Laurence Docherty
Dutch field hockey player
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Laurence William Docherty (born 24 February 1980) is a former field hockey player who played as a midfielder. Born in Scotland, he played for both the Scotland and the Netherlands national team.
Edinburgh, Scotland
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Laurence William Docherty | ||||||||||||||||
| Born |
24 February 1980 Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2007 | Klein Zwitserland | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2011 | Bloemendaal | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2014 | Kampong | ||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||
| – | Scotland | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2012 | Netherlands | 78 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Club career
Docherty came to the Netherlands in 2000, and played club hockey for Klein Zwitserland until the 2007–08 season, when he moved to Bloemendaal.[1] In 2011 he switched to Kampong.[2]
International career
Docherty represented Scotland at the 2003 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship, after which he went public announcing he wanted to obtain Dutch citizenship.[3] He obtained his Dutch citizenship in 2006.[4] In 2007, Docherty missed out on playing the European Championship in Manchester, but was called into the Netherlands squad for the Champions Trophy in Malaysia in November 2007, thus boosting his prospects of playing in the Beijing Olympics, which he did.
