Riana Pho
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| Born |
5 May 2005 Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Defence | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Wellington | ||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | New Zealand U–21 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | New Zealand | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Riana Pho (born 5 May 2005)[1] is a field hockey player from New Zealand.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Riana Pho was born and raised in Sydney, Australia. She moved to Wellington, New Zealand at the age of ten.[3][4]
She is of Cambodian and Filipino descent.[3]
Career
[edit]Under–21
[edit]Pho made her international debut for New Zealand at Under–21 level. She represented the junior squad at the 2022 Junior Oceania Cup in Canberra, where she won a silver medal.[5]
In 2023 she was named in the squad again, also receiving a call–up for the FIH Junior World Cup in Santiago, Chile.[6][7][2]
Black Sticks
[edit]In 2023, Pho received her first call up to the senior national team.[8] She made her Black Sticks debut during season four of the FIH Pro League.[9][3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Team Details – New Zealand". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
- ^ a b "U21 Women's Team". blacksticksnz.co.nz. New Zealand Hockey Federation. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
- ^ a b c "The art of defence, on the hockey turf and cyberspace, is key to Riana Pho's success". stuff.co.nz. stuff. 23 September 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
- ^ "Wellington Squads impress at U18 Tournaments". wellingtonhockey.org.nz. Wellington Hockey. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
- ^ "PHO Riana". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
- ^ "2023 JUNIOR BLACK STICKS SQUADS ANNOUNCED". hockeynz.co.nz/. New Zealand Hockey Federation. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
- ^ "JUNIOR WORLD CUP SQUADS HIGHLIGHT STRONG TALENT COMING THROUGH". blacksticksnz.co.nz. New Zealand Hockey Federation. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
- ^ "Black Sticks veterans, rising stars for Pro League matches". nzsportswire.com. NZ Sports Wire. 6 April 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
- ^ "Black Sticks debutant Riana Pho in first test in Christchurch". rnz.co.nz. Radio New Zealand. 21 April 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.