Phil Roper
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Philip Roper | ||
| Born |
24 January 1992 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 | Apps | (Gls) |
| 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 | 154 | (38) |
| Last updated on: 10 June 2021 | |||
Phillip 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]
Club career[]
Roper has been playing club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Wimbledon.
He was born in Chester and he started playing hockey, aged 8, for Chester Hockey Club and played there for ten years before going to university, where he played for Sheffield Hallam.[3]
He will join Oranje-Rood in the Dutch Hoofdklasse for at least two seasons from the 2021-22 season onwards.[4]
International career[]
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]
References[]
- ^ https://teamengland.org/team-england-athletes/phil-roper
- ^ http://www.englandhockey.co.uk/player.asp?itemid=8546&itemTitle=Phil+Roper§ion=44
- ^ "EHL Statistics". Fixtureslive.com. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ "Oranje Rood get their man... Phil Roper signs". Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ "Phil Roper biography". Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ http://www.englandhockey.co.uk/news.asp?itemid=41121&itemTitle=Great+Britain+and+England%27s+men+announce+landmark+captaincy+structure§ion=22
- ^ "England Squads For 2021 EuroHockey Championships Announced". englandhockey.co.uk. England Hockey. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
External links[]
- Phil Roper at FIH
- Phil Roper at Olympedia
- Phil Roper at the Commonwealth Games Federation
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- 1992 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Chester
- Male field hockey midfielders
- Male field hockey forwards
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- English male field hockey players
- Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey
- Wimbledon Hockey Club players
- Men's England Hockey League players
- Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic field hockey players of Great Britain
- HC Oranje-Rood players
- Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players
- English field hockey biography stubs