Alan Sothern

Alan Sothern
Personal information
Born (1987-07-28) 28 July 1987 (age 37)
Shankill, Dublin, Ireland
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Pembroke Wanderers
Senior career
Years Team
–2010 Pembroke Wanderers
2010–2011 Den Bosch
2011–2014 Pembroke Wanderers
2014–2016 Racing Bruxelles
2016–2018 Pembroke Wanderers
2018–2019 Gantoise
2019–present Pembroke Wanderers
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2006–2018 Ireland 187 (74)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Ireland
EuroHockey Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 London
Last updated on: 12 October 2020

Alan Sothern (born 28 July 1987) is an Irish field hockey player who plays as a forward for the Pembroke Wanderers.

He competed for the Ireland men's national field hockey team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1]

Club career

Alan Sothern won two Irish Hockey League titles with Pembroke Wanderers in 2009 and 2010,[2] before he went abroad to play for HC Den Bosch in the Netherlands.[3] He left Den Bosch after one season to return to Pembroke Wanderers.[4] He played for Racing Club de Bruxelles and Pembroke Wanderers again before joining La Gantoise in 2018.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Alan Sothern". Rio2016.com. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Get To Know The Green Machine". hockey.ie. Hockey Ireland. Archived from the original on 11 December 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  3. ^ "HC Den Bosch vindt Ierse strafcornerspecialst". bd.nl (in Dutch). Brabants Dagblad. 29 August 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Den Bosch: Sothern vertrekt, Brouwer tekent bij". hoofdklassehockey.nl (in Dutch). 19 June 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Sothern à la Gantoise". lalibre.be (in French). 1 July 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.


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