Marco Miltkau (born 18 August 1990) is a German field hockey player who plays as a forward for Dutch Hoofdklasse club Klein Zwitserland. He played a total of 160 matches from 2009 to 2024 for the German national team and scored 73 goals.
Marco Miltkau was born and raised in Hamburg, Germany. He started playing hockey at the age of four, introduced to the sport by his father who was a well known coach.
Miltkau played for Braunschweiger THC and UHC Hamburg in the German Bundesliga. In 2012 he switched from UHC Hamburg to Rot-Weiss Köln. In 2019 he left Germany to play for La Gantoise in the Men's Belgian Hockey League. In June 2020, it was announced he joined Klein Zwitserland in the Dutch Hoofdklasse for the 2020âÂÂ21 season.
Miltkau was a member of the German indoor team at the 2018 Indoor World Cup in Berlin, Germany. At the tournament, the team won a silver medal.
In 2012, Miltkau made his debut for the senior national team. Shortly after he played in his first major tournament at the Champions Trophy in Melbourne, Australia. Since his debut, He has been a regular inclusion in the national side. During his career he has medalled three times with the national team; gold and silver at the 2013 and 2015 Men's EuroHockey Championships respectively, and bronze at the 2016 Champions Trophy. He represented Germany in the inaugural tournament of the FIH Pro League from JanuaryâÂÂJune 2019. After the 2024 Summer Olympics, where Germany won the silver medal, he announced his retirement from the national team.