Florian Fuchs
Personal information | |||
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Born |
10 November 1991 Hamburg, Germany |
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Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Senior career | |||
Years | Team | ||
2008–2016 | UHC Hamburg | ||
2016 | → Dabang Mumbai | ||
2016–2022 | Bloemendaal | ||
National team | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2021 | Germany | 239 | (116) |
Medal record | |||
Last updated on: 24 July 2021 |
Florian Fuchs (born 10 November 1991) is a German former field hockey player who played as a forward.
Career
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament. After the 2016 Summer Olympic, where he won the bronze medal, he transferred from Hamburg to Dutch club Bloemendaal. In the 2018–19 season, he won his first national title by defeating Kampong in the Dutch championship final with Bloemendaal. On 28 May 2021, he was named in the squads for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship and the 2020 Summer Olympics. Fuchs was named the FIH Young Player of the Year in 2012.
In September 2021, Fuchs announced that he was retiring from international hockey. After the following season he also retired from club hockey. In his last season with Bloemendaal he won the Euro Hockey League and the Dutch national title.
Honours
International
- Germany
- Germany U21
Club
- UHC Hamburg
- Bloemendaal