Fatima Moreira de Melo

Fatima Moreira de Melo

De Melo at the World Poker Tour in 2015.
Personal information
Born	(1978-07-04) 4 July 1978 (age 46) Rotterdam
Playing position	Midfield/Backward
Senior career
Years	Team
1999- -Present	HGC HC Rotterdam
National team
Years	Team	Caps
1997-2011	Netherlands	191 (30)
Medal record Women's field hockey Representing the  Netherlands Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Team competition 2004 Athens Team competition 2000 Sydney Team competition World Cup 2006 Madrid Team competition 1998 Utrecht Team competition 2002 Perth Team competition Champions Trophy 2000 Amstelveen Team competition 2004 Rosario Team competition 2005 Canberra Team competition 2007 Quilmes Team competition 1999 Brisbane Team competition 2001 Amstelveen Team competition 2002 Macau Team competition 2006 Amstelveen Team competition
Last updated on: after 2007 Champions Trophy

Fatima Moreira de Melo (born 4 July 1978) is a former Dutch field hockey player and professional poker player of Portuguese descent. She has played 191^[1] international matches for the Dutch national team, scoring 30 goals. De Melo's debut match with the senior team was on 21 October 1997 against Germany, which ended in a 2–1 victory for the Netherlands. She played as a striker. In the Dutch national competition she has played for Tempo '34, HGC and HC Rotterdam. De Melo 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. In December 2006, she became Rotterdam Sportswoman of the Year and became the new face of the Rabobank in their Dutch TV advertisements.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she won an Olympic gold medal with the Dutch national team beating China in the final 2–0.

Besides playing field hockey, de Melo also studied at the Erasmus University Rotterdam where she obtained an LL.M. degree in Criminal law in 2006.^[2][3] She furthermore 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. De Melo's father is a Portuguese diplomat stationed in the Netherlands. Her boyfriend is pro-tennis player Raemon Sluiter.

De Melo belonged to the Team PokerStars: Sportstars,^[4] and one could find her playing tournaments behind the nickname FatimaDeMelo on the PokerStars online poker card room. She left her role as Sporting Icon Pro in early 2020.^[5]