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{{Short description|English field hockey player (born 2001)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox field hockey player
| name = James Mazarelo
| image =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2001|2|4|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Manchester]], England
| height =
| weight =
| position = Goalkeeper
| years1 = 2016–2019
| clubs1 = [[Bowdon Hockey Club|Bowdon]]
| years2 = 2019–2022
| clubs2 = [[Loughborough Students' Hockey Club|Loughborough Students]]
| years3 = 2024–2025
| clubs3 = [[UP Rudras]]
| years4 = 2022–2025
| clubs4 = [[Surbiton Hockey Club|Surbiton]]
| years5 = 2025–2026
| clubs5 = [[Old Georgians Hockey Club|Old Georgians]]
| nationalyears1 = 2018–2019
| nationalteam1 = England & GB U21
| nationalcaps1 = 10
| nationalgoals1 =
| nationalyears2= 2022-present
| nationalteam2 = [[England men's national field hockey team|England]]
| nationalcaps2 = 7
| nationalyears3= 2022-present
| nationalteam3 = [[Great Britain men's national field hockey team|GB]]
| nationalcaps3 = 13
| nationalgoals2=
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's [[field hockey]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Men's EuroHockey Championship|EuroHockey Championship]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship|2023 Mönchengladbach]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Hockey at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2022 Commonwealth Games|2022 Birmingham]]|[[Hockey at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship|EuroHockey Junior Championship]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2019 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship|2019 Valencia]]|}}
}}

'''James Mazarelo''' (born 4 February 2001) is an English [[field hockey]] player who plays as a goalkeeper for [[Old Georgians Hockey Club]] in the [[Men's England Hockey League]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-10-14 |title=Hockey India League: Goalkeeper James Mazarelo sparks bidding frenzy |url=https://www.thehockeypaper.co.uk/articles/2024/10/14/hockey-india-league-goalkeeper-james-mazarelo-sparks-bidding-frenzy |access-date=2025-01-31 |website=The Hockey Paper |language=en-GB}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Mazarelo was born on 4 February 2001 in [[Manchester]], England<ref>{{Cite web |title=James Mazarelo {{!}} Team England {{!}} Birmingham 2022 |url=https://teamengland.org/team-england-athletes/james-mazarelo |access-date=2025-02-07 |website=teamengland.org |language=en}}</ref> and is of [[Goan]] descent. His great-uncle, [[Sebastião Mazarelo]], served as one of the first [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|members]] in the [[Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=James Mazarello: England hockey goalie making Goans proud |url=https://www.thegoan.net/sports/%EF%BB%BFjames-mazarello-england-hockey-goalie-making-goans-proud/94045.html |access-date=2025-01-29 |website=The Goan EveryDay |language=en}}</ref> He was educated at [[Altrincham Grammar School for Boys]], where he was head boy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.agsb.co.uk/news/?pid=105&nid=1&storyid=50 |title=Former Head Boy selected to represent England Hockey at the World Cup |website=Altrincham Grammar School for Boys |access-date=31 May 2025}}</ref>

==Career==
Mazarelo started playing for [[Bowdon Hockey Club|Bowdon]] and represented England U-16s, U-18s and U-21s and GB U-21s.<ref name="hockeymentors">{{cite web |url=https://hockeymentors.org/team/mentors/ |title=Mentors |website=Hockey Mentors |access-date=2022-02-02}}</ref> He then played club hockey in the [[Men's England Hockey League]] for [[Loughborough Students' Hockey Club|Loughborough Students]] for three years before moving on to [[Surbiton Hockey Club|Surbiton]] in 2022. Mazarelo won a bronze medal with [[England at the 2022 Commonwealth Games|England]] in the [[Hockey at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament|Men's tournament]] at the [[Hockey at the 2022 Commonwealth Games|2022 Commonwealth Games]] in Birmingham<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/62463163 |title=Commonwealth Games: England's men win hockey bronze against South Africa |website=BBC Sport|access-date=11 May 2025}}</ref> and won a silver medal with England at the [[2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship]] in Mönchengladbach.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/hockey/66634378 |title=EuroHockey: England men lose out to the Netherlands in dramatic final |website=BBC Sport |date=27 August 2023|access-date=29 July 2025}}</ref>

Mazarelo was part of the Surbiton team that won the league title during the [[2024–25 Men's England Hockey League season]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehockeypaper.co.uk/articles/2025/05/05/england-hockey-finals-reading-women-and-surbiton-men-land-surprise-titles |title=England Hockey Finals: Reading women and Surbiton men land surprise titles|website=The Hockey Paper |date=5 May 2025 |access-date=10 May 2025}}</ref> He joined [[Old Georgians Hockey Club|Old Georgians]] for the [[2025–26 Men's England Hockey League season|2025–26 season]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thehockeypaper.co.uk/articles/2025/09/01/england-hockey-premier-division-transfers-2025-26-ins-and-outs |title=England Hockey Premier Division transfers 2025/26: Ins and Outs |publisher=The Hockey Paper |date=1 September 2025|access-date=25 September 2025}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Sports links}}
* [https://www.englandhockey.co.uk/international/senior-squad/james-mazarelo James Mazarelo] on [[England Hockey]]
* {{Team England|james-mazarelo}}
* {{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|56199}}

{{England FH Squad 2022 Commonwealth Games}}
{{England FH Squad 2023 World Cup}}
{{England FH Squad 2023 EuroHockey}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mazarelo, James}}
[[Category:2001 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:British people of Goan descent]]
[[Category:English men's field hockey players]]
[[Category:Loughborough Students field hockey players]]
[[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Men's field hockey goalkeepers]]
[[Category:2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in field hockey]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games field hockey players for England]]
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:People educated at Altrincham Grammar School for Boys]]
[[Category:21st-century English sportsmen]]

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