Alan Forsyth (born 5 April 1992) is a Scottish

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

player who plays as a forward for

HGC HGC can stand for: * Human Genetics Commission *Hercules Graphics Card * H.O.C. Gazellen-Combinatie, a Dutch field hockey club * HGC Global Communications, an internet service provider in Hong Kong * HGC (field hockey) H.O.C. Gazellen-Combinatie, ...

and the

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

and

Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. It is ...

national teams. He is the son of Derek Forsyth, the head coach of

Club career

Forsyth plays club hockey in the Dutch Hoofdklasse for Dutch club

. He has been playing since 2014 in the

Men's England Hockey League The Men's England Hockey League is a field hockey league organized by England Hockey that features men's teams from England and Wales. Format Regular season There are 62 teams in the league, the top tier consists of a Premier Division of twelve t ...

Premier Division for

Surbiton Surbiton is a suburban neighbourhood in South West London, within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames (RBK). It is next to the River Thames, southwest of Charing Cross. Surbiton was in the historic county of Surrey and since 1965 it has ...

. He also played for Scottish club

Kelburne Hockey Club Kelburne Hockey Club is a Scottish field hockey club, founded in 1969 and based in Paisley. Kelburne today operates five senior men's teams, three senior women's teams and numerous junior teams at all age group levels. The club has dominated Sco ...

International career

Forsyth made his senior international debut for

in 2009 and as at 25 August 2019 he has scored 83 goals in 138 matches. He has competed in the Commonwealth Games in Delhi in 2010, Glasgow in 2014 & Gold Coast in 2018. He made his senior international debut for

on 19 October 2015. In August 2019, he was selected in the Scotland squad for the 2019 EuroHockey Championship.

Honours & achievements

Individual

* Investec Men's Hockey League Player of the Season. * UK hockey player of the year award for 2018, following the annual poll by the Hockey Writers’ Club.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Forsyth, Alan 1992 births Living people People from Paisley, Renfrewshire Male field hockey forwards British male field hockey players Scottish male field hockey players Surbiton Hockey Club players Men's England Hockey League players Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players of Great Britain Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players HGC players