Brendan Creed
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
3 January 1993 Solihull, England | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2006–2010 | Bowdon | ||
| 2011–2015 | Sheffield Hallam | ||
| 2015–2016 | Harvestehude | ||
| 2016–2021 | Surbiton | ||
| 2021–2024 | Beerschot | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals |
| 2013–2014 | England & GB U21 | 29 | |
| 2017–2024 | England & GB | 93 | (1) |
Brendan William John Creed (born 3 January 1993) is an English former field hockey player who played as a defender for the England and Great Britain national teams.[1][2][3] He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Biography
Creed played hockey in the Men's England Hockey League for Bowdon from 2006 to 2010 and Sheffield Hallam from 2011 to 2015. After one season away from England where he played for Men's Feldhockey Bundesliga German club Harvestehude he signed for Surbiton.[4]
While at Surbiton from 2016 to 2021, he represented England and won a bronze medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast,[5] played in the 2019 EuroHockey and appeared at the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.[6]
Creed moved to play for Belgian club Beerschot for the 2021–22 season[7][8] and won a bronze medal with England in the Men's tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham[9] and won a silver medal with England at the 2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship in Mönchengladbach.[10]
Creed retired from International hockey after missing selection for the 2024 Summer Olympics. One year later in 2025, he joined US Field Hockey as a high performance coach for the men's team after securing Level 1 and 3 certification and joined his wife Maddie Hinch in the United States.[11]
References
- ^ "Brendan Creed | Great Britain Hockey". www.greatbritainhockey.co.uk.
- ^ https://teamengland.org/team-england-athletes/brendan-creed [bare URL]
- ^ "Latest Media | England Hockey". 18 August 2023.
- ^ "FixturesLive".
- ^ "Men's hockey team ready for Gold Coast challenge". England Hockey. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
- ^ "Team GB hockey: 21 players to make Olympic debuts as men's and women's squads are named". Sky Sports. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
- ^ "Transferts : deux Britanniques au Beerschot". okey.lalibre.be (in French). 5 March 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ^ "Brendan Creed Signs for Belgium's HC Beerschot | Surbiton Hockey Club".
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: England's men win hockey bronze against South Africa". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ^ "EuroHockey: England men lose out to the Netherlands in dramatic final". BBC Sport. 27 August 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
- ^ "Brendan Creed joins US Field Hockey". The Hockey Paper. 21 May 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
External links
- Brendan Creed at the International Hockey Federation
- Brendan Creed at Team GB
- Brendan Creed at Olympedia
- Brendan Creed at InterSportStats
- Brendan Creed on England Hockey
- Brendan Creed at Team England
- Brendan Creed at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
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