Daniel Kyriakides

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Dan Kyriakides
Personal information
Born (1995-03-21) 21 March 1995 (age 31)
Swansea, Wales
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Playing position Midfielder/Defender
Senior career
Years Team
2012 Swansea City HC
2012–2017 Cardiff & Met
2017–2018 Reading
2018–2019 Crefelder HTC
2019–2020 Cardiff & Met
2020–2021 Crefelder HTC
2021–2022 Hampstead & Westminster
2022–2025 Alster
2025–2026 Cardiff & Met
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2014–present Wales 138
2017–2018 GB 11
Medal record
Representing  Wales
European Championship II
Gold medal – first place 2025 Lousada Team

Daniel Kyriakides (born 21 March 1995) is a Welsh international field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or defender for Wales and Great Britain.[1]

James Kyriakides is his elder brother.[2]

Biography

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Kyriakides played club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League for Cardiff & Met from 2012 to 2017. While at Cardiff, Kyriakides represented Wales in the 2014 Commonwealth Games[3][4] and made his senior Great Britain debut against India on 29 April 2017.

Later in 2017, he joined Reading in the Premier Division and went to his second Commonwealth Games at the 2018 Games in the Gold Coast.[5]

At the end of the 2017–2018 season, Kyriakides left Reading for the Bundesliga, signing for Crefelder HTC[6] but returned to the UK to play for Hampstead & Westminster in 2021.[7]

In 2022, he joined Der Club an der Alster in Germany and was selected to represent Wales at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[8]

He was part of the Welsh team at the 2023 World Cup, which was the first time in their history that Wales had appeared in the world Cup.[9] Additionally he was part of the Welsh team that played at the 2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship.[10]

In 2025, he helped Wales win the gold medal at the European Championship II, defeating Ireland in the final.[11][12] He moved back to Cardiff for the 2025–26 season.

References

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