Sam van der Ven

In this Dutch name, the surname is van der Ven, not Ven.

Sam van der Ven (born 5 September 1989) is a Dutch former field hockey player who played as a goalkeeper for HGC and the Dutch national team.^[1]

Sam van der Ven

Personal information
Born	(1989-09-05) 5 September 1989 (age 35) Voorburg, Netherlands
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Rijswijk
	HDM
Senior career
Years	Team
2008–2024	HGC
National team
Years	Team	Caps	Goals
2014–2020	Netherlands	57	(0)
Medal record Men's field hockey Representing the  Netherlands World Cup 2018 Bhubaneswar EuroHockey Championship 2017 Amstelveen 2019 Antwerp Champions Trophy 2018 Breda

Club career

Van der Ven started playing for Rijswijk and in the under-16's he switched to HDM.^[2] He played his whole senior career for HGC where he played for 16 years. His last games for HGC were the relegation play-offs in the 2023–24 season.^[3]

International career

Van der Ven made his debut for the Dutch national team in a test match against Belgium in 2014.^[4] He was a part of the Dutch squad which won the silver medal at the 2018 World Cup.^[5][6] In June 2019, he was selected as the joint first goalkeeper in the Netherlands squad for the 2019 EuroHockey Championship.^[7] They won the bronze medal by defeating Germany 4–0.^[8]