Ollie Willars
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Full name | Oliver Wilton Willars | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1990-06-25) 25 June 1990 (age 34) Leicester, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Defender | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current club | HGC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003- | Beeston | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
to 2021 | Beeston | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021-present | HGC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012–2019 | England & GB | 138 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last updated on: 17 June 2021 |
Oliver Wilton Willars (born 25 June 1990) known as Ollie Willars is an English field hockey player who plays as a defender for Dutch club HGC. He played a total of 138 matches for the England and Great Britain national teams, from 2012 until 2019. [1]
Club career
In March 2021 it was announced that he will join Dutch Hoofdklasse club HGC for the 2021–22 season.[2]
Willars has been playing club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Beeston. He joined the club when he was 12 years old. [3]
International career
He competed for England in the men's hockey tournament at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won a bronze medal.[4]
In April 2021 he announced his retirement from international hockey.[5] [6]
References
- ^ "Senior Squads | England Hockey".
- ^ "British hockey trio sign for Dutch club HGC". 4 March 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ "Willars to join HGC in Hoofdklasse – Beeston Hockey Club".
- ^ "Ollie Willars biography".
- ^ ""A Lot Of Happiness And Proud Moments" - Ollie Willars Moves Away From International Hockey". 7 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ "Missed Tokyo Dream Forces Willars Retirement | Hockey World News". 7 April 2021.
External links
- Ollie Willars at the International Hockey Federation
- v
- t
- e
- 1 Timmer
- 2 Walmiki
- 3 Stomps
- 4 Willars
- 5 Schulpen
- 6 Langenhuijsen
- 7 Figge
- 8 Schop
- 9 Van Ass (C)
- 10 Veen
- 11 Van Campen
- 13 Berkman
- 14 Van 't Land
- 17 Boltó
- 21 Taphoorn
- 22 Van der Ven
- 24 Benschop
- 26 Scholten
- Trainer-coach: Lomans
This biographical article relating to an English field hockey figure is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e