Koen Pijpers
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Koen Pijpers (born on May 30, 1969 in Maassluis) is a former field hockey player from the Netherlands, who earned seventeen caps for the Dutch national team, in which he didn't score. The midfielder made his debut for the national squad on January 27, 1990 in a friendly match against Spain in Málaga. He played club hockey for HDM from The Hague, with whom he won the Dutch title in the spring of 1992.
After his hockey career Pijpers became a hockey coach. He was in charge at HDM (men's team), Amsterdam (women's team), HC Den Bosch (women's team) and Laren (men's team). Pijpers was also assistant-coach of the Dutch national women's team, that won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.