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Field hockey players who competed for more than one nation

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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

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Men's field hockey
Name Team Career Match(es) Goal(s) Ref(s)
Sayed Yusuf  India 1928 4 ? [2]
Afghanistan 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

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References

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  1. ^ "1948 London Olympics".
  2. ^ https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/14512/ pp.674-691
  3. ^ Official Report
  4. ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=lfCZUheieYEC 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.
  5. ^ https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/15824/ pp. 1062, 1064
  6. ^ http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/granthalaya/goal/1936/ pp. 6-7
  7. ^ Farooq Mazhar (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.
  8. ^ "National award winning hockey player Ibrahim Saber dies". New Age. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  9. ^ "Ex-hockey captain Ibrahim Saber dies". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  10. ^ "BOYDE Scott". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 5 November 2023.