Victor Aly Explained

Victor Aly
Birth Date:2 June 1994
Birth Place:Hamburg, Germany
Position:Goalkeeper
Currentclub:Rot-Weiss Köln
Youthclubs1:Großflottbek
Years1:–2012
Clubs1:Großflottbek
Years2:2012–2020
Clubs2:Rot-Weiss Köln
Years3:2020–present
Clubs3:Großflottbek
Nationalyears1:2013–2014
Nationalteam1:Germany U21
Nationalyears2:2015–present
Nationalteam2:Germany
Nationalcaps2:24
Nationalgoals2:0
Updated:6 June 2021

Victor Aly (born 2 June 1994) is a German field hockey player who plays as a goalkeeper for Großflottbek and the German national team.[1]

Club career

Aly comes from Othmarschen in Hamburg so he started playing hockey for the local club Großflottbek.[2] He played eight years for Rot-Weiss Köln in Cologne. In May 2020, it was announced he returned to Großflottbek for the 2020–21 season.[3]

International career

Aly was a part of the Germany under-21 team which won the 2013 Junior World Cup. He made his debut for the senior national team in February 2015 in a test match against South Africa.[4] In December 2019, he was nominated for the FIH Goalkeeper of the Year Award.[5] On 28 May 2021, he was named in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship and was named as a reserve for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nationalspieler Portraits . www.hockey.de . . 7 December 2019 . de.
  2. Web site: Vorbild sein und an den Currywurst-Kodex halten . www.faz.net . . 7 December 2019 . de . 29 November 2011.
  3. Web site: Victor Aly zurück zum GTHGC . web.hockey.de . . 14 May 2020 . de . 22 May 2020.
  4. Web site: ALY Victor . tms.fih.ch . . 7 December 2019.
  5. Web site: Manpreet Singh nominated for FIH Player of the Year award . . 7 December 2019 . Lausanne . 6 December 2019.
  6. Web site: DHB-Herren: Das Team für Olympia steht (fast). hockey.de. 28 May 2021. de. 28 May 2021.