Remco van Wijk (born October 7, 1972 in Breda

Breda

Breda is a municipality and a city in the southern part of the Netherlands. The name Breda derived from brede Aa and refers to the confluence of the rivers Mark and Aa. As a fortified city, the city was of strategic military and political significance...

, Noord-Brabant) is a former Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 field hockey

Field hockey

Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...

 player, who played 242 international matches for The Netherlands, in which he scored 63 goals. The striker made his debut for the Dutch on May 5, 1993 in a friendly match against Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

 (5-1). He retired from international tophockey after the 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup

2002 Men's Hockey World Cup

The 2002 Hockey World Cup for men is the 10th tournament of the Hockey World Cup, held from February 24 to March 9, 2002 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...

 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and became a hockey coach in the summer of 2005, as an assistant at HC Den Bosch

HC Den Bosch

Hockeyclub 's-Hertogenbosch is a Dutch field hockey club, which was founded on July 14, 1937 in 's-Hertogenbosch. With a total number of 1.977 members it is currently the sixth hockeyclub in the Netherlands....

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External links

• Dutch Hockey Federation