Daniel Kyriakides

{{Infobox field hockey player

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|3|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Swansea, Wales

| height = 183cm

| weight = 85kg

| position = Midfielder/Defender

| currentclub = Crefelder HTC

| years1 = 2012

| clubs1 = Swansea City HC

| years2 = 2012–2017

| clubs2 = Cardiff & Met

| years3 = 2017–2018

| clubs3 = Reading

| years4 = 2018–2019

| clubs4 = Crefelder HTC

| years5 = 2019–2020

| clubs5 = Cardiff & Met

| years6 = 2020–2021

| clubs6 = Crefelder HTC

| years7 = 2021–2022

| clubs7 = Hampstead & Westminster

| years8 = 2022–present

| clubs8 = Alster

| nationalyears1 = 2014–present

| nationalteam1 = Wales

| nationalcaps1 = 88

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| nationalyears2 = 2017–2018

| nationalteam2 = GB

| nationalcaps2 = 11

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Daniel Kyriakides (born 21 March 1995) is a Welsh international field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or defender for Wales and Great Britain.{{Cite web |url=http://www.greatbritainhockey.co.uk/player.asp?itemid=11566&itemTitle=Dan+Kyriakides§ion=1091 |title=Dan Kyriakides |website=greatbritainhockey.co.uk |access-date=27 December 2018 |archive-date=27 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227133207/http://www.greatbritainhockey.co.uk/player.asp?itemid=11566&itemTitle=Dan+Kyriakides§ion=1091 |url-status=dead}}

James Kyriakides is his elder brother.{{cite web |url=http://www.greatbritainhockey.co.uk/player.asp?itemid=11566&itemTitle=Dan+Kyriakides§ion=1091 |title=Dan Kyriakides – GB Hockey |website=www.greatbritainhockey.co.uk |access-date=27 December 2018 |archive-date=27 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227133207/http://www.greatbritainhockey.co.uk/player.asp?itemid=11566&itemTitle=Dan+Kyriakides§ion=1091 |url-status=dead}}

Biography

Kyriakides played club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League for Cardiff & Met from 2012 to 2017. While at Cardiff, Kyriakides represented Wales in the 2014 Commonwealth Games{{cite web |url=http://hockeywales.org.uk/perform/national-squads/profile/daniel-kyriakides |title=Hockey Wales |work=hockeywales |accessdate=18 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215024602/http://hockeywales.org.uk/perform/national-squads/profile/daniel-kyriakides |archive-date=15 December 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}{{cite web |url=http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/hockey/1034042/d_kyriakides.html |title=Glasgow 2014 – Daniel Kyriakides |work=glasgow2014.com |accessdate=4 November 2014 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081327/http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/hockey/1034042/d_kyriakides.html |url-status=dead}} and made his senior Great Britain debut against India on 29 April 2017.

Later in 2017, he joined Reading in the Premier Division and went to his second Commonwealth Games at the 2018 Games in the Gold Coast.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/43234341 |title=Commonwealth Games: Wales name Gold Coast Games hockey teams |website=BBC Sport |date=14 February 2018 |access-date=17 May 2025}}

At the end of the 2017–2018 season, Kyriakides left Reading for the Bundesliga, signing for Crefelder HTC{{cite web|url=https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/sport/16895105.hockey-major-overhaul-reading-ahead-season-opener/ |title=Hockey: Major overhaul at Reading ahead of season opener |website=Reading Chronicle |date=21 September 2018 |access-date=15 May 2025}} but returned to the UK to play for Hampstead & Westminster in 2021.{{cite web|url=https://ehlhockey.tv/2021/09/30/mens-ehl-ranking-cup-saturday-preview/|title=Men's EHL Ranking Cup |website=EHL Hockey.tv |access-date=15 May 2025}}

In 2022, he joined Der Club an der Alster in Germany and was selected to represent Wales at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.{{cite web|url=https://www.thehockeypaper.co.uk/articles/2022/06/15/hockey-commonwealth-games-2022-wales-select-incredibly-competitive-squads |title=Hockey Commonwealth Games 2022: Wales select 'incredibly competitive' squads |website=The Hockey Paper |date=15 June 2022 |access-date=16 May 2025}}

References

External links

{{FIH|3413|Daniel Kyriakides}}
[https://www.hockeywales.org.uk/team-5/dan-kyriakides- Dan Kyriakides] at Hockey Wales
{{Team Wales|dan-kyriakides|Dan Kyriakides}}
{{2014 Commonwealth Games profile|hockey/1034042/dan_kyriakides|Dan Kyriakides}}
{{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|60540|Daniel Kyriakides}}

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Category:1995 births

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