The rest of the top five is filled by three Belgian internationals. Both Arthurs – De Sloover and Van Doren – and Florent Van Aubel were all the best players on their teams. Just behind that we also find a notable customer, Sam Lane. Lane. The Oranje-Rood striker owes all his points to his first half of the season, in which he performed fantastically. Due to injuries, the New Zealander no longer played for the Eindhoven team.
![Netherlands: Player of the Year: three Belgian stars among the top five 1 WV2022 WV2R3954 - Netherlands: Player of the Year: three Belgian stars in the top five - Earlier this week we announced the Player of the Year list for the women in the Tulp Hoofdklasse. Today it's time for the men. We already know the winner, that's Sander de Wijn. His closest pursuer is Justen Blok, who finished just behind the leader. The Rotterdam defender played a huge part in the great season of his team, who made it to the play-off final.](https://hockey.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/WV2022_WV2R3954-1024x683.jpg)
Sam Lane of Oranje-Rood. Photo: Willem Vernes
What also stands out: the winner of the previous season, who we find in eleventh place. Jonas de Geus missed practically the entire first half of the competition due to an injury, but recovered nicely after the winter. Last highlight: the first player without international matches to his name is Schaerweijde goalkeeper Jan de Wijkerslooth, who finished eighteenth.
The ranking is a result of the vote of all captains and coaches in the Hoofdklasse. They submitted their top five to the editors of hockey.nl during the winter break and after the season, which led to the following ranking.
Player of the Year
1. Sander de Wijn | Kampong | 109 |
2. Justen Block | Rotterdam | 97 |
3. Arthur De Sloover | Orange-Red | 84 |
4. Arthur Van Doren | Bloemendaal | 82 |
5. Florent Van Aubel | Pino’s | 71 |
6. Sam Lane | Orange-Red | 52 |
7. Zach Wallace | Bloemendaal | 51 |
8. Thierry Brinkman | Bloemendaal | 46 |
9. Jeroen Hertzberger | Rotterdam | 41 |
10. David Hart | Kampong | 40 |
11. Jonas de Geus | Kampong | 34 |
Floris Middendorp | Amsterdam | 34 |
13. Floris Wortelboer | Bloemendaal | 29 |
14. Derk Meijer | Rotterdam | 26 |
15. Jip Janssen | Kampong | 22 |
Joep de Mol | Orange-Red | 22 |
Joep Troost | Pino’s | 22 |
18. Jan de Wijkerslooth | Schaerweide | 19 |
19. Tjep Hoedemakers | Rotterdam | 18 |
Lars Balk | Kampong | 18 |
21. Duco Telgenkamp | Kampong | 14 |
22. Marc Miralles | Bloemendaal | 12 |
Dyan Cassiem | HDM | 12 |
Tijmen Reyenga | Orange-Red | 12 |
Steyn van Heijningen | Rotterdam | 12 |
26. Joaquin Menini | Rotterdam | 10 |
27. Guus Jansen | Rotterdam | 9 |
Pirmin Blaak | Orange-Red | 9 |
29. Matt Swann | Little Switzerland | 7 |
Koen Bijen | the Bosch | 7 |
Nico Keenan | Little Switzerland | 7 |
32. Alexander Hendrickx | Pino’s | 6 |
Derck de Vilder | Kampong | 6 |
34. David Hussen | Little Switzerland | 5 |
35. Mustapha Cassiem | HDM | 4 |
Thibeau Stockbroekx | Orange-Red | 4 |
Marlon Agriculture | Pino’s | 4 |
38. Jorrit Croon | Bloemendaal | 3 |
Timo Boers | the Bosch | 3 |
Maurits Visser | Bloemendaal | 3 |
41. Kenny Bain | Laren | 2 |
Silas Lageman | Kampong | 2 |
Sébastien Dockier | Pino’s | 2 |
44. Jur van der Have | Schaerweide | 1 |
Lucas Toscani | Laren | 1 |
by Hockey.nl