Pirmin Blaak (; born 8 March 1988) is a Dutch professional

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player who plays as a

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for Oranje-Rood and the Dutch national team.

Club career

Blaak started playing hockey at HC Barendrecht. In 2000 he switched to

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, with whom he won their first national title in 2013. He played there for 16 years until 2016 when he switched to Oranje-Rood.

International career

Blaak made his debut for the

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in 2011. He was the second goalkeeper behind

Jaap Stockmann Jacob "Jaap" Stockmann (born 24 July 1984) is a retired Dutch field hockey player, who played as a goalkeeper for the Dutch national team. Stockmann was announced FIH Best Goalkeeper of the World in 2014. In 2008 he was the reserve goalkeeper ...

until 2016 when he became the joint first goalkeeper with Sam van der Ven. For the

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he was chosen as the first goalkeeper for the tournament. In June 2019, he was selected as the joint first goalkeeper 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:Blaak, Pirmin 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Rotterdam Field hockey players from South Holland Dutch male field hockey players Male field hockey goalkeepers 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for the Netherlands HC Rotterdam players HC Oranje-Rood players Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players 21st-century Dutch people