Thierry Brinkman

Thierry Brinkman (born 19 March 1995) is a Dutch field hockey player who plays as a forward or midfielder for Hoofdklasse club Den Bosch and captains the Dutch national team. He is the son of former Dutch international Jacques Brinkman and the brother of Tim Brinkman, a Dutch footballer.

Club career Thierry started playing hockey at his local club SCHC, whom he left in 2010, to play in the youth ranks of SV Kampong. He made his debut for the first team aged seventeen in the 2012–13 season. In 2015 he transferred to Bloemendaal. In his fourth season with Bloemendaal, he won his first Dutch national title by defeating his former club Kampong in the final. After nine years at Bloemendaal, he moved to Den Bosch where he signed a contract until 2028.

International career Junior national team Brinkman played for the junior national team at the 2013 Junior World Cup in New Delhi, India. At the tournament he scored six goals, helping the Netherlands to a bronze medal. Brinkman again represented the Netherlands at the Junior World Cup in Lucknow, India, where the team finished 7th.

Senior national team Brinkman debuted for the senior national team in 2015, in a test match against South Africa, in Cape Town. Brinkman represented the Netherlands at the 2018 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in Breda, Netherlands, where the team won a bronze medal. In October 2018, he was named in the Dutch squad for the 2018 World Cup, which meant he was about to make his World Cup debut. He played in all seven matches and scored four goals, they eventually los in the final to Belgium. In June 2019, he was selected in the Netherlands squad for the 2019 EuroHockey Championship. They won the bronze medal by defeating Germany 4–0. On 19 June 2024, he was selected to represent the Netherlands at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Honours Club Bloemendaal Euro Hockey League: 2017–18, 2021, 2022, 2022–23 Hoofdklasse: 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22

International Netherlands U21 EuroHockey Junior Championship: 2014 Netherlands EuroHockey Championship: 2015, 2017, 2021, 2023 FIH Pro League: 2021–22, 2022–23