Arthur Van Doren
Personal information
Full name Arthur Georges Stanislas
Henri Van Doren
Born (1994-10-01) 1 October 1994 (age 29)
Antwerp, Belgium
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Bloemendaal
Youth career
Dragons
Senior career
Years Team
0000–2018 Dragons
2018–present Bloemendaal
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Belgium U21 36
2012–present Belgium 210 (9)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Belgium
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2018 Bhubaneswar
Silver medal – second place 2023 Bhubaneswar/Rourkela
EuroHockey Championship
Gold medal – first place 2019 Antwerp
Silver medal – second place 2013 Boom
Silver medal – second place 2017 Amstelveen
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Amstelveen
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Mönchengladbach
Hockey World League
Silver medal – second place 2014–15 Raipur Team
Youth Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Singapore Team
EuroHockey Junior Championship
Gold medal – first place 2012 's-Hertogenbosch

Arthur Georges Stanislas Henri Van Doren (born 1 October 1994) is a Belgian professional field hockey player who plays as a defender for Dutch Hoofdklasse club Bloemendaal and the Belgium national team.

He is the brother of fellow Belgian international Loic Van Doren.[1] In 2017, he won simultaneously both FIH awards of FIH Player and FIH Rising Star of the Year.[2] At the 2018 Hockey Stars Awards he was named the FIH Player of the Year for the second time in a row.[3]

Club career

He played club hockey in Belgium for KHC Dragons. With this club, he became the national hockey champion in 2011. In 2012, he was honoured with the Golden Stick (category junior male players) by the Belgian Hockey Association.[4] Shortly after he won the FIH player of the year award in 2018, it was announced he would join his current club HC Bloemendaal from the 2018–19 season onwards.[5] In his first season with Bloemendaal, he won his first Dutch national title by winning the championship final against Kampong.[6] In January 2020, it was announced he extended his stay at Bloemendaal for at least one more season.[7] He won his second league title with Bloemendaal in the 2020–21 season as he was named the best player of the Hoofdklasse season.[8]

International career

Van Doren became European champions with the Belgium under-21 squad in 2012.[9] His first selection for the national team was at the age of 17.[10] With Belgium, he became European vice-champion at the 2013 European Championship on home ground in Boom and at the 2017 European Championship in Amstelveen, Netherlands. He was a part of the Belgian squad which won the silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In 2016, he won the FIH Rising Star of the Year award, which he won again in 2017 together with the FIH Player of the Year award.[2] He was a part of the Belgian squad which won Belgium its first World Cup and European title.[11] In December 2019, he again was nominated for the FIH Player of the Year Award.[12] On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.[13]

Honours

International

Belgium[14]
Belgium U21

Club

Bloemendaal
Dragons

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Professioneel hockeyspelers Arthur (23) en Loïc (21) van doren: twee broers, één passie". www.stampmedia.be (in Dutch). Stampmedia. 14 May 2018. Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d "2017 Hockey Stars Award winners announced in Berlin". International Hockey Federation. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  3. ^ a b "De Goede & Van Doren named Players of the Year in 2018 FIH Hockey Stars Awards". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Van Aubel en Van Doren beste van België" (in Dutch). KHC Dragons. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  5. ^ "Bloemendaal strikt beste hockeyer ter wereld". nos.nl (in Dutch). Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Oranjefeest in Bloemendaal: hockeyers na negen jaar weer kampioen". nos.nl (in Dutch). NOS. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Arthur Van Doren zet avontuur bij Bloemendaal voort: "Meest gewilde speler"". sporza.be (in Dutch). Sporza. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Arthur Van Doren verkozen tot Speler van het Jaar in Nederland, broer Loïc 3e". sporza.be (in Dutch). Sporza. 21 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Belgische junioren Europees kampioen hockey" (in Dutch). sport.be.msn.com. 1 September 2012.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ "Arthur Van Doren opgenomen in Belgische selectie" (in Dutch). KHC Dragons. Archived from the original on 25 August 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  11. ^ "Goud in eigen land! De Red Lions winnen na het WK nu ook het EK". sporza.be (in Dutch). Sporza. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  12. ^ "Manpreet Singh nominated for FIH Player of the Year award". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Lausanne: The Times of India. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  13. ^ "Selectie Red Panthers en Red Lions voor het Europees Kampioenschap aangekondigd". hockey.be (in Dutch). 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  14. ^ "van DOREN Arthur". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  15. ^ "Red Lion Arthur Van Doren kroont zich voor een derde keer tot kampioen met Bloemendaal". sporza.be (in Dutch). Sporza. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  16. ^ "Van Doren wint Belgisch onderonsje in EHL: "Vanasch werd in de steek gelaten"". sporza.be (in Dutch). Sporza. 19 April 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  17. ^ "Arthur Van Doren apetrots na 3e Europese hockeytitel op rij: "Een onwezenlijk moment"". sporza.be (in Dutch). Sporza. 12 April 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  18. ^ a b c "Gouden Stick – Arthur Van Doren volgt zichzelf op als beste hockeyer in België". nl.metrotime.be (in Dutch). Metro. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  19. ^ "Deja vu and Dutch delight at the EuroHockey Championships". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  20. ^ "Belgium's Red Lions win Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup Bhubaneswar 2018". worldcup2018.hockey. Bhubaneswar: International Hockey Federation. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2020.

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