Fatima Moreira de Melo

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Fatima Moreira de Melo

Personal information
Date of birth	4 July 1978
Place of birth	Rotterdam
Position	Mifdield/Forward
Professional clubs
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1999- -Present	HGC HC Rotterdam	?? (??) ?? (??)
National team
1997-Present	Netherlands	191 (30)
Olympic Games	2000 2004	Bronze Silver
World Cup	1998 2002 2006	Silver Silver Gold
Champions Trophy	1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2005 2007	Silver Gold Silver Bronze Gold Gold Gold
Infobox last updated on: after 2007 Champions Trophy.

Olympic medal record
Women's field hockey
Bronze	2000 Sydney	Team competition
Silver	2004 Athens	Team competition

Fatima Moreira de Melo (born on 4 July 1978 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland) is a Dutch field hockey player. She has played 191^[1] international matches for the Dutch national team, where she has scored 30 times. Her debut match was on 21 October 1997 against Germany which ended in a 2-1 victory for The Netherlands. She plays on the position of striker. In the Dutch national competition she has played for Tempo '34, HGC and HC Rotterdam. She was part of the Dutch squad that became World Champion at the 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup and which won the 2007 Champions Trophy.

Besides playing field hockey she also studies law and has presented tv programs for both local and national tv stations. She also has a career as a singer. She performed the theme song for the International Hockey Federation's International Year of the Youth at the closing of the 2001 Men's World Cup Hockey Qualifier in Edinburgh. Her father is a Portuguese diplomat for Holland, her boyfriend hockey player Rob Short from Canada. She obtained a Masters Degree in Law in 2006. In December 2006 she became Rotterdam Sportswoman of the Year and became the new face of the Rabobank in their tv advertisements.

[edit] References

1. ^ Royal Dutch Hockey Association - International tournament history Fatima Moreira de Melo (Dutch). Retrieved on 2006-06-10.

[edit] External links

• Official site for her music career

	Netherlands Squad - 2006 World Cup Champions (8th Title)
1 De Roever | 3 Mulder | 4 Moreira de Melo | 5 Snoeks | 7 Van Geenhuizen | 9 Dijkstra | 10 Karres | 11 Goderie | 13 M. Smabers | 14 Booij | 15 Schopman | 16 De Bruijn | 17 Paumen | 18 Van As | 19 Hoog | 20 De Haan | 21 Polkamp | 23 K. Lammers | Coach: M. Lammers

Preceded by Elisabeth Willebroordse

Rotterdam Sportswoman of the Year 2006

Succeeded by Vacant