Mikki Roberts
Appearance
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Born |
Tilburg, Netherlands | 22 February 2002||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
HC Tilburg | |||||||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||
2023 | Netherlands U–21 | 6 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
2024– | Netherlands | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mikki Roberts is a field hockey player from the Netherlands.[1]
Personal life
[edit]Mikki Roberts was born on 22 February 2002, in Tilburg.[2][3]
She is a student at Tilburg University.[4]
Career
[edit]Under–21
[edit]Roberts made her international debut at under–21 level.[5] In 2023, she captained the Netherlands U–21 side at the FIH Junior World Cup in Santiago. In the final, she scored twice to send the game to a shoot–out, which the team won to take home a gold medal.[4][6][7][8]
Oranje
[edit]In 2024, Roberts received her first call-up to the senior national team. She made her senior international debut during season five of the FIH Pro League.[5] With the addition of new head coach, Raoul Ehren, she was officially called-up to the national squad.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Mikki Roberts – Player Info". globalsportsarchive.com. Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ "Team Details – Netherlands". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ "Mikki Roberts". interlandhistorie.knhb.nl (in Dutch). Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ a b "Mikki Roberts and her junior field hockey teammates look back on World Cup victory". tilburguniversity.edu. Tilburg University. 11 January 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ a b "ROBERTS Mikki". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ "'Best game of our lives': Netherlands women win Junior Hockey World Cup". thehockeypaper.co.uk. The Hockey Paper. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ "FIH Hockey Women's Junior World Cup: Netherlands beat Argentina on penalties to win fifth title". scroll.in. Scroll. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ "Defending Champions Netherlands make a stunning comeback to clinch their fifth Junior Women's World Cup title". fih.hockey. International Hockey Federation. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ "Oranje: Geen De Waard, Van Gils terug, plek voor tiener Verstraeten". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey Netherlands. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2024.