Derck de Vilder | |
Birth Date: | 1998 11, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Position: | Defender / Midfielder |
Youthclubs1: | Pinoké |
Years1: | 2016–2018 |
Clubs1: | Pinoké |
Years2: | 2018–present |
Clubs2: | Kampong |
Nationalyears1: | 2017–2019 |
Nationalteam1: | Netherlands U21 |
Nationalcaps1: | 16 |
Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
Nationalyears2: | 2018–present |
Nationalteam2: | Netherlands |
Nationalcaps2: | 13 |
Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
Derck de Vilder (born 23 November 1998) is a Dutch professional field hockey player who plays as a defender or midfielder for Hoofdklasse club Kampong and the Dutch national team.[1] [2] [3]
In the Dutch Hoofdklasse, De Vilder plays for SV Kampong.[4]
De Vilder made his debut for the Netherlands U–21 team in 2017 during a test series against Germany in Mönchengladbach.[5] Later that year he won a gold medal with the team at the EuroHockey Junior Championship in Valencia, Spain.[6]
In 2019, two years after his debut, De Vilder returned to the junior national team during an eight-nations tournament in Madrid.[5] He went on to represent the team at another EuroHockey Junior Championship later that year, on this occasion winning a bronze medal.[7]
Derck de Vilder made his senior debut for the Oranje in 2018 during a test series against Australia in Perth.[5]
He has since gone on to make a number of appearances for the national team, before being named in the official squad for the first time in 2022.[2]