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Taeke Taekema

b. 1980

Dutch field hockey player

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Born 1980. Taeke Taekema is a Dutch field hockey player.

Taeke Wiebe Doekes Taekema (born 14 January 1980) is a Dutch field hockey player and drag flicker (penalty corner specialist) who won the silver medal with the national squad at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Born in Leiderdorp, he made his debut on 28 January 2000 in a friendly match in and against Egypt and has played in over two hundred international matches for the Dutch.

During the 2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship, Taekema struck a record 16 goals, including a double hat trick against Belgium in the semi-finals. Sportswear maker Adidas introduced its limited edition TT10 hockey stick, which incorporated Taekema's initials and jersey number.

He was the top scorer in the 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup held in New Delhi with 8 goals along with Luke Doerner.

International goals No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 2 June 2000 Amstelveen, Netherlands 1–0 1–0 2000 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy 2. 3 November 2001 Rotterdam, Netherlands 1–0 1–1 2001 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy 3. 10 November 2001 1–2 2–3 4. 11 November 2001 3–0 5–2 5. 27 February 2002 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 3–0 5–1 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup 6. 5–1 7. 31 August 2002 Cologne, Germany 1–0 3–3 2002 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy 8. 1 September 2002 4–0 6–1 9. 3 September 2002 1–0 3–1 10. 2–0 11. 5 September 2002 1–0 4–2 12. 3–1 13. 6 September 2002 3–2 5–2 14. 16 August 2003 Amstelveen, Netherlands 2–3 4–3 2003 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy 15. 17 August 2003 4–1 5–3 16. 19 August 2003 2–1 2–2 17. 21 August 2003 2–0 6–3 18. 2 March 2004 Madrid, Spain 1–1 5–1 2004 Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier 19. 3 March 2004 1–0 3–0 20. 11 March 2004 1–0 4–2 21. 2–1 22. 15 August 2004 Athens, Greece 3–0 3–1 2004 Summer Olympics 23. 17 August 2004 1–0 4–3 24. 2–1 25. 21 August 2004 3–0 4–2 26. 22 August 2004 1–0 2–1 27. 2–0 28. 25 August 2004 1–1 3–2 29. 4 December 2004 Lahore, Pakistan 1–0 5–2 2004 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy 30. 4–2 31. 5 December 2004 2–1 5–4 32. 7 December 2004 2–1 4–1 33. 10 December 2004 3–2 3–4 34. 12 December 2004 1–1 2–4 35. 28 August 2005 Leipzig, Germany 2–0 5–4 2005 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship 36. 3–0 37. 29 August 2005 1–0 2–1 38. 2–0 39. 3 September 2005 2–0 6–1 40. 3–0 41. 4 September 2005 2–1 2–4 42. 14 December 2005 Chennai, India 1–1 2–3 2005 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy 43. 2–2 44. 16 December 2005 2–1 2–1 45. 18 December 2005 1–3 1–3 46. 25 June 2006 Ipoh, Malaysia 2–0 6–2 2006 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 47. 22 July 2006 Terrassa, Spain 1–0 4–2 2006 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy 48. 3–1 49. 4–2 50. 23 July 2006 1–1 1–1 51. 25 July 2006 7–2 9–2 52. 27 July 2006 3–3 3–3 53. 29 July 2006 3–3 4–3 54. 30 July 2006 1–0 2–1 55. 6 September 2006 MΓΆnchengladbach, Germany 2–2 2–3 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup 56. 7 September 2006 1–0 2–0 57. 11 September 2006 3–3 4–3 58. 4–3 59. 12 September 2006 1–0 6–1 60. 2–1 61. 3–1 62. 4–1 63. 6–1 64. 15 September 2006 2–3 2–3 65. 16 September 2006 2–0 3–0 66. 19 August 2007 Manchester, England 1–0 8–3 2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship 67. 2–0 68. 4–0 69. 5–1 70. 7–2 71. 21 August 2007 1–0 1–0 72. 22 August 2007 2–0 4–2 73. 4–2 74. 24 August 2007 1–1 7–2 75. 2–1 76. 4–2 77. 5–2 78. 6–2 79. 7–2 80. 26 August 2007 2–0 3–2 81. 3–1 82. 30 November 2007 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1–1 3–1 2007 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy 83. 5 December 2007 1–0 3–3 84. 6 December 2007 2–1 3–3 85. 8 December 2007 1–0 4–1 86. 3–1 87. 4–1 88. 9 December 2007 1–0 3–2 89. 11 August 2008 Beijing, China 1–0 5–0 2008 Summer Olympics 90. 2–0 91. 13 August 2008 1–0 1–0 92. 15 August 2008 1–0 4–2 93. 2–0 94. 3–1 95. 17 August 2008 1–0 2–2 96. 2–2 97. 19 August 2008 2–1 4–2 98. 3–1 99. 23 August 2008 1–3 2–6 100. 22 August 2009 Amsterdam, Netherlands 1–0 9–0 2009 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship 101. 2–0 102. 7–0 103. 26 August 2009 1–0 6–0 104. 2–0 105. 5–0 106. 6–0 107. 28 August 2009 1–1 1–2 108. 30 August 2009 6–1 6–1 109. 28 November 2009 Melbourne, Australia 1–0 3–2 2009 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy 110. 3–0 111. 29 November 2009 1–0 2–7 112. 5 December 2009 1–0 4–3 113. 6 December 2009 2–3 2–4 114. 1 March 2010 New Delhi, India 1–0 3–0 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup 115. 2–0 116. 3–0 117. 3 March 2010 2–1 3–1 118. 5 March 2010 1–0 6–0 119. 11 March 2010 1–2 1–2 120. 13 March 2010 2–3 4–3 121. 21 August 2011 MΓΆnchengladbach, Germany 1–0 8–1 2011 Men's EuroHockey Championship 122. 7–1 123. 22 August 2011 2–1 4–3 124. 23 August 2011 2–2 7–4 125. 3–2 126. 4–2 127. 5–2 128. 25 August 2011 2–2 4–2 129. 3–2 130. 3 December 2011 Auckland, New Zealand 1–0 2–0 2011 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy 131. 6 December 2011 3–0 3–3

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Taeke Taekema was born on 14 January 1980 in Leiderdorp.

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