Valerie Maria Henriette Magis (born 29 March 1992) is a Dutch
field hockey
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player who plays as a defender for Belgian club
Dragons.
Career
Club
Valerie Magis played her club hockey for
HC Oranje-Rood
Hockeyclub Oranje-Rood (), also known as HC Oranje-Rood or simply Oranje-Rood, is a Dutch field hockey club based in Eindhoven, North Brabant. The club was founded on 1 July 2016 as a merger of Oranje Zwart and EMHC.
In May 2019, the first wome ...
in the Dutch
Hoofdklasse
The Vierde Divisie, formerly known as Hoofdklasse () is the second-highest league of amateur football in the Netherlands, and the fifth tier in general.
Background
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, the top national league until 2019. In 2019 she left the Netherlands to play for
Dragons in Belgium.
National team
Magis made her international debut in 2011, in a test match against
South Africa
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Following her debut, Magis was left out of the team in 2012, and returned in 2013 at the
2012–13 Hockey World League Semi-finals in
Rotterdam
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Magis medalled at three tournaments, winning bronze at the
2013 EuroHockey Championships and
2014 Champions Trophy, and silver at the
2015 EuroHockey Championships.
Since 2017, Magis has been left out of the national squad after a calf injury prevented her from competing. She has not been called into the squad since.
International goals
References
External links
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1992 births
Living people
Dutch female field hockey players
Sportspeople from Heeze-Leende
Female field hockey defenders
Oranje Zwart players
HC Oranje-Rood players
KHC Dragons players
20th-century Dutch women
21st-century Dutch women