Valentin Verga (born 7 October 1989) is an Argentine-born Dutch

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player who plays as a midfielder or forward for

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Club career

Verga has played his whole senior career for

. In the Dutch winter break in 2017, he was the first Dutch player to play in the

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, he played for

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. In the winter of 2019, he returned to Malaysia, this time he played for UniKL.

International career

At the

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, he competed for the

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in the men's tournament, winning a silver medal. He was also part of the Netherlands 2016 Summer Olympic team. His father

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was also an Olympic hockey player, but for Argentina. In 2018, Verga played in his third

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, where they won the silver medal. Due to his decision to play in the 2019 Malaysia Hockey League, he was not selected for the 2019 FIH Pro League. After the 2019 European Championships he returned in the national team for the FIH Olympic Qualifier against

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. In February 2020 he was dropped from the national team's training squad for the

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* 1989 births Living people Dutch male field hockey players Argentine emigrants to the Netherlands Field hockey players from Buenos Aires Male field hockey midfielders Male field hockey forwards 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players Olympic field hockey players of the Netherlands Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Amsterdamsche Hockey & Bandy Club players Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players {{Netherlands-Olympic-medalist-stub