Laurence Docherty
Template:Short description Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "infobox3cols".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Laurence William Docherty (born 24 February 1980) is a former field hockey player who played as a midfielder. Born in Scotland, he played for both the Scotland and the Netherlands national team.
Club career
Docherty came to the Netherlands in 2000, and played club hockey for Klein Zwitserland until the 2007–08 season, when he moved to Bloemendaal.[1] In 2011 he switched to Kampong.[2]
International career
Docherty represented Scotland at the 2003 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship, after which he went public announcing he wanted to obtain Dutch citizenship.[3] He obtained his Dutch citizenship in 2006.[4] In 2007, Docherty missed out on playing the European Championship in Manchester, but was called into the Netherlands squad for the Champions Trophy in Malaysia in November 2007, thus boosting his prospects of playing in the Beijing Olympics, which he did.
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- 1980 births
- Living people
- Dutch male field hockey players
- Dutch people of Scottish descent
- Naturalised citizens of the Netherlands
- Field hockey players from Edinburgh
- Scottish male field hockey players
- Olympic field hockey players for the Netherlands
- Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- HC Klein Zwitserland players
- HC Bloemendaal players
- 21st-century Scottish sportsmen
- SV Kampong players
- Men's Euro Hockey League–winning players
- Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players
- Male field hockey midfielders