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Full name | Marcus Andrew Law Child | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
(1991-03-02) 2 March 1991 (age 33) Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 80 kg (12 st 8 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Midfielder / Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Auckland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
0000–2017 | Auckland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | Southern Hotshots | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Pinoké | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | Auckland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010–2020 | New Zealand | 172 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Last updated on: 5 April 2020 |
Marcus "Marky" Andrew Law Child (born 2 March 1991) is a retired New Zealand field hockey player, who played as a midfielder or forward for the New Zealand national team.
Personal life
Marcus Child was born and raised in Auckland, New Zealand. He has an older brother, Simon, who also plays representative hockey for New Zealand.
Career
Child started playing hockey when he was four years old. He plays for Auckland in the New Zealand Hockey League. In the 2018–19 season he played for Pinoké in the Dutch Hoofdklasse.
Child made his senior international debut for the Black Sticks in 2010. Since his debut, he has been a regular inclusion in the side. In 2018, he was a silver medallist at the Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast, Australia. In December 2020 he announced his retirement from the national team.
References
- "Team Details – New Zealand". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ^ "Vantage Black Sticks Men". www.blacksticks.co.nz. Vantage Black Sticks. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- "Marcus Child". www.olympic.org.nz. New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- Barreveld, Merel (5 March 2018). "Pinoké en aanvoerder Brasem per direct uit elkaar". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey.nl. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- "New Zealand Hockey Representatives – Men" (PDF). www.blacksticks.co.nz. Vantage Black Sticks. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- "Marcus CHILD". results.gc2018.com. GoldCoast2018. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- "Black Sticks men to head to Tokyo Olympics minus 569 caps of experience due to trio of retirements". 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
External links
New Zealand squad – 2014 World Cup – 7th place | ||
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New Zealand squad – 2018 World Cup – 9th place | ||
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- 1991 births
- Living people
- New Zealand male field hockey players
- Male field hockey midfielders
- Male field hockey forwards
- 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players
- New Zealand expatriate field hockey players
- New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand
- Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey
- Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Pinoké players
- 21st-century New Zealand sportsmen