Jacob Smith (field hockey)
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| Full name | Jacob Anthony Phillip Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
3 April 1991 Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Central Falcons | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012– | New Zealand | 89 | (12) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jacob Anthony Phillip Smith (born 3 April 1991)[1] is a New Zealand field hockey player.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Smith was born and raised in Wellington, New Zealand.[3]
Career
[edit]Club level
[edit]In the New Zealand National Hockey League Smith plays for Auckland.[4] During the 2018–19 season, Smith relocated to the Netherlands to play in the Dutch Hoofdklasse for Pinoké.[5]
National team
[edit]Smith made his national debut for the Black Sticks in 2012. Shortly after, he represented the team at his first major tournament, the Champions Trophy.[6]
In 2014, Smith medalled for the first time with New Zealand at the 2012–13 FIH World League in New Delhi, India, where the team lost 2–7 to the Netherlands in the final.
Smith's most recent appearance for the team was during the inaugural tournament of the FIH Pro League in 2019. New Zealand finished in eighth and last place in the competition.[7] He has also been named in the Black Sticks team for the 2019 Ready Steady Tokyo Olympic test event in Tokyo, Japan.[8]
International goals
[edit]Goal |
Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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| 1 | 16 March 2013 | Azlan Shah Stadium, Ipoh, Malaysia |  Australia |
1–0 | 2–3 | 2013 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup | [9] |
| 2 | 13 June 2013 | HC Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands |  Netherlands |
3–1 | 3–3 | 2012–13 HWL Semi–finals | [10] |
| 3 | 19 November 2014 | National Hockey Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand |  Japan |
2–0 | 3–3 | Test Match | [11] |
| 4 | 3–0 | ||||||
| 5 | 13 December 2014 | St. Bede's College, Christchurch, New Zealand |  Canada |
1–0 | 3–1 | [12] | |
| 6 | 10 May 2015 | Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart, Australia |  South Korea |
1–3 | 1–3 | [13] | |
| 7 | 6 March 2016 | Tauranga Hockey Association, Tauranga, New Zealand |  Malaysia |
1–1 | 4–1 | [14] | |
| 8 | 26 November 2016 | State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne, Australia |  India |
2–1 | 3–2 | 2016 I.F.O.H. | [15] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Team Details – New Zealand". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ^ "Vantage Black Sticks Men". www.blacksticks.co.nz. Vantage Black Sticks. Archived from the original on 15 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ^ "Black Sticks men beat Japan". rnz.co.nz. Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- ^ "SMITH Jacob". hockeynz.altiusrt.com. New Zealand Hockey Federation. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ^ "HEREN 01". www.pinoke.nl (in Dutch). Pinoké. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ^ "SMITH Jacob". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ^ "SMITH Jacob". fihproleague.com. FIH Pro League. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ^ "Big names return for the Vantage Black Sticks Men for series in Tokyo". blacksticks.co.nz. New Zealand Hockey Federation. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ^ "Australia 3–2 New Zealand". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- ^ "Netherlands 3–3 New Zealand". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- ^ "New Zealand 3–0 Japan". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- ^ "New Zealand 3–1 Canada". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- ^ "New Zealand 1–3 Korea". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- ^ "New Zealand 4–1 Malaysia". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- ^ "India 2–3 New Zealand". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
External links
[edit]- Jacob Smith at Hockey New Zealand
- Jake Smith at the International Hockey Federation
- Jake Smith at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- Jake Smith at Olympics.com
- Jake Smith at Olympedia
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