Bjorn Kellerman | |
Birth Date: | 25 May 1990 |
Birth Place: | Ede, Netherlands |
Position: | Forward |
Youthclubs1: | Zeewolde |
Years1: | –2009 |
Clubs1: | Amersfoort |
Years2: | 2009–2012 |
Clubs2: | SCHC |
Years3: | 2012–2015 |
Clubs3: | Rotterdam |
Years4: | 2015–2022 |
Clubs4: | Kampong |
Nationalyears1: | 2015 |
Nationalteam1: | Netherlands (indoor) |
Nationalcaps1: | 8 |
Nationalgoals1: | 12 |
Nationalyears2: | 2015–2021 |
Nationalteam2: | Netherlands |
Nationalcaps2: | 69 |
Nationalgoals2: | 28 |
Clubs5: | Acme Chattogram |
Years5: | 2022 |
Bjorn Kellerman (born 25 May 1990) is a Dutch former field hockey player who played as a forward.[1]
Kellerman started playing hockey at Zeewolde.[2] He then played for Amersfoort and in 2009 he moved to SCHC. After three seasons with SCHC he made a transfer to Rotterdam.[3] With Rotterdam he won their first national title in the 2012–13 season. In 2015, he moved to Kampong, where he won the Euro Hockey League in his first season.[4] In January 2022, he announced he would leave Kampong after seven years at the end of the season.[5]
Kellerman was a part of the Dutch squad which won the Indoor World Championship in 2015.[6] He made his debut for the national team at the 2015 Hockey World League Final.[7] He won the European title in 2017 and in June 2019, he was selected in the Netherlands squad for the 2019 EuroHockey Championship.[8] They won the bronze medal by defeating Germany 4–0.[9] In September 2021 he announced his retirement from the national team after he was dropped for the 2020 Summer Olympics squad in June.[10]