Zach Wallace | |
Full Name: | Zachary Andrew David Wallace |
Birth Date: | 29 September 1999 |
Birth Place: | Redhill, England |
Height: | 1.72 m[1] |
Position: | Midfielder / Forward |
Currentclub: | Bloemendaal |
Youthclubs1: | Surbiton |
Years1: | 2015–2021 |
Clubs1: | Surbiton |
Years2: | 2021–2023 |
Clubs2: | HGC |
Years3: | 2023–present |
Clubs3: | Bloemendaal |
Nationalyears1: | 2017–2019 |
Nationalteam1: | England & GB U21 |
Nationalcaps1: | 19 |
Nationalgoals1: | 5 |
Nationalyears2: | 2018–present |
Nationalteam2: | England & GB |
Nationalcaps2: | 101 |
Nationalgoals2: | 20 |
Zachary Andrew David Wallace (born 29 September 1999) is an English field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for Dutch Hoofdklasse club Bloemendaal and the England and Great Britain national teams.[2]
He was educated at Kingston Grammar School, Kingston-upon-Thames before joining Whitgift School, South Croydon, London in the 6th form.[3]
In March 2021 it was announced that Wallace joined Dutch Hoofdklasse club HGC for the 2021–22 season.[4] [5] After two seasons he moved to Bloemendaal.[6] [7]
He previously played in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Surbiton.[8]
Wallace made his senior international debuts in October 2018, aged 19, for Great Britain versus Belgium on 2 October 2018 and for England versus France on 16 October 2018. In December 2019, he was nominated for the FIH Rising Star of the Year Award.[9]
On 28 May 2021, he was selected in the England squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.[10]
He was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[11] The team went out in the quarter-finals after losing a penalty shootout to India.[12]