Geert-Jan Marie Derikx (born 31 October 1980 in

Den Bosch s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 160,783. It is the capital of ...

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) is a

field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

player from the

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, who won the silver medal with the Dutch national squad at the

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. The defender made his debut on 1 May 2002 in a friendly match against

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: 1-1. He plays for

Stichtse Cricket en Hockey Club Stichtsche Cricket en Hockey Club, commonly known as SCHC, is a Dutch professional sports club based in Bilthoven, Utrecht. The club was founded on 22 November 1906. The club is best known for its field hockey department but it also has a rugby uni ...

in the Dutch League (''Hoofdklasse''), after a long time spell with

HC Klein Zwitserland Hockey Club Klein Zwitserland, commonly known as Klein Zwitserland, is a Dutch professional field hockey club based in The Hague, South Holland. The women and men's first teams compete in the hoofdklasse, the highest league of Dutch field hockey ...

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. His younger brother Rob is also a member of the Dutch field hockey squad. In the summer of 2007 he moved to

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the City Re ...

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* 1980 births Living people Dutch male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for the Netherlands Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Field hockey players from 's-Hertogenbosch Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics SCHC players HC Klein Zwitserland players 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup players 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-fieldhockey-bio-stub