The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with British India and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject. (November 2023) |
There have been some field hockey players who competed for more than one nation. These players belonged to India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Argentina, Germany and Spain.[1]
It may be mentioned here that British India was divided into two independent countries India and Pakistan in 1947. Later in 1971, Bangladesh was created after attaining independence from Pakistan.
Name | Team | Career | Match(es) | Goal(s) | Ref(s) |
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Sayed Yusuf | India | 1928 | 4 | ? | [2] |
Afghanistan | 1934 | 1 | 0 | [3][4] | |
Ali Dara | India | 1936 | 2 | 4 | [5][6] |
Pakistan | 1948 | 11 | 9 | ||
Peter Paul Fernandes | India | 1935–1936 | ? | ? | |
Pakistan | 1948 | ? | ? | ||
Latif-ur Rehman | India | 1948 | ? | ? | |
Pakistan | 1950–1956 | 24 | ? | ||
Akhtar Hussain | India | 1948 | ? | ? | |
Pakistan | 1950–1956 | 12 | ? | ||
Abdus Sadeque | Pakistan | 1969–1971 | 1 | 0 | [7] |
Bangladesh | 1978 | 5 | 0 | ||
Ibrahim Saber | Pakistan | 1971 | ? | ? | [8] |
Bangladesh | 1978 | 5 | 0 | [9] | |
Trevor Fernandes | India | 1971–1973 | ? | ? | |
United States | 1984 | ? | ? | ||
Gonzalo Peillat | Argentina | 2011–2019 | 153 | 176 | |
Germany | 2022–present | 2 | 2 | ||
Joaquin Menini | Argentina | 2014–2019 | 110 | ? | |
Spain | 2022–present | 33 | 9 | ||
Leon Hayward | Australia | 2014–2015 | 13 | 0 | |
New Zealand | 2019–present | 49 | 0 | ||
Scott Boyde | Australia | 2016 | 7 | 1 | [10] |
New Zealand | 2023–present | 35 | 7 | ||
Tim Cross | Australia | 2015–2016 | 8 | 1 | |
Ireland | 2023–present | 46 | 3 | ||
Iain Lewers | Ireland | 2004–2008 | 88 | ? | |
England/ Great Britain | 2011–2016 | 146 | 11 | ||
Mark Gleghorne | Ireland | 2004–2008 | 80 | ? | |
England/ Great Britain | 2011–2020 | 162 | ? | ||
David Ames | Ireland | 2008–2012 | 64 | ? | |
England/ Great Britain | 2015–present | 119 | 4 | ||
Ian Sloan | Ireland | 2011–2012 | 21 | ? | |
England/ Great Britain | 2015–present | 118 | 5 |