New Zealand field hockey player
Kane Elliot Mark Russell (born 22 April 1992) is a New Zealand field hockey player who plays as a defender for German club Hamburger Polo Club and the New Zealand national team.[3]
Russell represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where the men's team came seventh.[4][5]
Club career
Russell plays as a defender for the Southern region in the New Zealand Hockey League.[6] In 2016 he joined Royal Antwerp in Belgium.[7] After one season with Antwerp he left them for Léopold.[8] In the 2018–19 season he won the Belgian national title with Léopold.[9] After he won the national title, he left Léopold and joined Rotterdam in the Netherlands.[10] In April 2020, it was announced he left Rotterdam together with Blair Tarrant for Hamburger Polo Club in Germany for the 2020–21 season.[11]
Personal life
Russell was born in Dunedin in 1992.[2] Of Māori descent, Russell affiliates to the Ngāpuhi iwi.[12]
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