Maria Bobbie Steensma (born 25 September 2001) is a Dutch

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player.

Personal life

Maria Steensma was born and raised in

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Career

Domestic hockey

In the

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' domestic league, the

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, Steensma represents Pinoké.

Under–18

In 2018, Steensma was a member of the Netherlands U–18 team that won gold at the 2018 EuroHockey Youth Championship in Santander.

Junior national team

Steensma made her debut for the junior national team in 2022 at the FIH Junior World Cup in

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. At the tournament she won a gold medal. Later that year she represented the team again at the EuroHockey Junior Championship in

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, where she won a bronze medal.

Senior

Following her success in the national junior teams, Steensma was called up to make her senior international debut in 2022. She made her first appearance in a 2021–22 FIH Pro League match against

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. In 2023, she was named in the national squad. She has since appeared in season four of the FIH Pro League.

International goals

References

External links

* 2001 births Living people Dutch female field hockey players Female field hockey forwards Field hockey players from The Hague 21st-century Dutch sportswomen {{Netherlands-fieldhockey-bio-stub