Mikki Roberts is a field hockey player from the Netherlands.[1]

Mikki Roberts
Personal information
Born (2002-02-22) 22 February 2002 (age 24)
Tilburg, Netherlands
Sport
SportField hockey
PositionDefender
Senior career
Years Team Caps Goals
HC Tilburg - -
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2023 Netherlands U–21 6 (8)
2024– Netherlands 1 (0)
Medal record

Personal life

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Mikki Roberts was born on 22 February 2002, in Tilburg.[2][3]

She is a student at Tilburg University.[4]

Career

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Under–21

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Roberts made her international debut at under–21 level.[5] In 2023, she captained the Netherlands U–21 side at the FIH Junior World Cup in Santiago. In the final, she scored twice to send the game to a shoot–out, which the team won to take home a gold medal.[4][6][7][8]

Oranje

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In 2024, Roberts received her first call-up to the senior national team. She made her senior international debut during season five of the FIH Pro League.[5] With the addition of new head coach, Raoul Ehren, she was officially called-up to the national squad.[9]

References

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  1. "Mikki Roberts – Player Info". globalsportsarchive.com. Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  2. "Team Details – Netherlands". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  3. "Mikki Roberts". interlandhistorie.knhb.nl (in Dutch). Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Mikki Roberts and her junior field hockey teammates look back on World Cup victory". tilburguniversity.edu. Tilburg University. 11 January 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  5. 1 2 "ROBERTS Mikki". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  6. "'Best game of our lives': Netherlands women win Junior Hockey World Cup". thehockeypaper.co.uk. The Hockey Paper. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  7. "FIH Hockey Women's Junior World Cup: Netherlands beat Argentina on penalties to win fifth title". scroll.in. Scroll. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  8. "Defending Champions Netherlands make a stunning comeback to clinch their fifth Junior Women's World Cup title". fih.hockey. International Hockey Federation. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  9. "Oranje: Geen De Waard, Van Gils terug, plek voor tiener Verstraeten". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey Netherlands. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
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