Phil Roper
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Philip Roper | ||
| Born |
24 January 1992 Chester, England | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder / Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2010 | Chester HC | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2008-2009 | Brooklands MU | ||
| 2010-2013 | Sheffield Hallam | ||
| 2013-present | Wimbledon | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals |
| 2013–present | England & GB | 145 | (34) |
| Last updated on: 28 October 2020 | |||
Phillip Roper (born 24 January 1992) is an English international field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for England and Great Britain. [1] [2]
Club career
Roper plays club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Wimbledon. He was born in Chester and he started playing hockey, aged 8, for Chester Hockey Club and played there for ten years before going to university, where he played for Sheffield Hallam. [3]
International career
Roper made his international debut in 2013. He competed for England in the men's hockey tournament at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won a bronze medal.[4] On 24 May 2017 he was named as one of a three-man captaincy group, for England and Great Britain. It is a new captaincy structure for the men’s international teams.[5]
References
- ^ https://teamengland.org/team-england-athletes/phil-roper
- ^ http://www.englandhockey.co.uk/player.asp?itemid=8546&itemTitle=Phil+Roper§ion=44
- ^ "EHL Statistics". Fixtureslive.com. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ "Phil Roper biography". Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ http://www.englandhockey.co.uk/news.asp?itemid=41121&itemTitle=Great+Britain+and+England%27s+men+announce+landmark+captaincy+structure§ion=22
External links
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- 1992 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Chester
- Male field hockey midfielders
- Male field hockey forwards
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- English male field hockey players
- Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey
- Wimbledon Hockey Club players
- Men's England Hockey League players
- English field hockey biography stubs