Jack Waller | |
Full Name: | Jack Laurence Waller |
Birth Date: | 28 January 1997 |
Birth Place: | Kingston upon Thames, England |
Height: | 1.76 m[1] |
Position: | Defender |
Currentclub: | Gantoise |
Years1: | 2014-2015 |
Clubs1: | Wimbledon |
Years2: | 2015-2018 |
Clubs2: | Durham University |
Years3: | 2018-2021 |
Clubs3: | Wimbledon |
Years4: | 2021-present |
Clubs4: | Gantoise |
Nationalyears1: | 2015-2017 |
Nationalteam1: | England & GB U21 |
Nationalcaps1: | 32 |
Nationalgoals1: | 3 |
Nationalyears2: | 2018–present |
Nationalteam2: | England & GB |
Nationalcaps2: | 62 |
Nationalgoals2: | 2 |
Jack Laurence Waller (born 28 January 1997) is an English field hockey player, who plays as a defender or midfielder for Belgian Club Gantoise and the England and Great Britain national teams.[2]
He was educated at Whitgift School, South Croydon, London.[3] He completed his higher education at Durham University.[4]
On 27 April 2021 it was announced that Waller had signed for Belgian club Gantoise for the 2021–22 season.[5]
He had previously played club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Wimbledon.Waller had also played for Durham University.[6]
He made his senior international debuts in October 2018, for Great Britain v Belgium on 2 October 2018 and for England v France on 16 October 2018.He was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[7] The team went out in the quarter-finals after losing a penalty shootout to India.[8]