Celia Seerane
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Born | Celia Beatrice Evans (1990-06-18) 18 June 1990 (age 34) | ||
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Current club | Tuks | ||
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Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012-present | South Africa | 177 | (48) |
2014-present | South Africa (indoor) | 66 | (36) |
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Celia Beatrice Seerane OLY (née Evans, born 18 June 1990) is a South African female field hockey player who plays for the South Africa women's national field hockey team.[1][2]
Career
She made her senior international debut in 2012. She received her debut Women's Hockey World Cup call during the 2014 Women's Hockey World Cup, where South Africa finished at ninth position.[3] She was also part of the national team which emerged as runners-up to England 2–1 in the final of the 2014 Women's Hockey Investec Cup. Celia also featured in the 2015 Women's Indoor Hockey World Cup where South Africa finished at ninth position.
She was also a key member of the South African team which won the 2017 Hockey Africa Cup of Nations for the record seventh time.[4] She narrowly missed out an opportunity to represent the national team at the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup due to a knee injury.[5][6]
She has also competed at the Commonwealth Games with the national team in 2014 and 2018. In 2017, she was awarded for the country's best women's hockey player for the year 2016 during the SA Hockey Awards.[7]
References
- ^ "Hockey | Athlete Profile: Celia EVANS - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ "Celia Evans". tms.fih.ch. Archived from the original on 15 June 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ "South Africa's men and women complete line up for 2014 Hockey World Cup". www.insidethegames.biz. 23 November 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ "SA hockey women chasing after seventh heaven at Afcon". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ "Striker Manuel grabs Hockey World Cup chance with both hands". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ "South Africa name women's World Cup squad | FIH". www.fih.ch. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ "Rhett Halkett and Celia Evans win big at SA Hockey Awards". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
External links
- Celia Seerane at the International Hockey Federation
- Celia Seerane at the South African Hockey Association
- Celia Seerane at Olympics.com
- Celia Seerane at Olympedia
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