Teun de Nooijer :: World Hockey Player of the Year tours new zealand with the dutch team and tour time
Netherlands' Teun de Nooijer scooped the World Hockey Player of the Year award when the winners were announced at the Sahara Hockey Champions Trophy in Chennai recently
For de Nooijer it was his second award and he became only the second player, after countryman Stephan Veen to win this prestigous honour more than once. He also won the World Hockey Player of the year in 2003.
Teun de Nooijer playing hockey in Tauranga, New Zealand
de Nooijer has 315 international caps with his international debut being in June 1994 v New Zealand
The following are de Nooijers' International Honours
- Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta (1st)
- Olympic Games 2000 Sydney (1st)
- World Cup 1998 Utrecht (1st)
- Champions Trophy 1996 Madras (Chennai) (1st)
- Champions Trophy 1998 Lahore (1st)
- Champions Trophy 2000 Amstelveen (1st)
- Champions Trophy 2002 Cologne (1st)
- Champions Trophy 2003 Amstelveen (1st)
- Hoofdklasse (Dutch national championship) 1993, 1999, 2000, 2002 winners
- European Club Championship 2001 winners
- German national championship 1998 winners
- World Hockey Player of the Year 2003, 2005
Born: 22nd March 1976
Nickname: Neut (an anagram of Teun, it is also a drink in the Netherlands)
Occupation: Clifford Chance (International law firm in Amsterdam)
Clubs: Bloemendaal, Alkmaar, Harvesthuder (Germany 1998)
Defending a Black Sticks penalty corner in test game - New Zealand Black Sticks v Netherlands
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