Marcus Johannes Elisabeth Leopold "Marc" Delissen (born 14 January 1965) is a former field hockey player for the Netherlands. Delissen was born in

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North Holland North Holland ( nl, Noord-Holland, ) is a province of the Netherlands in the northwestern part of the country. It is located on the North Sea, north of South Holland and Utrecht, and west of Friesland and Flevoland. In November 2019, it had a ...

. He played 261 international matches for the Netherlands, scored 98 goals and participated in three Olympics. He made his debut when he was nineteen years old, on 21 October 1984, in a friendly match against

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in London. With his club HGC from

Wassenaar Wassenaar (; population: in ) is a municipality and town located in the province of South Holland, on the western coast of the Netherlands. An affluent suburb of The Hague, Wassenaar lies north of that city on the N44/A44 highway near the Nort ...

, Delissen became Dutch champion twice, in 1990 and 1996. He retired after the Atlanta Olympics, but returned for the

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, where he assisted head coach

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and Holland once again became Olympic champions. Delissen later on coached his former club HGC for three years (2002–2005) in the Dutch Premier League, called ''Hoofdklasse''. He is a practising

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The Hague The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of ...

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* 1965 births Living people Dutch male field hockey players Dutch field hockey coaches Olympic field hockey players of the Netherlands Field hockey players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Field hockey players from Amsterdam Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics HGC players 20th-century Dutch lawyers 1990 Men's Hockey World Cup players 21st-century Dutch lawyers 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-fieldhockey-bio-stub