheffield Hallam.[4]
Roper made his international debut in 2013. He competed for England in the men's hockey tournament at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won a bronze medal.[5] On 24 May 2017 he was named as one of a three-man captaincy group, for England and Great Britain. It was a new captaincy structure for the men's international teams.[6] On 28 May 2021, he was selected in the England squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.[7]
- "Oranje Rood get their man... Phil Roper signs". 17 February 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- "EHL Statistics". Fixtureslive.com. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- "Phil Roper biography". Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- "England Squads For 2021 EuroHockey Championships Announced". englandhockey.co.uk. England Hockey. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- Phil Roper at the International Hockey Federation
- Phil Roper at Olympedia
- Phil Roper at Team GB
- Phil Roper at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Phil Roper on England Hockey
- Phil Roper at Team England
- Phillip Roper at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
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