Ronald Brouwer

{{short description|Dutch field hockey player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}

{{Infobox field hockey player

| name = Ronald Brouwer

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| full_name = Ronald Leendert Brouwer

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|4|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands

| position = Forward

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Hercules

| youthyears2 =

| youthclubs2 = Den Dunc

| youthyears3 =

| youthclubs3 = Zutphen

| youthyears4 =

| youthclubs4 = Deventer

| years1 = 1994–1996

| clubs1 = Deventer

| years2 = 1996–1998

| clubs2 = Wageningen

| years3 = 1998–2006

| clubs3 = HGC

| years4 = 2006–2014

| clubs4 = Bloemendaal

| years5 = 2014–2015

| clubs5 = Almere

| years6 = 2015–2018

| clubs6 = Braxgata

| years7 = 2018–2021

| clubs7 = Schaerweijde

| nationalyears1 = 2001–2010

| nationalteam1 = Netherlands

| nationalcaps1 = 220

| nationalgoals1 = 80

| show-medals = no

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{{MedalSport|Men's field hockey}}

{{MedalCountry | the {{NED}} }}

{{MedalOlympic}}

{{MedalSilver|2004 Athens|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Cup}}

{{MedalBronze|2002 Kuala Lumpur|}}

{{MedalBronze|2010 New Delhi|}}

{{MedalCompetition|EuroHockey Championship}}

{{MedalGold|2007 Manchester|}}

{{MedalSilver|2005 Leipzig|}}

{{MedalCompetition|Champions Trophy}}

{{MedalGold|2002 Cologne|}}

{{MedalGold|2003 Amstelveen|}}

{{MedalGold|2006 Terrassa|}}

{{MedalSilver|2004 Lahore|}}

{{MedalSilver|2005 Chennai|}}

{{MedalBronze|2007 Kuala Lumpur|}}

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Ronald Leendert Brouwer (born 24 April 1979) is a Dutch former field hockey player who played as a forward.

He won the silver medal with the Dutch national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418065755/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/ronald-brouwer-1.html Olympic results] He is the cousin of Matthijs Brouwer. He played a total of 220 games for the Dutch national team in which he scored 80 goals.{{cite web |last1=Goossens |first1=Chloë |title=Oud-international Ronald Brouwer verrassende nieuwe speler Schaerweijde |url=https://hockey.nl/nieuws/promotieklasse-heren/ronald-brouwer-prijkt-weer-op-de-nederlandse-hockeyvelden/ |website=hockey.nl |accessdate=19 November 2018 |language=Dutch |date=4 September 2018}}

Club career

He played for HGC and HC Bloemendaal in the Dutch highest division. Bloemendaal was his last club in the Dutch highest league where he played until 2014. After that he played one year for Dutch second division club Almere before he went to Belgium to play three years for Braxgata HC. In 2018 he lengthened his career again by signing for Dutch second division club HC Schaerweijde. He retired from top-level hockey in 2021.{{cite web |last1=Borcherts |first1=Reemt |title=Na 27 seizoenen is het nu écht klaar voor ‘Ronnie’ Brouwer |url=https://hockey.nl/nieuws/promotieklasse-heren/na-27-seizoenen-is-het-nu-echt-klaar-voor-ronnie-brouwer/ |website=hockey.nl |publisher=Hockey.nl |access-date=27 April 2025 |language=nl |date=27 August 2021}}

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