Mirco Pruyser (born 11 August 1989) is a Dutch former field hockey player who played as a forward for Amsterdam and the Dutch national team.

He participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics with the Dutch national team, where they finished fourth.

Mirco Pruyser

Club career

Pruyser started playing at MHC De Reigers in Hoofddorp, when he was fifteen years old me moved to Amsterdam, where he made his debut in the first team in 2008. In April 2023, he became the all-time top scorer for Amsterdam in the Hoofdklasse, with 214 goals. After the 2022–23 season he retired from playing top-level hockey.

Mirco Pruyser

International career

He made his debut for the Dutch national team in 2014 and won his first medal with the national team at the 2015 European Championships. In June 2019, he was selected in the Netherlands squad for the 2019 EuroHockey Championship. They won the bronze medal by defeating Germany 4–0. He was the joint-topscorer with three other players at the tournament. After the 2020 Summer Olympics he announced his retirement from the national team.

Mirco Pruyser

Honours

Amsterdam

Hoofdklasse: 2010–11, 2011–12

Gold Cup: 2018–19

Netherlands

EuroHockey Championship: 2015, 2017, 2019

Individual

EuroHockey Championship leading goalscorer: 2017, 2019

Records

Amsterdam top Hoofdklasse goalscorer: 214 goals

References

External links

1989 births

Living people

Sportspeople from Haarlemmermeer

Field hockey players from North Holland

Dutch male field hockey players

Male field hockey forwards

Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics

2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players

Olympic field hockey players for the Netherlands

Amsterdamsche Hockey & Bandy Club players

Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players

21st-century Dutch people