Robert Adriaan van der Horst is a Dutch former field hockey defender and midfielder, born October 17, 1984, in Eindhoven, Netherlands, who earned 272 caps for the Netherlands national team between 2004 and 2016, the seventh most of any Dutch player, scoring 14 goals. He won a silver medal at the 2012 Olympics and served as captain when the Netherlands finished fourth at both the 2008 and 2016 Olympics. He now works as an assistant coach for the England men's national field hockey team.
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Career HighlightWon an Olympic silver medal in 2012 and captained the Netherlands to fourth place at the 2008 and 2016 Olympics 1 Classification
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Which clubs did Robert van der Horst play for?
He played for Oranje Zwart, HC Rotterdam and HC Oranje-Rood.
Robert van der Horst played youth hockey and then eight seasons in the first team of Oranje Zwart. He then joined HC Rotterdam for three seasons before returning to Oranje Zwart. When Oranje Zwart merged with EMHC in 2016, he played for the newly formed HC Oranje-Rood. In April 2019 he announced he would retire as a player at the end of that season, and he then became head coach of the Oranje-Rood first men's team.
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Robert Adriaan van der Horst (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɔbərt fɑn dər ˈɦɔrst]; born 17 October 1984) is a Dutch former field hockey player who played as a defender or midfielder and currently the assistant coach of the England men's national team.
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Robert Adriaan van der Horst (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɔbərt fɑn dər ˈɦɔrst]; born 17 October 1984) is a Dutch former field hockey player who played as a defender or midfielder and currently the assistant coach of the England men's national team.
Introduction
The defender was the captain of the national teams that finished fourth at the 2008 and 2016 Olympics and won a silver medal in 2012.
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Robert Adriaan van der Horst (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɔbərt fɑn dər ˈɦɔrst]; born 17 October 1984) is a Dutch former field hockey player who played as a defender or midfielder and currently the assistant coach of the England men's national team.
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Robert Adriaan van der Horst (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɔbərt fɑn dər ˈɦɔrst]; born 17 October 1984) is a Dutch former field hockey player who played as a defender or midfielder and currently the assistant coach of the England men's national team.
Competed In: 2016 Summer Olympics, Lead paragraph (competition)
The defender was the captain of the national teams that finished fourth at the 2008 and 2016 Olympics and won a silver medal in 2012.
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