Overview

• After Germany’s 1:2 loss to the Netherlands in Mönchengladbach, Oruz announced her immediate retirement from the national team.
• The Deutscher Hockey-Bund paid tribute to her 177 caps and multiple medals, including European silvers in 2019, 2021 and 2025 and an Olympic bronze in 2016.
• Oruz said insufficient financial support made it impossible to continue her international career and described her departure as effectively non-voluntary.
• Since 2015 she balanced elite hockey with medical studies, completing a doctorate and now training as a paediatrician at Kinderklinik Krefeld.
• She will continue competing for Düsseldorfer HC in the Bundesliga, creating a veteran gap for coach Janneke Schopman’s young squad.