{{Short description|Dutch field hockey player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2022}} {{Infobox field hockey player | name = Koen Bijen | image = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1998|7|27}} | birth_place = Leiden, Netherlands | height = | weight = | position = Forward | currentclub = Den Bosch | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = HDM | years1 = {{0|0000}}–2017 | clubs1 = HDM | years2 = 2017–2020 | clubs2 = Klein Zwitserland | years3 = 2020–present | clubs3 = Den Bosch | nationalyears1 = 2019 | nationalteam1 = Netherlands U21 | nationalcaps1 = 10 | nationalgoals1 = 3 | nationalyears2 = 2021–present | nationalteam2 = Netherlands | nationalcaps2 = 43 | nationalgoals2 = 22 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's field hockey}} {{MedalCountry|the {{NED}}}} {{MedalOlympic}} {{MedalGold|2024 Paris|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|FIH Hockey World Cup}} {{MedalBronze|2023 Bhubaneswar–Rourkela|}} {{MedalCompetition|EuroHockey Championship}} {{MedalGold|2023 Mönchengladbach|}} {{MedalSilver|2025 Mönchengladbach|}} {{MedalCompetition|EuroHockey Junior Championship}} {{MedalBronze|2019 Valencia|}} }} '''Koen Bijen''' (born 27 July 1998) is a Dutch professional field hockey player who plays as a forward for Hoofdklasse club Den Bosch and the Dutch national team.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tms.fih.ch/competitions/1080/reports/teams |title=Team Details – Netherlands |publisher=International Hockey Federation |website=tms.fih.ch |accessdate=6 March 2022}}</ref><ref name="KNHB">{{cite web |url=https://hockey.nl/held/koen-bijen/ |title=Koen Bijen |publisher=Hockey Netherlands |website=hockey.nl |language=Dutch |accessdate=6 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://eurohockey.altiusrt.com/people/15034 |title=BIJEN Koen |publisher=European Hockey Federation |website=eurohockey.altiusrt.com |accessdate=6 March 2022}}</ref>
==Club career== Bijen first played football when he was young but after nine years of playing football he switched to hockey and joined HDM.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Goossens |first1=Chloë |title=Hagenees Bijen naar Den Bosch: 'De zachte G lukt me al' |url=https://hockey.nl/nieuws/hoofdklasse-heren/bijen-naar-den-bosch/ |website=hockey.nl |access-date=6 March 2022 |language=nl |date=10 May 2022}}</ref> When HDM in 2017 was promoted to the Hoofdklasse, he was deemed not good enough and he left HDM for Klein Zwitserland.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Klanke |first1=Peter |title=Koen Bijen zet eerste stap op weg naar uiteindelijke droom |url=https://hockey.nl/nieuws/hoofdklasse-heren/koen-bijen-zet-eerste-stap-op-weg-naar-uiteindelijke-droom/ |website=hockey.nl |access-date=6 March 2022 |language=nl |date=12 October 2018}}</ref> He currently plays for Den Bosch who he joined in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hcdenbosch.nl/site/default.asp?Option=101&Teamnummer=3751&menu=1 |title=Heren 1 |publisher=HC Den Bosch |website=hcdenbosch.nl |language=Dutch |accessdate=6 March 2022 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
==International career== ===Under–21=== In 2019 Bijen made his debut for the national junior team during an eight-nations tournament in Madrid.<ref name="FIH">{{cite web |url=https://tms.fih.ch/people/23381 |title=BIJEN Koen |publisher=International Hockey Federation |website=tms.fih.ch |accessdate=6 March 2022}}</ref> He went on to represent the team at the EuroHockey Junior Championship in Valencia later that year, winning a bronze medal.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.eurohockey.org/2019/07/21/germany-lifts-the-junior-eurohockey-cup-men/ |title=GERMANY LIFTS THE JUNIOR EUROHOCKEY CUP, MEN |publisher=European Hockey Federation |website=archive.eurohockey.org |date=21 July 2019 |accessdate=4 March 2022 |archive-date=20 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020031949/https://archive.eurohockey.org/2019/07/21/germany-lifts-the-junior-eurohockey-cup-men/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===Oranje=== Koen Bijen made his senior debut for the Oranje in 26 november 2021 during season three of the FIH Pro League.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fihproleague.com/players/__88611__5934 |title=BIJEN Koen |publisher=FIH Pro League |website=fihproleague.com |accessdate=6 March 2022}}</ref><ref name="FIH"/>
He was officially named in the national senior squad in 2022.<ref name="KNHB"/>
==Honours== ;Den Bosch * Gold Cup: 2022–23
;Netherlands * EuroHockey Championship: 2023 * FIH Pro League: 2021–22, 2022–23
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{International Hockey Federation}} * {{European Hockey Federation}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20240730135327/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/koen-bijen_1971909 Koen Bijen] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, [https://paris2024.rtve.es/es/paris-2024/atleta/koen-bijen_1971909 alternate link]) * {{Olympics.com|koen-bijen}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{InterSportStats}} * {{TeamNL|koen-bijen|old_id=6892-koen-bijen}} * {{Instagram}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bijen, Koen}} Category:1998 births Category:Living people Category:Dutch men's field hockey players Category:Men's field hockey forwards Category:HC 's-Hertogenbosch players Category:Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players Category:HC Klein Zwitserland players Category:Haagsche Delftsche Mixed players Category:Sportspeople from Leiden Category:Field hockey players from South Holland Category:2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players Category:Field hockey players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic field hockey players for the Netherlands Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Category:Olympic medalists in field hockey Category:21st-century Dutch sportsmen
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