Nicholas James Woods (born 26 August 1995) is a New Zealand

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

player who plays as a midfielder for German club

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and the

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. He represented his country at the

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, where the men's team came seventh.

Club career

Woods played for the Midlands in the

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. He joined

Royal Daring Royal Daring Hockey Club Molenbeek, commonly known as Royal Daring or simply Daring, is a Belgian field hockey club based in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Brussels. Both the first men's and women's team play in the highest division of Belgian hockey. The ...

in the

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in 2016. After two seasons he left Daring for

Racing Club de Bruxelles Koninklijke Football Club Rhodienne-De Hoek is a Belgian association football club based in Sint-Genesius-Rode, Flemish Brabant. The club was created in 1894 as Racing Football Club. It became a member of the Royal Belgian Football Association ...

. Before the 2020–21 season his contract was not extended and he left Belgium for the Hambuger Polo Club in Germany.

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* 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Hamilton, New Zealand New Zealand male field hockey players New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Germany Male field hockey midfielders Olympic field hockey players for New Zealand Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Men's Belgian Hockey League players Royal Racing Club Bruxelles players Royal Daring players Men's Feldhockey Bundesliga players 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players 21st-century New Zealand people Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games {{NewZealand-fieldhockey-bio-stub