Valentin Verga

Valentin Verga

Verga in 2015
Personal information
Born	(1989-10-07) 7 October 1989 (age 35) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Playing position	Midfielder / Forward
Club information
Current club	Amsterdam
Youth career
0000–2000	GEBA
2000–2007	Almere
Senior career
Years	Team
2007–2024	Amsterdam
2017	→ Terengganu
2019	→ UniKL
2024–present	Almere
National team
Years	Team	Caps	Goals
2009–2020	Netherlands	193	(35)
Medal record Men's field hockey Representing the  Netherlands Olympic Games 2012 London Team World Cup 2014 The Hague 2018 Bhubaneswar 2010 New Delhi EuroHockey Championship 2015 London 2017 Amstelveen 2011 Mönchengladbach 2013 Boom Champions Trophy 2012 Melbourne 2010 Mönchengladbach 2011 Auckland 2018 Breda

Valentin Verga (born 7 October 1989) is an Argentine-born Dutch field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for Almere.[1]

Club career

Verga has played his whole senior career for Amsterdam. In the Dutch winter break in 2017, he was the first Dutch player to play in the Malaysia Hockey League, he played for Terengganu.[2] In the winter of 2019, he returned to Malaysia, this time he played for UniKL.[3] After 17 years in Amsterdam he returned to Almere in 2024 where he played until he was 18 years old.[4]

International career

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament, winning a silver medal.[5][6] He was also part of the Netherlands 2016 Summer Olympic team.[6] His father Alejandro was also an Olympic hockey player, but for Argentina.[6] In 2018, Verga played in his third World Cup, where they won the silver medal. Due to his decision to play in the 2019 Malaysia Hockey League, he was not selected for the 2019 FIH Pro League.[3] After the 2019 European Championships he returned in the national team for the FIH Olympic Qualifier against Pakistan.[7] In February 2020 he was dropped from the national team's training squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[8]

References

1. "Valentin Verga - Hockey.nl". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey.nl. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
2. "Valentin Verga speelt in Malaysia Hockey League (MHL)". hockey.nl (in Dutch). 10 January 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
3. "Caldas: Verga en Kemperman naar Maleisië, geen Pro League". hockey.nl (in Dutch). 8 January 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
4. "Oud-international keert terug bij Almeerse Hockey Club, 'Ik kan niet wachten'". omroepflevoland.nl (in Dutch). Almere: Omroep Flevoland. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
5. "Men's Hockey: Netherlands". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
6. "Valentin Verga Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
7. Collewijn, Sander (26 October 2019). "Hockeyer Valentin Verga keert na verbanning terug in Oranje". parool.nl (in Dutch). Het Parool. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
8. "Max Caldas laat ervaren Valentin Verga buiten olympische selectie". ad.nl (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2020.

External links

• Valentin Verga at the International Hockey Federation
• Valentin Verga at Olympics.com
• Valentin Verga at Olympedia
• Valentin Verga at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)