Brendan Creed

{{Infobox field hockey player

| name = Brendan Creed

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|1|3|df=y}}

| birth_place = Solihull, England

| height = 1.90 m

| weight = 80 kg

| position = Defender

| years1 = 2006–2010

| clubs1 = Bowdon

| years2 = 2011–2015

| clubs2 = Sheffield Hallam

| years3 = 2015–2016

| clubs3 = Harvestehude

| years4 = 2016–2021

| clubs4 = Surbiton

| years5 = 2021–2024

| clubs5 = Beerschot

| nationalyears1 = 2013–2014

| nationalteam1 = England & GB U21

| nationalcaps1 = 29

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| nationalyears2 = 2017–2024

| nationalteam2 = England & GB

| nationalcaps2 = 93

| nationalgoals2 = 1

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Brendan William John Creed (born 3 January 1993) is an English former field hockey player who played as a defender for the England and Great Britain national teams.{{Cite web |url=https://www.greatbritainhockey.co.uk/players/gb-senior-squad/brendan-creed |title=Brendan Creed | Great Britain Hockey |website=www.greatbritainhockey.co.uk}}https://teamengland.org/team-england-athletes/brendan-creed {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2022}}{{Cite web |date=18 August 2023 |title=Latest Media | England Hockey |url=https://www.englandhockey.co.uk/news.asp?itemid=38857&itemTitle=Nine+new+faces+join+men%27s+central+programme§ion=22}} He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Creed played hockey in the Men's England Hockey League for Bowdon from 2006 to 2010 and Sheffield Hallam from 2011 to 2015. After one season away from England where he played for Men's Feldhockey Bundesliga German club Harvestehude he signed for Surbiton.{{Cite web |url=https://w.fixtureslive.com/staticapi.aspx?a=PMD_UserOverview.ashx%3fid%3d186832 |title=FixturesLive}}

While at Surbiton from 2016 to 2021, he represented England and won a bronze medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast,{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/news/mens-hockey-team-ready-for-gold-coast-challenge |title=Men’s hockey team ready for Gold Coast challenge |website=England Hockey |date=12 March 2018 |access-date=17 May 2025}} played in the 2019 EuroHockey and appeared at the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.{{cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/olympics/news/15234/12334725/team-gb-hockey-21-players-to-make-olympic-debuts-as-mens-and-womens-squads-are-named|title=Team GB hockey: 21 players to make Olympic debuts as men's and women's squads are named |website=Sky Sports|date=17 June 2021 |access-date=16 May 2025}}

Creed moved to play for Belgian club Beerschot for the 2021–22 season{{cite web |title=Transferts : deux Britanniques au Beerschot |url=https://okey.lalibre.be/transferts-deux-britanniques-au-beerschot/ |website=okey.lalibre.be |access-date=28 April 2021 |language=fr |date=5 March 2021}}{{Cite web |url=https://surbitonhc.com/news-events/club-news/2021/brendan-creed-signs-for-belgium-s-hc-beerschot/ |title=Brendan Creed Signs for Belgium's HC Beerschot | Surbiton Hockey Club}} and won a bronze medal with England in the Men's tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/62463163 |title=Commonwealth Games: England's men win hockey bronze against South Africa |website=BBC Sport|access-date=11 May 2025}}

Creed retired from International hockey after missing selection for the 2024 Summer Olympics. One year later in 2025, he joined US Field Hockey as a high perfomance coach for the men's team after securing Level 1 and 3 certification and joined his fiancée Maddie Hinch in the United States.{{cite web|url=https://www.thehockeypaper.co.uk/articles/2025/05/21/brendan-creed-joins-us-field-hockey |title=Brendan Creed joins US Field Hockey |website=The Hockey Paper |date=21 May 2025 |access-date=29 May 2025 }}

References

External links

{{Sports links}}
[https://www.englandhockey.co.uk/international/senior-squad/brendan-creed Brendan Creed] on England Hockey
{{Team England|brendan-creed}}
{{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|56167}}

Category:1993 births

Category:Living people

Category:Sportspeople from Solihull

Category:English male field hockey players

Category:Male field hockey defenders

Category:English expatriate field hockey players

Category:English expatriate sportspeople in Germany

Category:Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain

Category:Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey

Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England

Category:Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games