Maarten van Grimbergen
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Maarten Albert van Grimbergen (born October 4, 1959 in Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant) is a former field hockey
player from the Netherlands
, who played a total number of 145 international matches for the Dutch Men's Nation Team
, in which he scored 36 goals. The striker made his debut in 1980, and played club hockey for Eindhovense Mixed Hockey Club
and HC Klein Zwitserland
. Van Grimbergen represented the Netherlands in two Summer Olympics (1984 and 1992).
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
player from the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
, who played a total number of 145 international matches for the Dutch Men's Nation Team
Netherlands national field hockey team
The Netherlands national field hockey team is the national team of the Netherlands that participates in international field hockey matches and tournaments...
, in which he scored 36 goals. The striker made his debut in 1980, and played club hockey for Eindhovense Mixed Hockey Club
Eindhovense Mixed Hockey Club
EMHC is the acronym of the Dutch field hockey club Eindhovense Mixed Hockey Club, which is located in Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant. The club was founded on October 14, 1921, and has about 1,000 members. This makes it the second biggest club of the city, after neighbouring Oranje Zwart....
and HC Klein Zwitserland
HC Klein Zwitserland
HC Klein Zwitserland is a field hockey club from The Hague, Netherlands, which was founded on September 20, 1908. With 1.591 members – as of January 1, 2006 – it is the tenth club in the Netherlands...
. Van Grimbergen represented the Netherlands in two Summer Olympics (1984 and 1992).