Maria Steensma | |
Fullname: | Maria Bobbie Steensma |
Birth Date: | 2001 9, df=yes |
Birth Place: | The Hague, Netherlands |
Position: | Forward |
Clubs1: | Pinoké |
Nationalyears1: | 2022 |
Nationalteam1: | Netherlands U–21 |
Nationalcaps1: | 12 |
Nationalgoals1: | 6 |
Nationalyears2: | 2022– |
Nationalteam2: | Netherlands |
Nationalcaps2: | 3 |
Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
Maria Bobbie Steensma (born 25 September 2001)[1] is a Dutch field hockey player.[2]
Maria Steensma was born and raised in The Hague.[3]
In the Netherlands' domestic league, the Hoofdklasse, Steensma represents Pinoké.[4]
In 2018, Steensma was a member of the Netherlands U–18 team that won gold at the 2018 EuroHockey Youth Championship in Santander.[5]
Steensma made her debut for the junior national team in 2022 at the FIH Junior World Cup in Potchefstroom.[6] At the tournament she won a gold medal. Later that year she represented the team again at the EuroHockey Junior Championship in Ghent, where she won a bronze medal.[7]
Following her success in the national junior teams, Steensma was called up to make her senior international debut in 2022. She made her first appearance in a 2021–22 FIH Pro League match against England.[6]
In 2023, she was named in the national squad.[2] She has since appeared in season four of the FIH Pro League.[6]