Joep Paul Eric de Mol (; born 10 December 1995) is a Dutch

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player who plays as a defender for Oranje-Rood and the Dutch national team.

Club career

De Mol started playing hockey at his local club in Berkel-Enschot and he also played in the youth ranks of HC Tilburg. He then played three years for Push in

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. In 2014 he made the switch to

Oranje Zwart Mixed Hockeyclub Oranje Zwart was a Dutch professional field hockey club located in Eindhoven, North Brabant, which was founded on 1 September 1933. With around 1,700 members – as of 3 May 2006 – it is one of the biggest clubs in the ...

. After Oranje Zwart merged in 2016 with EMHC he started playing for the newly formed club Oranje-Rood.

International career

De Mol made his debut for the senior national team at the 2015 Hockey World League Final when he replaced the injured

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. He was named as a reserve for the

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. He was called up during the knockout stage to replace the injured

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. In June 2019, he was selected in the Netherlands squad for the 2019 EuroHockey Championship. They won the bronze medal by defeating

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4–0.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mol, Joep de 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from North Brabant Dutch male field hockey players Male field hockey defenders 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players of the Netherlands Oranje Zwart players HC Oranje-Rood players Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players