Koen Bijen
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||
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Born |
Leiden, Netherlands | 27 July 1998|||||||||||||||
Playing position | Forward | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current club | Den Bosch | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
HDM | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | |||||||||||||||
–2017 | HDM | |||||||||||||||
2017–2020 | Klein Zwitserland | |||||||||||||||
2020–present | Den Bosch | |||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2019 | Netherlands U21 | 10 | (3) | |||||||||||||
2021–present | Netherlands | 6 | (2) | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Koen Bijen (born 27 July 1998)[1] is a Dutch field hockey who plays as a forward for Hoofdklasse club Den Bosch and the Dutch national team.[2][3]
Club career
Bijen first played football when he was young but after nine years of playing football he switched to hockey and joined HDM.[4] When HDM in 2017 was promoted to the Hoofdklasse, he was deemed not good enough and he left HDM for Klein Zwitserland.[5] He currently plays for Den Bosch who he joined in 2020.[6]
International career
Under–21
In 2019 Bijen made his debut for the national junior team during an eight-nations tournament in Madrid.[7] He went on to represent the team at the EuroHockey Junior Championship in Valencia later that year, winning a bronze medal.[8]
Oranje
Koen Bijen made his senior debut for the Oranje in 2021 during season three of the FIH Pro League.[9][7]
He was officially named in the national senior squad in 2022.[2]
References
- ^ "Team Details – Netherlands". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Koen Bijen". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey Netherlands. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "BIJEN Koen". eurohockey.altiusrt.com. European Hockey Federation. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ Goossens, Chloë (10 May 2022). "Hagenees Bijen naar Den Bosch: 'De zachte G lukt me al'". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ Klanke, Peter (12 October 2018). "Koen Bijen zet eerste stap op weg naar uiteindelijke droom". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "Heren 1". hcdenbosch.nl (in Dutch). HC Den Bosch. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ a b "BIJEN Koen". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "GERMANY LIFTS THE JUNIOR EUROHOCKEY CUP, MEN". archive.eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
- ^ "BIJEN Koen". fihproleague.com. FIH Pro League. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
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