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Dutch maestro Teun de Nooijer joined a rare list of Dutch men when he played his 300th international match during the Rabo Trophy in
He now sits alongside Jacques Brinkman, Erik Jazet and Jeroen Delmee on the list of Dutch men's players to have reached the rare 300-match mark.
Brinkmann holds the Dutch record with 337 matches, but both de Nooijer and
The 29-year-old made his debut in 1994 against
De Nooijer's stellar career has been littered by a galaxy of gold medals at major tournaments. Two Olympic gold medals have been complemented by success at the 1998 World Cup and five winners' medals from the Champions Trophy.
Often the barometer of his team's success, de Nooijer's sublime skills and influence over matches has led to individual accolades. He has been named the Dutch player of the year on numerous occasions, the WorldHockey Player of the Year award in 2003 and is a perennial nominee for the top individual prize in international hockey.
The one title to have eluded de Nooijer is the European Cup, where the Dutch men have suffered a surprising gold medal drought since 1987. However the
Teun de Noojer
Age: 29
Caps: 300
Major Tournaments
Olympic Games
2004 Athens 2nd
2000 Sydney 1st
1996 Atlanta 1st
World Cup
2002 Kuala Lumpur 3rd
1998 Utrecht 1st
1994 Sydney 2nd
Champions Trophy
2004 Lahore 2nd
2003 Amstelveen 1st
2002 Cologne 1st
2001 Rotterdam 3rd
2000 Amstelveen 1st
1999 Brisbane 3rd
1998 Lahore 1st
1997 Adelaide 4th
1996 Madras 1st
1995 Berlin 4th
