{{Short description|English field hockey player}} {{use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Use British English|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox field hockey player | name = Erica Sanders | image = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1997|5|18|df=y}} | birth_place = Stockport, England | height = | weight = | position = Forward | currentclub = Surbiton | nationalyears1 = 2017–present | nationalteam1 = England | nationalcaps1 = 15 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | nationalyears2 = 2018–present | nationalteam2 = Great Britain | nationalcaps2 = 14 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | nationalyears3 = | nationalteam3 = ENGLAND & GB TOTAL: | nationalcaps3 = 29 | nationalgoals3 = 1 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's field hockey}} {{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}} {{MedalCompetition|EuroHockey Junior Championship}} {{MedalSilver|2017 Valencia|}} |updated= 11 June 2021 }}

'''Erica Niamh Sanders''' (born 18 May 1997) is an English field hockey player who plays for the England and Great Britain national teams.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fihproleague.com/players/sanders-erica__72005__4871|title=FIH Pro League}}</ref>

== Biography == Sanders plays club hockey in the

Sanders has also played for Surbiton, University of Birmingham and Beeston.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.englandhockey.co.uk/player.asp?itemid=11571&itemTitle=Erica+Sanders&section=44|title=Erica Sanders|website=England Hockey}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.evo-hockey.com/erica-sanders-evo-hockey|title=Erica Sanders - EVO Hockey|access-date=11 June 2021|archive-date=11 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611133425/https://www.evo-hockey.com/erica-sanders-evo-hockey|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehockeypaper.co.uk/articles/2017/03/16/rising-star-sanders-can-next-danson-says-gooderham|title = Rising star Erica Sanders can be next Alex Danson, says Phil Gooderham|date = 16 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.surreycomet.co.uk/sport/16899336.surbiton-hockey-report---wins-around/|title = Surbiton Men and Ladies off to flyers}}</ref>

At the end of the 2024 season, she joined Surbiton after three years with Dutch Hoofdklasse team Haagsche Delftsche Mixed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hockey.nl/tag/erica-sanders/|title=Erica Sanders Archieven}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hoofdklassehockey.nl/competities/erica-sanders-aanvalster-engelse-hockeyclub-surbiton-komt-naar-hdm/|title=Erica Sanders, aanvalster Engelse hockeyclub Surbiton komt naar HDM|date=2 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ritualhockey.co.uk/blogs/news/a-view-from-the-inside-erica-sanders-on-playing-in-holland|title=A View from the Inside- Erica Sanders on playing in Holland}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thetopofthed.com/2024/09/20/england-hockey-league-womens-premier-division-summer-transfers/ |title=England Hockey League Women's Premier Division: Summer Transfers |website=The Top of the D |date=20 September 2024 |access-date=7 May 2025}}</ref> During the 2024–25 Women's England Hockey League season she was part of the Surbiton team that finished runner-up in the league behind Reading.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehockeypaper.co.uk/articles/2025/05/05/england-hockey-finals-reading-women-and-surbiton-men-land-surprise-titles |title=England Hockey Finals: Reading women and Surbiton men land surprise titles|website=The Hockey Paper |date=5 May 2025 |access-date=7 May 2025}}</ref>

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==External links== *[https://www.englandhockey.co.uk/international/senior-squad/erica-sanders Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604174149/https://www.englandhockey.co.uk/international/senior-squad/erica-sanders |date=4 June 2021 }} on England Hockey *{{FIH|15097}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sanders, Erica}} Category:1997 births Category:Living people Category:English women's field hockey players Category:Beeston Hockey Club players Category:Surbiton Hockey Club players Category:Women's England Hockey League players Category:University of Birmingham Hockey Club players Category:Haagsche Delftsche Mixed players Category:English expatriate field hockey players Category:21st-century English sportswomen