 Sarikaya in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aidan Thomas Sarikaya | ||
| Born | (1996-07-03)3 July 1996 (age 29) | ||
| Playing position | Defender / Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Herakles | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2015–2018 | Midlands | ||
| 2019–present | Herakles | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals |
| 2016 | New Zealand U21 | 14 | (3) |
| 2017–present | New Zealand | 46 | (3) |
Medal record | |||
Aidan Thomas Sarikaya (born 3 July 1996) is a New Zealandfield hockey player who plays as a defender or midfielder for Belgian clubHerakles and theNew Zealand national team.[1]
Sarikaya played for the Midlands team in theNew Zealand National Hockey League.[2] In 2019 he moved to Europe to play for Herkales in Belgium for the 2019–20 season.[3][4]
Sarikaya made his debut for the national under 18 team in 2014, at a qualifying event for the2014 Summer Youth Olympics. Sarikaya again represented the national U18 side at the Youth Olympics, held inNanjing, China.[5] In 2016, Sarikaya made his debut for the national under 21 team at theJunior Oceania Cup.[6] New Zealand successfully qualified for theJunior World Cup inLucknow,India, where Sarikaya was also a member of the U21 side.[7]
Sarikaya made his senior international debut in 2017, at theInternational Festival of Hockey inVictoria, Australia. In 2018, Sarikaya most notably represented New Zealand at theCommonwealth Games, where New Zealand won a silver medal.[8]
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