Luna Fokke
Dutch field hockey player (born 2001)
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Luna Noa Fokke (born 9 March 2001)[1] is a Dutch field hockey player.[2][3] She played at SV Kampong in the midfield. Since 2022 she plays for the Netherlands national team. With the national team she won the FIH Pro League 2023 and EuroHockey Championship 2023.
Leidschendam, Netherlands
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Fokke at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luna Noa Fokke | ||
| Born |
9 March 2001 Leidschendam, Netherlands | ||
| Playing position | Midfield | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| – | Kampong | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals |
| 2018 | Netherlands U–18 | 5 | (3) |
| 2022 | Netherlands U–21 | 11 | (13) |
| 2022– | Netherlands | 30 | (5) |
Medal record | |||
Personal life
Fokke was born and raised in Leidschendam.[2] She currently lives in Utrecht, where she studies computer science.[3]
Career
Domestic hockey
In the Netherlands' domestic league, the Hoofdklasse, Fokke represents Kampong.[4][5]
Under–18
In 2018, Fokke was a member of the Netherlands U–18 team that won gold at the 2018 EuroHockey Youth Championship in Santander.[6]
Junior national team
Fokke made her debut for the junior national team in 2022 at the FIH Junior World Cup in Potchefstroom.[7] At the tournament she won a gold medal. Later that year she represented the team again at the EuroHockey Junior Championship in Ghent, where she won a bronze medal.[8]
Senior
Following her success in the national junior teams, Fokke was called up to make her senior international debut in 2022. She made her first appearance in a 2021–22 FIH Pro League match against England.[7]
In 2023, she was named in the national squad.[2] She has since appeared in season four of the FIH Pro League.[7]
Fokke won the title FIH Pro League from 2023 and the EuroHockey Championships 2023 with the Dutch National Team.
| Goal | Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 June 2023 | HC Oranje-Rood, Eindhoven, Netherlands |  China | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2022–23 FIH Pro League | [9] |
| 2 | 17 June 2023 | Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre, London, Great Britain |  United States | 6–0 | 6–0 | [10] | |
| 3 | 7 December 2023 | Santiago del Estero, Argentina | Great-britain | 0-8 | 0-8 | ||
| 4 | 11 December 2023 | Santiago del Estero, Argentina | Argentina | 0-3 | 1-7 | ||
| 5 | 3 February 2024 | Bhubaneswar, India | United States | 0-1 | 0-7 |
