Lauren Crandall (born March 17, 1985 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American field hockey player.
 At the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Summer Olympics, she competed for the United States women's national field hockey team in the women's event, serving as team captain in 2012 and 2016.
 She played for the national team from 2005 through 2016.
 Before joining the national team she played field hockey for Wake Forest University, winning the NCAA field hockey championship twice.
Anna Tarrés Campà (born 19 October 1967) is a synchronized swimming coach and former national synchronized swimmer from Spain.
 She competed in the women's duet at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
 After retiring from competition Tarrés began coaching at her swimming club, CN Kallipolis, in 1987, where she coached Gemma Mengual to international success.
 In 1997 she was appointed as head coach of the Spanish national synchronised swimming team: during her time in charge the team enjoyed great success, taking four Olympic medals, 26 World Championship medals, and 25 European Championship medals, however in September 2012 the Royal Spanish Swimming Federation informed her that her contract would not be extended beyond the end of the year.
 Shortly afterwards 15 former members of the team issued a public letter criticising Tarrés for using authoritarian and demeaning behaviour in her role as head coach, although Mengual and national team captain Andrea Fuentes both spoke in Tarrés' defence, and Fuentes subsequently announced her retirement from elite competition in January 2013 due to demotivation as a result of the conflict between Tarrés and the federation.
 After leaving the Spanish national team Tarrés was appointed as one of the coaches of the Ukrainian national team in 2015.
Marshall W. "Marsh" Ryman (June 26, 1910 – January 31, 1992) was a collegiate hockey coach and athletic director at the University of Minnesota.
 Ryman played baseball and hockey for Minnesota and was the hockey team captain for the 1931–32 season.
 Ryman coached the Minnesota Golden Gophers men's hockey team in the 1955–56 season to a 16–12–1 record while John Mariucci coached the United States national men's ice hockey team at the 1956 Winter Olympics.
 Subsequently, Ryman served as the national team coach himself, from 1958–59.
 in 1960, Ryman was a referee at the 1960 Winter Olympics.
 Later, Ryman became the Gophers' athletic director from 1963 to 1972, when the University forced Ryman to resign.
 He won the 1972 George Eldridge Distinguished Service Award for his work in that position.
 In 1978, he was elected to the National Association of College Athletic Directors Hall of Fame.
 Ryman died of pneumonia in St. Louis Park, Minnesota in 1992.
 He is interred in Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis.
The NRL All Stars team was a rugby league football team made up of professional players in the National Rugby League.
 These players were selected by fan vote.
 However, fans were only allowed to select one player from each NRL team to join the Australian rugby league team captain and the New Zealand national rugby league team captain.
 Two other players were selected by the NRL All Stars coach.
 This team played in the annual NRL All Stars Game against the Indigenous All Stars.
 They were replaced in 2016 by a World All Stars.
There have been 15 captains of the New York Yankees, an American professional baseball franchise also known previously as the New York Highlanders.
 The position is currently vacant after the most recent captain, Derek Jeter, retired after the 2014 season, after 12 seasons as team captain.
 Jeter was named as the 11th officially recognized captain of the Yankees in 2003.
 In baseball, the captain formerly served as the on-field leader of the team, while the manager operated the team from the dugout.
 Today, the captain is a clubhouse leader.
Sidy Koné (born 6 June 1992, in Bamako), also known as Sidi Koné, is a Malian football player who currently plays free agent.
 He plays as a defensive midfielder and has been compared to Malian national team captain Mahamadou Diarra by Lyon's special advisor Bernard Lacombe.
Mahamadou Diarra (born 18 May 1981) is Malian former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
 He was the captain of the Mali national team.
John van Buskirk (born April 13, 1972 in Granite City, Illinois) is an American soccer coach and a former player.
 He was a standout for his high school team in Granite City where he won two state championships, selected to the All State IHSA team, Gatorade All American and team captain during his senior year.
 After high school, John went to play for Indiana University.
 With Indiana, his team reached the #1 overall ranking in the county and played in a national championship.
 He would go on to play 12 years of professional soccer in Germany.
 He made appearances in Bundesliga, 2.
 Bundesliga, and German Regionalliga.
 Buskirk was the team captain of Sportfreunde Siegen in the 2.
 Bundesliga for three years and was a great player for the team.
 He made a total of 272 professional soccer appearances in Germany and scored 63 goals total.
Heather Moody (born August 21, 1973 in Rexburg, Idaho) is an American water polo player, who won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
 She was team captain of the US Women's National Team that captured the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and the only member of the team not from California.
 Her position is center forward.
Victoria Margareta Sandell Svensson (born 18 May 1977) is a former Swedish female football player.
 She was team captain on the Swedish women's national team and Djurgårdens IF Dam, captaining the national team during the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup.
 She was known as Victoria Svensson until she married Camilla Sandell in April 2008 and added her surname to her own.

Question: What position did the national team captain hold previously?
Answer: defensive midfielder