David Goodfield

{{Infobox field hockey player

| name = David Goodfield

| image =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|6|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Shrewsbury, England

| height = 1.77 m

| weight = 76 kg

| position = Midfielder or forward

| currentclub = Surbiton

| years1 = 2008-2009

| clubs1 = Telford & Wrekin HC

| years2 = 2011-2015

| clubs2 = Sheffield Hallam

| years3 = 2015-2016

| clubs3 = Harvestehuder THC

| years4 = 2016-present

| clubs4 = Surbiton

| nationalyears1 = 2013–2014

| nationalteam1 = England & GB U21

| nationalcaps1 = 25

| nationalgoals1 =

| nationalyears2 = 2017–present

| nationalteam2 = England and GB

| nationalcaps2 = 62

| nationalgoals2 = 12

| medaltemplates =

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David Rhys Goodfield (born 15 June 1993) is an English field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for Surbiton and the England and Great Britain national teams.{{cite web |url=http://www.greatbritainhockey.co.uk/player.asp?itemid=11561&itemTitle=David+Goodfield§ion=1091 |title=David Goodfield - GB Hockey |website=www.greatbritainhockey.co.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031090527/http://www.greatbritainhockey.co.uk/player.asp?itemid=11561&itemTitle=David+Goodfield§ion=1091 |archive-date=2020-10-31}}https://teamengland.org/team-england-athletes/david-goodfield {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2022}}{{cite web |url=http://www.englandhockey.co.uk/news.asp?itemid=38857&itemTitle=Nine+new+faces+join+men's+central+programme§ion=22 |title=Nine new faces join men's central programme - England Hockey |website=www.englandhockey.co.uk|date=26 August 2023 }} He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Goodfield played hockey for Telford & Wrekin HC, Sheffield Hallam and then Harvestehuder THC before joining Surbiton in the Men's England Hockey League in 2016.{{Cite web |url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/sport/2020/04/30/david-goodfield-lands-a-third-title/ |title=David Goodfield lands a third title |website=www.shropshirestar.com|date=30 April 2020 }}

While at Surbiton 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}} and won another 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}}

He was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |title=GB hockey select Roper for fourth Olympic Games |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/hockey/articles/ce99edrn13wo |website=bbc.com |publisher=BBC |access-date=9 August 2024 |date=18 June 2024}} The team went out in the quarter-finals after losing a penalty shootout to India.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/cy799nlnp8lo|title=GB wait for men's hockey medal goes on after shootout heartbreak|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=9 August 2024}}

Goodfield captained and was part of the Surbiton team that won the league title during the 2024–25 Men's England Hockey League season.{{cite web|url=https://www.thehockeypaper.co.uk/articles/2025/05/05/england-hockey-finals-reading-women-and-surbiton-men-land-surprise-titles |title=England Hockey Finals: Reading women and Surbiton men land surprise titles|website=The Hockey Paper |date=5 May 2025 |access-date=10 May 2025}}

References

External links

{{Sports links}}
[https://www.englandhockey.co.uk/international/senior-squad/david-goodfield David Goodfield] on England Hockey
{{Team England|david-goodfield}}
{{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|56182}}

Category:1993 births

Category:Living people

Category:English male field hockey players

Category:English expatriate field hockey players

Category:English expatriate sportspeople in Germany

Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England

Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in field hockey

Category:Commonwealth Games field hockey players for England

Category:Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Category:Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Category:Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Category:Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games