Florian Fuchs Explained

Florian Fuchs
Birth Date:	1991 11, df=yes
Birth Place:	Hamburg, Germany
Height:	1.85 m
Weight:	74 kg
Position:	Forward
Clubs1:	UHC Hamburg
Years1:	2008–2016
Clubs2:	→ Dabang Mumbai
Years2:	2016
Clubs3:	Bloemendaal
Years3:	2016–2022
Nationalteam1:	Germany
Nationalyears1:	2009–2021
Nationalcaps1:	239
Nationalgoals1:	116
Show-Medals:	yes
Updated:	24 July 2021

Florian Fuchs (born 10 November 1991) is a German former field hockey player who played as a forward.^[1]

Career

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament.^[2] After the 2016 Summer Olympic, where he won the bronze medal, he transferred from Hamburg to Dutch club Bloemendaal.^[3] In the 2018–19 season, he won his first national title by defeating Kampong in the Dutch championship final with Bloemendaal.^[4] On 28 May 2021, he was named in the squads for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship and the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[5] Fuchs was named the FIH Young Player of the Year in 2012.^[6]

In September 2021, Fuchs announced that he was retiring from international hockey.^[7] After the following season he also retired from club hockey.^[8] In his last season with Bloemendaal he won the Euro Hockey League and the Dutch national title.^[9]

Honours

International

Germany

• Olympic gold medal

2012

• EuroHockey Championship

2011, 2013

• Champions Trophy, 2014

Germany U21

• Junior World Cup

2009

Club

UHC Hamburg

• Euro Hockey League

2009–10, 2011–12

Bloemendaal

• Hoofdklasse

2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22

• Euro Hockey League

2017–18, 2021, 2022, 2022-23

Individual

• FIH Rising Star of the Year

2012

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nationalspieler Portraits . www.hockey.de . . 4 November 2019 . de.
2. Web site: Florian Fuchs . London2012.com . . 2012-09-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120911210939/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/fuchs-florian-1105795/ . 2012-09-11 . dead .
3. Web site: Sikken . Anne . Florian Fuchs na Rio naar Bloemendaal . hockey.nl . 8 March 2019 . nl . 10 August 2015.
4. Web site: Oranjefeest in Bloemendaal: hockeyers na negen jaar weer kampioen . nos.nl . . 6 June 2019 . nl . 26 May 2019.
5. Web site: DHB-Herren: Das Team für Olympia steht (fast). hockey.de. 28 May 2021. de. 28 May 2021. 7 June 2021. https://archive.today/20210607030932/https://web.hockey.de/news/fmj1v7.html. dead.
6. Web site: Germany's Fuerste named FIH Player of the Year . FIH.ch . . 2012-12-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121209144026/http://www.fih.ch/en/news-4060-germany-s-fuerste-named-fih-player-of-the . 2012-12-09 . dead .
7. Web site: Deutscher Hockey-Bund on Instagram: "After 239 matches and 116 goals, @ffuchs23 is retiring from international hockey! Danke Flocke ❤️ #WirFürHockey #Honamas @worldsportpics" . https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/CTnC0OKsd3B . 2021-12-24 . limited. . 2021-11-11.
8. Web site: Duitse Florian Fuchs kondigt afscheid aan bij Bloemendaal . hoofdklassehockey.nl . 5 March 2022 . nl.
9. Web site: Maresch . Sjoerd . Fuchs neemt emotioneel afscheid: 'Bloemendaal voelt als familie' .