Shea Joseph McAleese (born 7 August 1984) 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 competed in the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

and

2012 Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

. He was part of the New Zealand team that won the bronze medal at the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, f ...

. Youngest son of Dan and Margie McAleese. Has an older brother and sister, Jonathan and Aimee. Shea McAleese played at Uhlenhorster Hockey Club in

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from 2007 till 2009. With the Team he won the

Euro Hockey League The Euro Hockey League is an annual men's field hockey cup competition organized by the EHF for the very top field hockey clubs in Europe. The competition was launched at the start of the 2007-08 field hockey season when it merged and replaced th ...

2007–2008. He also helped his team to a second-place finish in the competition in the 2008–2009 Season, when they were defeated by

HC Bloemendaal Hockey Club Bloemendaal (), commonly known as Bloemendaal, is a Dutch field hockey club based in Bloemendaal, North Holland. It was established on 26 April 1895, and is one of the oldest field hockey clubs in the Netherlands. Originally, the club a ...

of The Netherlands. He represents the

Uttar Pradesh Wizards The Uttar Pradesh Wizards (abbreviated as UPW) are a field hockey team based in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh that plays in the Hockey India League. It is owned by Sahara India Pariwar. Former Dutch coach Roelant Oltmans serves as coach for the team an ...

in the

Hockey India League Hockey India League (HIL), known as the Coal India Hockey India League is a professional field hockey league in India. The league is organized by Hockey India, the governing body for the sport in India. HIL, along with the Indian Premier League, ...

. He has also coached the Central Mavericks team in New Zealand. In August 2021, Shea McAleese announced his retirement from International Hockey.

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* 1984 births Living people New Zealand male field hockey players Male field hockey midfielders Olympic field hockey players of New Zealand Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup players 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 Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand Uhlenhorster HC players HGC players Expatriate field hockey players New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Australia New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands New Zealand expatriates in Belgium New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Germany Sportspeople from Napier, New Zealand {{NewZealand-fieldhockey-bio-stub