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| Full name | Kane Elliot Mark Russell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
(1992-04-22) 22 April 1992 (age 32) Dunedin, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Hamburger Polo Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0000–2015 | Southern Dogs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Antwerp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Léopold | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Rotterdam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–present | Hamburger Polo Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–present | New Zealand | 167 | (71) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Russell represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where the men's team came seventh.
Club career
Russell plays as a defender for the Southern region in the New Zealand Hockey League. In 2016 he joined Royal Antwerp in Belgium. After one season with Antwerp he left them for Léopold. In the 2018–19 season he won the Belgian national title with Léopold. After he won the national title, he left Léopold and joined Rotterdam in the Netherlands. In April 2020, it was announced he left Rotterdam together with Blair Tarrant for Hamburger Polo Club in Germany for the 2020–21 season.
Personal life
Russell was born in Dunedin in 1992. Of Māori descent, Russell affiliates to the Ngāpuhi iwi.
References
- "Kane Russell". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ^ "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.
- "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.
- "43 Māori athletes to head to Rio Olympics". Te Karere. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
External links
- Kane Russell at the International Hockey Federation
- Kane Russell at Olympics.com
- Kane Russell at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- Kane Russell at Olympedia
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- 1992 births
- Living people
- Ngāpuhi people
- New Zealand Māori sportspeople
- Sportspeople from Dunedin
- Olympic field hockey players for 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 2024 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Field hockey players at the 2022 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
- New Zealand expatriate field hockey players
- Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players
- Men's Belgian Hockey League players
- Royal Léopold Club players
- 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players
- New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
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