Aidan Thomas Sarikaya (born 3 July 1996) is a New Zealand field hockey player who plays as a defender or midfielder for Belgian club Herakles and the New Zealand national team.[1]
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| Full name | Aidan Thomas Sarikaya | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 July 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Defender / Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Herakles | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Midlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–present | Herakles | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | New Zealand U21 | 14 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–present | New Zealand | 46 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Club career edit
Sarikaya played for the Midlands team in the New Zealand National Hockey League.[2] In 2019 he moved to Europe to play for Herkales in Belgium for the 2019–20 season.[3][4]
International career edit
Junior national team edit
Sarikaya made his debut for the national under 18 team in 2014, at a qualifying event for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. Sarikaya again represented the national U18 side at the Youth Olympics, held in Nanjing, China.[5] In 2016, Sarikaya made his debut for the national under 21 team at the Junior Oceania Cup.[6] New Zealand successfully qualified for the Junior World Cup in Lucknow, India, where Sarikaya was also a member of the U21 side.[7]
Senior national team edit
Sarikaya made his senior international debut in 2017, at the International Festival of Hockey in Victoria, Australia. In 2018, Sarikaya most notably represented New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games, where New Zealand won a silver medal.[8]
References edit
- ^ "Aidan Sarikaya". Hockey New Zealand. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- ^ "Midlands midfielder Aidan Sarikaya earns Black Sticks call-up". www.stuff.co.nz. Stuff. 2 November 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ "Transferts : l'Herakles se renforce encore!". okey.lalibre.be (in French). Okey.be. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ "L'Herakles confirme l'arrivée de 5 étrangers". www.lalibre.be (in French). LaLibre. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ "Aidan Sarikaya". Team New Zealand. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- ^ "SARIKAYA Aidan". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- ^ "Team Details New Zealand". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- ^ "Aidan Sarikaya". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
External links edit
- Aidan Sarikaya at the International Hockey Federation
- Aidan Sarikaya at Olympics.com
- Aidan Sarikaya at Olympedia
- Aidan Sarikaya at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- Aidan Sarikaya at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Aidan Sarikaya at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
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