 Alyson Annan (2016) | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alyson Regina Annan | ||
| Born |
12 June 1973 Wentworthville, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| Height | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in) | ||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–2001 | Australia | 228 | (166) |
| Coaching career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2015–2021 | Netherlands | ||
| 2022– | China | ||
Alyson Regina Annan OAM (born 12 June 1973) is an Australian field hockey coach and retired field hockey player, who earned a total number of 228 international caps for the Women's National Team, in which she scored 166 goals. Since 2022, she is also the current head coach of the China women's national field hockey team.
From 2015, Annan was the head coach of the Netherlands women's national field hockey team; she led the team to a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil and a gold medal at 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo as well as gold medals at the 2017 and the 2021 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship in The Netherlands. In 2022, she was sacked for creating a culture of fear, although several experienced players in the team reported that they had not been consulted [1].
During 2013 Annan gained the prestigious award of becoming a member of Sport Australia Hall of Fame. She is currently head coach of the China Women's National team.