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Biography
Kane Elliot Mark Russell (born 22 April 1992) is a New Zealand field hockey player who plays as a defender for German club Hamburger Polo Club and the New Zealand national team.
Russell was born in Dunedin in 1992. Of Māori descent, Russell affiliates to the Ngāpuhi iwi. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where the men's team came seventh.
Club career
Russell plays as a defender for the Southern region in the New Zealand Hockey League. In 2016 he joined Royal Antwerp in Belgium. After one season with Antwerp he left them for Léopold. In the 2018–19 season he won the Belgian national title with Léopold. After he won the national title, he left Léopold and joined Rotterdam in the Netherlands. In April 2020, it was announced he left Rotterdam together with Blair Tarrant for Hamburger Polo Club in Germany for the 2020–21 season.