Kane Russell
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Full name | Kane Elliot Mark Russell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
[1] Dunedin, New Zealand | 22 April 1992||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current club | Hamburger Polo Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
–2015 | Southern Dogs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2019 | Léopold | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Rotterdam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020–present | Hamburger Polo Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012–present | New Zealand | 167 | (71) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Last updated on: 24 July 2010 |
Kane Elliot Mark Russell (born 22 April 1992) is a New Zealand field hockey player who plays as a defender for German club Hamburger Polo Club and the New Zealand national team.[3]
Russell was born in Dunedin in 1992.[2] Of Māori descent, Russell affiliates to the Ngāpuhi iwi.[4] He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where the men's team came seventh.[5][6]
Club career[]
Russell plays as a defender for the Southern region in the New Zealand Hockey League.[7] In 2016 he joined in Belgium.[8] After one season with Antwerp he left them for Léopold.[9] In the 2018–19 season he won the Belgian national title with Léopold.[10] After he won the national title, he left Léopold and joined Rotterdam in the Netherlands.[11] In April 2020, it was announced he left Rotterdam together with Blair Tarrant for Hamburger Polo Club in Germany for the 2020–21 season.[12]
References[]
- ^ "Kane Russell". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Kane Russell". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ^ "Vantage Black Sticks Men". blacksticksnz.co.nz. Black Sticks New Zealand Hockey. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ "43 Māori athletes to head to Rio Olympics". Te Karere. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ^ "Men's Hockey Team confirmed for Rio". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ^ Leggat, David (15 August 2016). "NZ hockey's most heartbreaking loss". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ^ "Hockey: Three from Southern in Rio team". Otago Daily Times. 4 June 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ^ Toussaint, Laurent (22 May 2016). "L'Antwerp recrute également deux Kiwis". hockeybelgium.lesoir.be (in French). Hockey Belgium. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ Toussaint, Laurent (28 April 2017). "Trois transferts et un nouveau coach pour le Léopold". hockeybelgium.lesoir.be (in French). Hockey Belgium. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ Toussaint, Laurent (12 May 2019). "Le Léopold n'a pas craqué". hockeybelgium.lesoir.be (in French). Hockey Belgium. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ Demaret, Philippe (13 May 2019). "Transferts : Inglis et Russell à Rotterdam". okey.lalibre.be (in French). Okey.be. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ "Hamburger Polo Club holt neuseeländische Nationalspieler". sueddeutsche.de (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
External links[]
- Kane Russell at the International Hockey Federation
- Kane Russell at Olympedia
- Kane Russell at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Ngāpuhi
- New Zealand Māori sportspeople
- Sportspeople from Dunedin
- Olympic field hockey players of New Zealand
- New Zealand male field hockey players
- 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand
- Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey
- Male field hockey defenders
- HC Rotterdam players
- Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players
- Men's Belgian Hockey League players
- Royal Léopold Club players
- New Zealand field hockey biography stubs