Roel Bovendeert

Roel Bovendeert (born 8 May 1992) is a Dutch former field hockey player who played as a forward.

Roel Bovendeert

Personal information
Born	(1992-05-08) 8 May 1992 (age 32) Boxtel, Netherlands
Playing position	Forward
Youth career
	MEP
Senior career
Years	Team
2008–2009	MEP
2009–2023	Bloemendaal
2020	→ UniKL
National team
Years	Team	Caps	Goals
2015–2021	Netherlands	32	(9)
Medal record Men's field hockey Representing the  Netherlands Champions Trophy 2018 Breda Junior World Cup 2013 New Delhi EuroHockey Junior Championship 2012 's-Hertogenbosch

Club career

Bovendeert started playing hockey at MEP where he played his whole youth career.^[1] In 2009 he signed for Bloemendaal.^[2] During the winter break of the 2019–20 season he played for UniKL in the Malaysia Hockey League and won the treble with UniKL.^[3] Before the 2022–23 Euro Hockey League Final8 in April 2023 he announced he would retire at the end of that season. He won a total of four European titles with Bloemendaal, he missed the 2021 edition due to injury.^[4]

International career

Bovendeert represented the Netherlands at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[5] After the 2020 Olympics he retired from international hockey.^[6]

Honours

Bloemendaal

• Euro Hockey League: 2012–13, 2017–18, 2022, 2022–23
• Hoofdklasse: 2009–10, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22

UniKL

• Malaysia Hockey League: 2020
• TNB Cup: 2020
• Charity Shield: 2020

References

1. Huizinga, Arthur (14 March 2021). "Bovendeert en Galema, maatjes én rivalen: 'Van vrienden willen ze altijd winnen'". nos.nl (in Dutch). NOS. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
2. "Roel Bovendeert verlengt contract met Bloemendaal". hoofdklassehockey.nl (in Dutch). 23 June 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
3. Maresch, Sjoerd (26 February 2020). "Bovendeert geniet van beleving in Maleisië: 'een geweldige ervaring'". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 April 2022.
4. Klanke, Peter (6 April 2023). "De laatste Europese klus van boezemvrienden Bovendeert en Schuurman". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey.nl. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
5. "Roel Bovendeert". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
6. Borcherts, Reemt (1 October 2021). "'Afwachten of ik straks nog in het plaatje pas bij Oranje'". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 April 2022.

External links

• Roel Bovendeert at the International Hockey Federation
• Roel Bovendeert at Olympics.com
• Roel Bovendeert at Olympedia
• Roel Bovendeert at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)