Felice Albers (born 27 December 1999) is a Dutch

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player.

Career

Club hockey

Albers plays club hockey for

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in the Dutch

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. In 2019, Albers was a member of the Amsterdam team that won the 47th and last

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. The team won the final 7–0 against

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at the

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held in

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Junior national teams

Under–18

In 2016, Albers represented the Netherlands U–18 team at the EuroHockey Youth Championships. At the tournament, she scored one goal and won a gold medal with the team.

Under–21

Following her appearances in the national U–18 side, Albers appeared regularly in Dutch youth teams. In 2019, she debuted for the national U–21 side at the

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, where she won a silver medal.

Senior national teams

Indoor

Albers was a member of the Netherlands Indoor side at the 2018 EuroHockey Indoor Nations Championship in

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Outdoor

In 2019, Albers made her senior international debut in the

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in a match against

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on 9 June. Three days later, in a match against

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she scored her first international goal.

=International goals

References

External links

* * 1999 births Living people Dutch female field hockey players Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for the Netherlands Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in field hockey 21st-century Dutch women Sportspeople from Amstelveen {{Netherlands-fieldhockey-bio-stub