Kane Elliot Mark Russell (born 22 April 1992) is a New Zealand

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player who plays as a defender for German club Hamburger Polo Club and the New Zealand national team. Russell represented his country at the

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, where the men's team came seventh.

Club career

Russell plays as a defender for the Southern region in the New Zealand Hockey League. In 2016 he joined Royal Antwerp in Belgium. After one season with Antwerp he left them for Léopold. In the 2018–19 season he won the Belgian national title with Léopold. After he won the national title, he left Léopold and joined

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in the Netherlands. In April 2020, it was announced he left Rotterdam together with Blair Tarrant for Hamburger Polo Club in Germany for the 2020–21 season.

Personal life

Russell was born in

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in 1992. Of

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descent, Russell affiliates to the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Russell, Kane 1992 births Living people Ngāpuhi people New Zealand Māori sportspeople Sportspeople from Dunedin Olympic field hockey players for New Zealand New Zealand male field hockey players 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand Commonwealth Games field hockey players for New Zealand Commonwealth Games silver medallists in field hockey Male field hockey defenders HC Rotterdam players New Zealand expatriate field hockey players Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players Men's Belgian Hockey League players Royal Léopold Club players 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Germany Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Men's Feldhockey Bundesliga players Hamburger Polo Club players 21st-century New Zealand sportsmen