Teun de Nooijer

In this Dutch name, the surname is de Nooijer.

Teun de Nooijer

Teun de Nooijer in 2008.
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing the Netherlands
Olympic Games
	1996 Atlanta	Team
	2000 Sydney	Team
	2004 Athens	Team
	2012 London	Team
World Cup
	1998 Utrecht	Team
	2002 Kuala Lumpur	Team
	2010 Delhi	Team
European Championship
	2007 Manchester	Team
	1999 Padova	Team
	2005 Leipzig	Team
	2011 Gladbach	Team
	2009 Amstelveen	Team
Champions Trophy
	1996 Madras	Team
	1998 Lahore	Team
	2000 Amstelveen	Team
	2002 Cologne	Team
	2003 Amstelveen	Team
	2006 Terrassa	Team
	2004 Lahore	Team
	2005 Chennai	Team
	1999 Brisbane	Team
	2007 Kuala Lumpur	Team
	2011 Auckland	Team

Teun Floris de Nooijer (born 22 March 1976) is a field hockey player from the Netherlands, who twice became Olympic champion with the Dutch national squad, in 1996 and in 2000, and was on the team in 2012. He currently plays for Dutch side HC Bloemendaal and in Hockey India League for Uttar Pradesh Wizards.

Career

Dutch Hockey Sides (1994-Present)

Born in Egmond aan den Hoef, he made his debut on 4 June 1994 in a friendly match against New Zealand. Since then the midfielder played over three hundred international matches for the Dutch. On April 4, 2007 he earned his 350th cap for the Netherlands national field hockey team, when the team defeated Belgium (7-3) in a friendly in Boxtel, North Brabant.

De Nooijer started playing hockey at the age of nine, with his brothers in the backyard of their house. He joined HC Alkmaar at the age of eleven, and was selected for the Dutch under-16 team 2 years later. At fifteen, De Nooijer made his debut in the senior men's league with HC Alkmaar, and two years later, he first played in the Netherlands' elite league with HC Bloemendaal. After two seasons wearing the number 11 shirt, De Nooijer switched to the number 14, made famous by Johan Cruijff, and has worn it for club and country ever since. The number was later bestowed on the signature stick he helped to create, the Dita Giga #14

De Nooijer played for Alkmaar before moving to HC Bloemendaal. After the 1998 Hockey World Cup he played for a couple of months in Germany, at Harvestehuder THC. In the final of the 1998 Hockey World Cup in Utrecht he scored the golden goal in the final against Spain. De Nooijer was named World Hockey Player of the Year in 2003, 2005 and 2006 by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). De Nooijer created history when he won the award, which was presented by Jacques Rogge for a record third time. Jamie Dwyer, however, equaled this record when he won the award for the third time in 2009, and surpassed it when he won the award again in 2010. The only other man to have won the award more than once is de Nooijer’s former team mate Stephan Veen (1998, 2000).

Earlier in 2006, de Nooijer was the decisive factor in the Champions Trophy final as the Netherlands claimed a record-equalling eighth crown and de Nooijer's sixth.

He claimed his 400th cap for the Netherlands on 15 August 2009 against the 5-3 victory against India

Uttar Pradesh Wizards (2012-Present)

De Nooijer become the Highest Paid Player for Hockey India League, When he was signed by UP Wizards. Since then he was playing for them.

Personal life

De Nooijer is married to Philippa Suxdorf, herself a former German international hockey player with 154 caps under her belt. They have 3 daughters, seven-year-old Philine, five-year-old Lilly, and two-year-old Nana.

Coaching career

He currently is the coach of the women's team of HC Bloemendaal.

External links

• Teun de Nooijer at the International Hockey Federation
• Teun de Nooijer at Olympedia
• Dutch Hockey Federation