Maria Steensma
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| Full name | Maria Bobbie Steensma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
25 September 2001 The Hague, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Pinoké | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Netherlands U–21 | 12 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Netherlands | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Maria Bobbie Steensma (born 25 September 2001)[1] is a Dutch field hockey player.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Maria Steensma was born and raised in The Hague.[3]
Career
[edit]Domestic hockey
[edit]In the Netherlands' domestic league, the Hoofdklasse, Steensma represents Pinoké.[4]
Under–18
[edit]In 2018, Steensma was a member of the Netherlands U–18 team that won gold at the 2018 EuroHockey Youth Championship in Santander.[5]
Junior national team
[edit]Steensma made her debut for the junior national team in 2022 at the FIH Junior World Cup in Potchefstroom.[6] At the tournament she won a gold medal. Later that year she represented the team again at the EuroHockey Junior Championship in Ghent, where she won a bronze medal.[7]
Senior
[edit]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 England.[6]
In 2023, she was named in the national squad.[2] She has since appeared in season four of the FIH Pro League.[6]
International goals
[edit]| Goal | Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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| 1 | 10 December 2023 | Polideportivo Provincial, Santiago del Estero, Argentina |  Great Britain |
5–1 | 5–1 | 2023–24 FIH Pro League | [8] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Team Details – Netherlands". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Maria Steensma". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey Netherlands. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ "Maria Steensma". interlandhistorie.knhb.nl (in Dutch). Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ "Dames 1". pinoke.nl (in Dutch). Pinoké. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ^ "STEENSMA Maria". eurohockey.altiusrt.com. European Hockey Federation. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ a b c "STEENSMA Maria". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ "Final Day – EuroHockey Junior Championship, m and w, Ghent". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ "Netherlands 5–1 Great Britain". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
External links
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