Hugo Inglis (born 18 January 1991) is a New Zealand

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player who plays as a forward for the New Zealand national team. He played for the Southern Dogs in the New Zealand Hockey League and he played in Europe for SCHC, Braxgata and currently Rotterdam. He also represented the

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in the

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Club career

Inglis started playing hockey when he was five and he joined his local hockey club the Southern Dogs. In 2012 he signed a two-year contract at SCHC in the Netherlands. Due to his commitments to the national team, he would miss the preparation for the second half of the season so in January 2013 his contract at SCHC was annulled and he returned to New Zealand. In 2014 he joined

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where he played for one season. He returned to Europe in 2016 to play for Braxgata in Belgium. After three seasons with Braxgata, he returned to Rotterdam.

International career

Inglis made his international team debut in 2009. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the

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in the men's tournament. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, he was one of the New Zealand players who scored in the penalty shoot-out to decide the bronze medal, but New Zealand still lost the match to England. He is one of three players from

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to attend the 2016 Summer Olympics in

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, where the men's team came seventh. In 2018, Inglis was part of the New Zealand team who won silver at the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Inglis, Hugo 1991 births Living people New Zealand male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for New Zealand Male field hockey forwards Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand Field hockey players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Dunedin Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand Uttar Pradesh Wizards players Hockey India League players SCHC players HC Rotterdam players Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players Men's Belgian Hockey League players New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Germany Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games