Aran Zalewski

{{Infobox field hockey player

| name = Aran Zalewski

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|3|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia

| height = 1.86 m

| weight = 80 kg

| position = Midfielder

| nationalyears1 = 2011–present

| nationalteam1 = Australia

| nationalcaps1 = 193

| nationalgoals1 = 25

| show-medals = no

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Aran Zalewski (born 21 March 1991) is an Australian field hockey player who is the captain of the Australian national team.

Personal

He is from Margaret River, Western Australia. he attended Aquinas College in Perth, Western Australia.{{cite web |author=Aquinas College |url=https://www.aquinas.wa.edu.au/2016/05/old-aquinians-have-rio-in-their-sights/ |title=Old Aquinians have Rio in their sights |publisher=Aquinas College, Perth |date=2018-07-04 |access-date=2018-07-04 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} As a 12- and 13-year-old, he played in the Margaret River South West League.

Field hockey

He is a centre-half.

He played junior hockey in Margaret River.{{cite web|author=Tim Carrier |url=http://www.margaretrivermail.com.au/news/local/sport/hockey/dream-national-debut-for-former-margs-player/2345051.aspx |title=Dream national debut for former Margs player - Local News - Sport - Hockey - Augusta Margaret River Mail |publisher=Margaretrivermail.com.au |date=2011-11-02 |access-date=2012-06-13 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} As a 12- and 13-year-old, he played in the Margaret River South West League.

He made his state team debut when he was 15 years old.

=National team=

He participated in a training camp for the first time in October 2011.

He had his first call up to the national team in October 2011 in a game against India at the Bunbury Hockey Stadium. He scored a goal in his debut in the 57th minute, a game Australia won 5–0.{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_tri-nation-tournament-five-star-australia-rout-india_1605815 |title=Tri-nation tournament: Five-star Australia rout India - Sport - DNA |publisher=Dnaindia.com |date=2011-10-31 |access-date=2012-06-13}}

In December 2011, he was named as one of fourteen players to be on the 2012 Summer Olympics Australian men's national Olympic development squad. While this squad is not in the top twenty-eight and separate from the Olympic training coach, the Australian coach Ric Charlesworth did not rule out selecting from only the training squad, with players from the Olympic development having a chance at possibly being called up to represent Australia at the Olympics. He trained with the team from 18 January to mid-March in Perth, Western Australia.{{cite news|access-date=14 March 2012|title=Govers on his way to London Games - HOCKEY|newspaper=Illawarra Mercury|location=Wollongong, Australia|date=15 December 2011 |first=Tim |last=Barrow |page=69 |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:IWMB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=13BA65B473CA7410&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9 }} He was named the best player of the 2019 FIH Pro League after Australia won the first edition of the FIH Pro League.{{cite web|title=Australia men win FIH Pro League and reclaim top spot in world rankings|url=https://www.fihproleague.com/men/news/australia-men-win-fih-pro-league-and-reclaim-top-spot-in-world-rankings__707|publisher=FIH|access-date=30 June 2019|date=30 June 2019}} In December 2019, he was nominated for the FIH Player of the Year Award.{{cite web |title=Manpreet Singh nominated for FIH Player of the Year award |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/hockey/top-stories/manpreet-singh-nominated-for-fih-player-of-the-year-award/articleshow/72402371.cms |website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com |publisher=The Times of India |access-date=6 December 2019 |location=Lausanne |date=6 December 2019}}

Zalewski was selected in the Kookaburras Olympics squad for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The team reached the final for the first time since 2004 but couldn't achieve gold, beaten by Belgium in a shootout.{{Cite web|title=Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021|url=https://www.theroar.com.au/olympics/australian-olympic-team/|access-date=2022-02-04|website=The Roar|language=en-US}}

References

External links

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{{Commonwealth Games Australia|aran-zalewski}}
{{Hockey Australia|aran-zalewski|id2=853}}
{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912120342/http://www.hockey.org.au/High-Performance/Kookaburras-mens-team/Kookaburras-Squad-Profiles/ContentId/64 |title=Aran Zalewski at Hockey.org.au |date=dmy}}

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Category:1991 births

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Category:Australian people of Polish descent

Category:Australian male field hockey players

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Category:2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players