Freeke Moes (born 29 November 1998) is a Dutch

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player.

Career

Club hockey

Freeke Moes plays club hockey for

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in the Dutch

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Junior national teams

Under–18

In 2016, Moes made her first appearance for a Dutch junior team at the EuroHockey Youth Championships in Cork, Ireland. The Dutch Under–18 team won the tournament, with Moes scoring twice during the campaign.

Under–21

Moes made her debut for the national Under–21 team in 2017 at the EuroHockey Junior Championships in

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. The Dutch team won gold at the tournament after defeating

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6–0. In 2019, Moes represented the Dutch side again at another

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, this time as captain. The Netherlands lost the final 3–4 in

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to the hosts,

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Senior national team

In December 2018,

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head coach

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named Moes in the 32 player national squad for the 2019 FIH Pro League. Moes went on to make her senior international debut during the tournament in a match against the

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on 16 February. She was included in the Netherlands squad for the women's field hockey tournament at the

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, held in July and August 2021. Though designated as a alternate player, due to rule changes caused by the

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she was eligible to compete in all matches (unlike previous tournaments, in which alternates could only compete after permanently replacing an injured player). Though the Netherlands earned the gold medal, she did not make an appearance and was therefore ineligible to receive a medal.

International goals

References

External links

* * 1998 births Living people Dutch female field hockey players Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for the Netherlands {{Netherlands-fieldhockey-bio-stub