Bob de Voogd

{{Infobox field hockey player

| name = Bob de Voogd

| image = Bob de Voogd Rio2016.jpg

| image_size =

| alt =

| caption = De Voogd at the 2016 Olympics

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|9|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Helmond, Netherlands

| height = {{convert|183|cm|ftin|frac=2|abbr=on}}

| position = Midfielder / Forward

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1999

| youthclubs1 = HMHC

| youthyears2 = 1999–2003

| youthclubs2 = Helmond

| years1 = 2003–2004

| clubs1 = Helmond

| years2 = 2004–2007

| clubs2 = Den Bosch

| years3 = 2007–2016

| clubs3 = Oranje Zwart

| years4 = 2016–2019

| clubs4 = Oranje-Rood

| years5 = 2019–2022

| clubs5 = Braxgata

| years6 = 2022–2024

| clubs6 = Helmond

| years7 = 2024–2025

| clubs7 = Bra

| nationalyears1 = 2009–2020

| nationalteam1 = Netherlands

| nationalcaps1 = 146

| nationalgoals1 = 35

| show-medals = no

| medaltemplates =

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}}

Bob de Voogd ({{IPA|nl|ˈbɔb də ˈvoːxt}}; born 16 September 1988) is a Dutch former field hockey player who played as a midfielder or forward.{{cite web |title=Bob de Voogd - Hockey.nl |url=https://hockey.nl/held/bob-de-voogd/ |website=hockey.nl |accessdate=3 February 2020 |language=nl |archive-date=25 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925083444/https://hockey.nl/held/bob-de-voogd/ |url-status=dead }}

He was included to the national team in 2009 and won a silver medal at the 2012 Olympics, placing fourth in 2016.

Club career

De Voogd started playing hockey at his local hockey club HMHC in Helmond. After the club merged with another Helmond club he started playing for the newly formed club, HC Helmond. He played there until 2004 when he transferred to Den Bosch to play in the highest division of Dutch field hockey. In 2007, he transferred to Oranje Zwart. After Oranje Zwart merged in 2016 with EMHC he started playing for the newly formed club HC Oranje-Rood.{{cite web |title=Bob de Voogd tekent 4 jaar bij Oranje-Rood |url=https://hockey.nl/nieuws/hoofdklasse-heren/bob-de-voogd-tekent-4-jaar-bij-oranje-rood/ |website=hockey.nl |accessdate=10 April 2019 |language=Dutch |date=27 January 2016}} In January 2019, he agreed to play for Braxgata in Belgium from the 2019–20 season onwards.{{cite web |last1=Klanke |first1=Peter |title=Bob de Voogd verruilt Oranje-Rood voor 'avontuur' bij Braxgata |url=https://hockey.nl/nieuws/hoofdklasse-heren/bob-de-voogd-vertrekt-naar-braxgata/ |website=hockey.nl |accessdate=10 April 2019 |language=Dutch |date=31 January 2019}}

After three seasons in Belgium he returned to the Netherlands to play for his boyhood club Helmond in the Dutch fourth tier.{{cite web |last1=Borcherts |first1=Reemt |title=De dag van de ontmoeting tussen oude vedettes in de Eerste Klasse |url=https://hockey.nl/nieuws/eerste-klasse-heren/de-dag-van-de-ontmoeting-tussen-oude-vedettes-in-de-eerste-klasse/ |website=hockey.nl |publisher=Hockey.nl |access-date=21 May 2025 |language=nl |date=31 October 2022}} He won the Silver Cup with Houten in his first season back.{{cite web |last1=Wester |first1=Eelko |title=Niet Bob de Voogd, maar ‘hattrick Sam’ ster in Silver Cup-finale |url=https://hockey.nl/nieuws/bekerhockey/niet-bob-de-voogd-maar-hattrick-sam-ster-in-silver-cup-finale/# |website=hockey.nl |publisher=Hockey.nl |access-date=21 May 2025 |language=nl |date=27 May 2023}} After two seasons at his ols club, he announced his retirement from hockey in May 2024.{{cite web |last1=van Esseveldt |first1=Luuk |title=Na 21 seizoenen stopt Bob de Voogd: ‘De ontlading na een succes is in het dagelijks leven niet te evenaren’ |url=https://www.ed.nl/sport-regio/na-21-seizoenen-stopt-bob-de-voogd-de-ontlading-na-een-succes-is-in-het-dagelijks-leven-niet-te-evenaren~a2ac9077/ |website=ed.nl |publisher=Eindhovens Dagblad |access-date=21 May 2025 |language=nl |date=26 May 2024}} He came out of retirement immediately to play one season for the Italian club Bra.{{cite web |last1=Borcherts |first1=Reemt |title=De Voogd op avontuur in Italië: ‘Oppassen voor het temperament’ |url=https://hockey.nl/nieuws/internationaal/de-voogd-op-avontuur-in-italie-oppassen-voor-het-temperament/ |website=hockey.nl |publisher=Hockey.nl |access-date=21 May 2025 |language=nl |date=27 September 2024}}

International career

De Voogd broke his jaw during a friendly match against Pakistan in June 2012, but recovered for the 2012 Olympics. Next year he missed four months of competitions, including the European Championships, because of a foot injury. He was not selected for the 2014 World Championships. However, he did play in the 2018 World Cup, where they won the silver medal. In January 2020, he was dropped from the national team's training squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |title=De Voogd lijkt Olympische Spelen te kunnen vergeten: Helmonder niet langer in trainingsgroep |url=https://www.ed.nl/helmond/de-voogd-lijkt-olympische-spelen-te-kunnen-vergeten-helmonder-niet-langer-in-trainingsgroep~a4f274af/ |website=ed.nl |publisher=Eindhovens Dagblad |accessdate=3 February 2020 |language=nl |date=22 January 2020}}

Honours

;Netherlands

;Oranje Zwart

Euro Hockey League: 2014–15
Hoofdklasse: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16

;Helmond

Silver Cup: 2022–23

References

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[https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/bob-de-voogd Bob de Voogd] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922205931/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/bob-de-voogd |date=2016-09-22 }}. rio2016.com

[http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=de-voogd-bob-1195322/index.html Bob de Voogd]. nbcolympics.com

[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418062356/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/bob-de-voogd-1.html Bob de Voogd]. sports-reference.com

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