Floris Maarten Alphons Maria Evers (born 26 February 1983 in

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) is a

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player from the

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

, who won the silver medal with the Dutch national team at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

and at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He was the captain of the team at the

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. He has played in all the top leagues the world of field hockey. After the London Olympics, along with Teun de Noijer, he retired from international hockey. In 2013, he played with the

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in the Indian hockey league.

Club career

He played most of his career for

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where he announced his retirement in 2015. Since 2006, Evers had been playing at Amsterdam, with which he became the national champion in 2011 and 2012. Before that, he played for

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and Stichtsche.

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* 1983 births Living people Dutch male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players of the Netherlands Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Tilburg Olympic medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup players SCHC players Amsterdamsche Hockey & Bandy Club players Hockey India League players 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-fieldhockey-bio-stub