Liam Sanford | |
Birth Date: | 14 March 1996 |
Birth Place: | Wegberg, Germany |
Height: | 1.83 m |
Weight: | 80 kg |
Position: | Defender |
Currentclub: | Old Georgians |
Youthclubs1: | Wycombe HC |
Years1: | –2017 |
Clubs1: | Team Bath Buccaneers |
Years2: | 2017–2019 |
Clubs2: | Reading |
Years3: | 2019–present |
Clubs3: | Old Georgians |
Nationalyears1: | 2014–2016 |
Nationalteam1: | England & GB U21 |
Nationalcaps1: | 23 |
Nationalyears2: | 2017–present |
Nationalteam2: | England & GB |
Nationalcaps2: | 76 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Liam Sanford (born 14 March 1996) is an English field hockey player who plays as a defender for Old Georgians and the England and Great Britain national teams.[1]
Sanford plays club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Old GeorgiansHe has also played for Reading & Team Bath Buccaneers. He also plays hockey for the RAF and began playing hockey for Wycombe Hockey Club.[2]
Sanford became the first-ever current Team Bath Buccaneers men's player to represent England Hockey at senior level when he helped his country to a 5–2 win over South Africa in Cape Town.[3] He was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[4] The team went out in the quarter-finals after losing a penalty shootout to India.[5]