Mathilde Duffrène (born 19 March 2005) is a field hockey player from France.
Early life Mathilde Duffrène was born in Valenciennes and raised in Lille, two cities in the Hauts-de-France region of Northern France.
Career Domestic hockey Duffrène competed in the Carlsberg 0.0 Hockey League, the top–level domestic competition in Belgium. In the league, she has been a member of the defensive unit for Racing Club de Bruxelles.
For the 2026-2027 season, she plays for the Saint-Germain-en-Laye Hockey Club.
Under–21 In 2022, Duffrène made her international debut at under–21 level. She was a member of the French U–21 team at the EuroHockey U–21 Championship II in Vienna. At the tournament, the French squad won a silver medal, earning promotion to the EuroHockey U–21 Championship.
In her final year at the U-21 level, she competed in the 2026 Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship II EuroHockey in Salon-de-Provence, France, as captain of the French national team. The French squad won the gold medal, and she was named both the tournament's top scorer and best player. Thanks to this victory, the French women's U-21 team qualified for the 2027 Women's Junior World Cup and the 2028 Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship I.
Senior national team Duffrène made her senior international debut for France in 2022.
Since her debut, Duffrène has been a constant inclusion in the national team. At the 2023 EuroHockey Championship II in Prague, she won her first medal with the national team, taking home gold.
In 2024, Duffrène became an Olympian. She was named in the French squad for the XXXIII Summer Olympics in Paris.
Since the Olympic Games, Duffrène has continued to represent the national team. She was most recently named in the squad for the 2024–25 FIH Nations Cup II in Wałcz and for the 2025 EuroHockey Championship in Monchengladbach.
In February 2026, she participated in the World Cup qualifying tournament in Santiago, Chile. She scored a goal and was named best young player of the tournament.
Mathilde then participated in the FIH Hockey Women's Nations Cup New Zealand 2025-26 in Auckland, New Zealand, in June 2026. She was voted best player of the France-Uruguay match.
Major International Tournaments 2023 EuroHockey Championship II – Prague 2024 Olympics Games – Paris 2024–25 FIH Nations Cup II – Wałcz 2025 EuroHockey Championship – Monchengladbach 2026 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup Qualifiers – Santiago 2026 Women's FIH Hockey Nation Cup – Auckland
International goals The following is a list of goals scored by Duffrène at international level.
GoalDateLocationOpponentScoreResultCompetition 1 6 December 2023 Lille Métropole Hockey Club, Lille, France 1–0 2–0 Test Match 2 2–0 3 9 December 2023 1–1 1–1 4 10 December 2023 1–0 1–0 5 22 January 2024 South African College Schools, Newlands, South Africa 1–0 4–1 6 23 January 2024 2–2 2–2 7 24 August 2024 Douai Hockey Club, Douai, France 2–0 3–2 2025 EuroHockey Championship Qualifier B 8 25 August 2024 1–0 2–0 9 8 June 2025 Club de Lambersart, Lambersart, France 2–0 4–0 Test Match 10 16 June 2025 Centralny Ośrodek Sportu, Wałcz, Poland 2–0 3–0 2024–25 FIH Nations Cup 2 11 17 June 2025 1–0 4–0 12 22 June 2025 1–1 3–3 13 2–1 14 11 August 2025 Warsteiner HockeyPark SparkassenPark, Monchengladbach, Germany 1–0 1–0 2025 EuroHockey Championship 15 7 March 2026 Centro Deportivo de Hockey Césped, Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile 2–0 3–0 2026 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup Qualifiers 16 21 June 2026 North Harbour Hockey Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand 3–0 3–0 2026 Women's FIH Hockey Nation Cup
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