Field hockey players who competed for more than one nation
 | The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with British India and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject. (November 2023) |
There have been some field hockey players who competed for more than one nation. These players belonged to India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Argentina, Germany and Spain.[1]
It may be mentioned here that British India was divided into two independent countries India and Pakistan in 1947. Later in 1971, Bangladesh was created after attaining independence from Pakistan.
Men's field hockey
[edit]| Name | Team | Career | Match(es) | Goal(s) | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sayed Yusuf |  India
|
1928 | 4 | ? | [2] |
 Afghanistan
|
1934 | 1 | 0 | [3][4] | |
| Ali Dara | India
|
1936 | 2 | 4 | [5][6] |
 Pakistan
|
1948 | 11 | 9 | ||
| Peter Paul Fernandes | India
|
1935–1936 | ? | ? | |
| Pakistan
|
1948 | ? | ? | ||
| Latif-ur Rehman |  India
|
1948 | ? | ? | |
| Pakistan
|
1950–1956 | 24 | ? | ||
| Akhtar Hussain | India
|
1948 | ? | ? | |
| Pakistan
|
1950–1956 | 12 | ? | ||
| Abdus Sadeque | Pakistan
|
1969–1971 | 1 | 0 | [7] |
 Bangladesh
|
1978 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Ibrahim Saber | Pakistan
|
1971 | ? | ? | [8] |
| Bangladesh
|
1978 | 5 | 0 | [9] | |
| Trevor Fernandes | India
|
1971–1973 | ? | ? | |
 United States
|
1984 | ? | ? | ||
| Gonzalo Peillat |  Argentina
|
2011–2019 | 153 | 176 | |
 Germany
|
2022–present | 2 | 2 | ||
| Joaquin Menini | Argentina
|
2014–2019 | 110 | ? | |
 Spain
|
2022–present | 33 | 9 | ||
| Leon Hayward |  Australia
|
2014–2015 | 13 | 0 | |
 New Zealand
|
2019–present | 49 | 0 | ||
| Scott Boyde | Australia
|
2016 | 7 | 1 | [10] |
| New Zealand
|
2023–present | 35 | 7 | ||
| Tim Cross | Australia
|
2015–2016 | 8 | 1 | |
 Ireland
|
2023–present | 46 | 3 | ||
| Iain Lewers | Ireland
|
2004–2008 | 88 | ? | |
 England/ Great Britain
|
2011–2016 | 146 | 11 | ||
| Mark Gleghorne | Ireland
|
2004–2008 | 80 | ? | |
| England/ Great Britain
|
2011–2020 | 162 | ? | ||
| David Ames | Ireland
|
2008–2012 | 64 | ? | |
| England/ Great Britain
|
2015–present | 119 | 4 | ||
| Ian Sloan | Ireland
|
2011–2012 | 21 | ? | |
| England/ Great Britain
|
2015–present | 118 | 5 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "1948 London Olympics".
- ^ https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/14512/ pp.674-691
- ^ Official Report
- ^ https://books.google.com.pk/books/about/Romance_of_Hockey.html?id=lfCZUheieYEC&redir_esc=y p. 132 Shahzada Muhammad Yusuf was captain of the Afghanistan hockey team in the only match played against India in the 1934 Western Asiatic Games at Delhi. The match was played on 2 March 1934.
- ^ https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/15824/ pp. 1062, 1064
- ^ http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/granthalaya/goal/1936/ pp. 6-7
- ^ Farooq Mazhar, Our Special Correspondent (10 October 1969). "Rashid sparkles in Italy; Pakistan stays firm on rough tour". Pakistan Times, Lahore. p. Sports Page. Abdus Sadeque was capped during tour of Italy by Pakistan hockey team during which four matches on 5, 6, 7 and 8 October 1969 were played. The story read: "Pakistan blooded Sadiq and Arshad to international hockey and thus all 19 players were capped.
- ^ "National award winning hockey player Ibrahim Saber dies". New Age. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ "Ex-hockey captain Ibrahim Saber dies". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ "BOYDE Scott". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 5 November 2023.