Sam van der Ven | |
Birth Date: | 5 September 1989 |
Birth Place: | Voorburg, Netherlands |
Position: | Goalkeeper |
Currentclub: | HGC |
Clubs1: | HGC |
Nationalyears1: | 2014–present |
Nationalteam1: | Netherlands |
Nationalcaps1: | 56 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Show-Medals: | no |
Updated: | 29 February 2020 |
Sam van der Ven (born 5 September 1989) is a Dutch field hockey player who plays as a goalkeeper for HGC and the Dutch national team.[1]
Van der Ven made his debut for the Dutch national team in a test match against Belgium in 2014.[2] He was a part of the Dutch squad which won the silver medal at the 2018 World Cup.[3] [4] In June 2019, he was selected as the joint first goalkeeper in the Netherlands squad for the 2019 EuroHockey Championship.[5] They won the bronze medal by defeating Germany 4–0.[6]