Field hockey players who competed for more than one nation explained

There have been some field hockey players who competed for more than one nation. These players belonged to India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Argentina, Germany and Spain.[1]

It may be mentioned here that British India was divided into two independent countries India and Pakistan in 1947. Later in 1971, Bangladesh was created after attaining independence from Pakistan.

Men's field hockey

NameTeamCareerMatch(es)Goal(s)Ref(s)
Sayed Yusuf19284?[2]
Afghanistan193410[3] [4]
Ali Dara193624[5] [6]
1948119
Peter Paul Fernandes1935–1936??
1948??
Latif-ur Rehman1948??
1950–195624?
Akhtar Hussain1948??
1950–195612?
Abdus Sadeque1969–197110[7]
197850
Ibrahim Saber1971??[8]
197850[9]
Trevor Fernandes1971–1973??
1984??
Gonzalo Peillat2011–2019153176
2022–present22
Joaquin Menini2014–2019110?
2022–present339
Leon Hayward2014–2015130
2019–present490
Scott Boyde201671[10]
2023–present357
Tim Cross2015–201681
2023–present463
Iain Lewers2004–200888?
/2011–201614611
Mark Gleghorne2004–200880?
/2011–2020162?
David Ames2008–201264?
/2015–present1194
Ian Sloan2011–201221?
/2015–present1185

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1948 London Olympics .
  2. https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/14512/ pp.674-691
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304121104/http://library.la84.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1935/BODE29/BODE29d.pdf Official Report
  4. https://books.google.com/books?id=lfCZUheieYEC p. 132 Shahzada Muhammad Yusuf was captain of the Afghanistan hockey team in the only match played against India in the 1934 Western Asiatic Games at Delhi. The match was played on 2 March 1934.
  5. https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/15824/ pp. 1062, 1064
  6. http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/granthalaya/goal/1936/ pp. 6-7
  7. News: Farooq Mazhar. Pakistan Times, Lahore. 10 October 1969. Rashid sparkles in Italy; Pakistan stays firm on rough tour. Sports Page. Abdus Sadeque was capped during tour of Italy by Pakistan hockey team during which four matches on 5, 6, 7 and 8 October 1969 were played. The story read: "Pakistan blooded Sadiq and Arshad to international hockey and thus all 19 players were capped.
  8. News: National award winning hockey player Ibrahim Saber dies . New Age . 19 June 2019 . en.
  9. News: Ex-hockey captain Ibrahim Saber dies . Prothom Alo . 19 June 2019 . en.
  10. Web site: BOYDE Scott . . tms.fih.ch . 5 November 2023.