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{{short description|Dutch field hockey player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox field hockey player
| name                 = Ronald Brouwer
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| full_name            = Ronald Leendert Brouwer
| birth_date           = {{Birth date and age|1979|4|27|df=y}}
| birth_place          = [[Hellevoetsluis]], Netherlands
| position             = Forward
| youthyears1          = 
| youthclubs1          = Hercules
| youthyears2          = 
| youthclubs2          = Den Dunc
| youthyears3          = 
| youthclubs3          = Zutphen
| youthyears4          = 
| youthclubs4          = Deventer
| years1               = 1994–1996
| clubs1               = Deventer
| years2               = 1996–1998
| clubs2               = Wageningen
| years3               = 1998–2006
| clubs3               = [[HGC (field hockey)|HGC]]
| years4               = 2006–2014
| clubs4               = [[HC Bloemendaal|Bloemendaal]]
| years5               = 2014–2015
| clubs5               = [[Almeerse HC|Almere]]
| years6               = 2015–2018
| clubs6               = [[Braxgata HC|Braxgata]]
| years7               = 2018–2021
| clubs7               = [[HC Schaerweijde|Schaerweijde]]
| nationalyears1       = 2001–2010
| nationalteam1        = [[Netherlands men's national field hockey team|Netherlands]]
| nationalcaps1        = 220
| nationalgoals1       = 80
| show-medals          = no
| medaltemplates       = 
{{MedalSport|Men's [[field hockey]]}}
{{MedalCountry | the {{NED}} }}
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]|[[Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Hockey World Cup|World Cup]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2002 Men's Hockey World Cup|2002 Kuala Lumpur]]|}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2010 Men's Hockey World Cup|2010 New Delhi]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[EuroHockey Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship|2007 Manchester]]|}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2005 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship|2005 Leipzig]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Hockey Champions Trophy|Champions Trophy]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2002 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy|2002 Cologne]]|}}
{{MedalGold|[[2003 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy|2003 Amstelveen]]|}}
{{MedalGold|[[2006 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy|2006 Terrassa]]|}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2004 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy|2004 Lahore]]|}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2005 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy|2005 Chennai]]|}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2007 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy|2007 Kuala Lumpur]]|}}
}}
'''Ronald Leendert Brouwer''' (born 24 April 1979) is a Dutch former [[field hockey]] player who played as a forward. 

He won the silver medal with the Dutch national team at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] in [[Athens]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418065755/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/ronald-brouwer-1.html Olympic results]</ref> He is the cousin of [[Matthijs Brouwer]]. He played a total of 220 games for the [[Netherlands men's national field hockey team|Dutch national team]] in which he scored 80 goals.<ref name="hockeynl">{{cite web |last1=Goossens |first1=Chloë |title=Oud-international Ronald Brouwer verrassende nieuwe speler Schaerweijde |url=https://hockey.nl/nieuws/promotieklasse-heren/ronald-brouwer-prijkt-weer-op-de-nederlandse-hockeyvelden/ |website=hockey.nl |accessdate=19 November 2018 |language=Dutch |date=4 September 2018}}</ref>

==Club career==
He played for [[HGC (field hockey)|HGC]] and [[HC Bloemendaal]] in the Dutch highest division. Bloemendaal was his last club in the Dutch highest league where he played until 2014. After that he played one year for Dutch second division club [[Almeerse HC|Almere]] before he went to [[Belgium]] to play three years for [[Braxgata HC]].<ref name="hockeynl"/> In 2018 he lengthened his career again by signing for Dutch second division club [[HC Schaerweijde]].<ref name="hockeynl"/> He retired from top-level hockey in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Borcherts |first1=Reemt |title=Na 27 seizoenen is het nu écht klaar voor ‘Ronnie’ Brouwer |url=https://hockey.nl/nieuws/promotieklasse-heren/na-27-seizoenen-is-het-nu-echt-klaar-voor-ronnie-brouwer/ |website=hockey.nl |publisher=Hockey.nl |access-date=27 April 2025 |language=nl |date=27 August 2021}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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