Derck de Vilder
Dutch field hockey player
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Derck de Vilder (born 23 November 1998) is a Dutch professional field hockey player who plays as a defender or midfielder for Hoofdklasse club Kampong and the Dutch national team.[1][2][3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
23 November 1998 Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
| Playing position | Defender / Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| – | Pinoké | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2016–2018 | Pinoké | ||
| 2018–present | Kampong | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals |
| 2017–2019 | Netherlands U21 | 16 | (2) |
| 2018–present | Netherlands | 13 | (1) |
Career
Club hockey
In the Dutch Hoofdklasse, De Vilder plays for SV Kampong.[4]
National teams
Under–21
De Vilder made his debut for the Netherlands U–21 team in 2017 during a test series against Germany in Mönchengladbach.[5] Later that year he won a gold medal with the team at the EuroHockey Junior Championship in Valencia, Spain.[6]
In 2019, two years after his debut, De Vilder returned to the junior national team during an eight-nations tournament in Madrid.[5] He went on to represent the team at another EuroHockey Junior Championship later that year, on this occasion winning a bronze medal.[7]
Oranje
Derck de Vilder made his senior debut for the Oranje in 2018 during a test series against Australia in Perth.[5]
He has since gone on to make a number of appearances for the national team, before being named in the official squad for the first time in 2022.[2]