Best players in the game: Current day

Christopher Zeller

Ashley Jackson

Teun de Nooijer

   

Hi

 

At the moment the best countries in the world for outdoor hockey are Germany, Australia, Great Britain, The Netherlands, Spain and Korea. These are the teams that have been up there in the semi-finals and finals of top competitions around the world. Jamie Dwyer (Australia) is his countries talisman having won World player of the year in 2004, 2007, 2009 and 2010 and captained his country on many occasions. Ashley Jackson (Great Britain) is the Western side of Europes best player. He is now 25 and has already made 52 GB caps and scored 17 goals. He is deadly from a short corner with a dragflick. Christopher Zeller (Germany) is a fantastic player lighting up the Olympics in 2008 scoring a goal that proved to be crucial in the gold medal match. Teun de Nooijer (The Netherlands) is arguably the best player to ever play hockey. He has over 400 caps for his country and over 200 goals. He has won the award for player of the year 3 times, 2003, 2005 and 2006. Santi Freixa (Spain) is currently the national captain and best player for Spain and hes only 29. Known not just for his work on the pitch but his work off it in places like India, he is a fantastic roll model in World Hockey.

Jamie Dwyer

Santi Freixa