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Antoine Kina
Belgian field hockey player
Antoine Sylvain Kina (born 13 February 1996) is a Belgian professional field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for Gantoise and the Belgium national team.[1]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Antoine Sylvain Kina | ||
Born |
(1996-02-13) 13 February 1996 (age 28)[1] Ghent, Belgium | ||
Playing position | Midfielder / Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Gantoise | ||
Youth career | |||
Gantoise | |||
Senior career | |||
Years | Team | ||
0000–2017 | Gantoise | ||
2016–2017 | Waterloo Ducks | ||
2017– | Gantoise | ||
National team | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2017 | Belgium U21 | 24 | (3) |
2017– | Belgium | 80 | (6) |
He is the son of Belgian field hockey coach Pascal Kina.[1][2]
Kina played for Gantoise until 2017, when he moved to the Waterloo Ducks.[3] After one season with the Waterloo Ducks, he returned to Gantoise.[4]
Kina made his debut for the Belgium under-21 side at the 2014 EuroHockey Junior Championship where they finished fourth. He was a part of the Belgium squad that won the silver medal at the 2016 Junior World Cup.[5] In January 2017, he made his debut for the senior national team in a test match against the Netherlands. He was not selected for the 2017 EuroHockey Championship so he played in the 2017 EuroHockey Junior Championship.[citation needed]
Kina was named as the first reserve for the 2018 World Cup.[6] He was called up during the group stages to replace the injured Manu Stockbroekx.[7] In August 2019, he was selected in the Belgium squad for the 2019 EuroHockey Championship.[8] They won Belgium its first European title by defeating Spain 5-0 in the final.[9] On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.[10]
- "Antoine Kina". teambelgium.be (in Dutch). Team Belgium. Archived from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- Thys, Werner (29 January 2023). "Een 'biker' met tatoeages, een fan van Obama en 'ten huwelijk gevraagd in India': wat je mag en moet weten over onze 19 Red Lions". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 November 2023.
- "Turner Transfer to Leo a Marquee Addition". ehlhockey.tv. Euro Hockey League. 19 May 2016. Archived from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- "Antoine Kina à la Gantoise". okey.lalibre.be (in French). 30 May 2017. Archived from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- "Antoine Kina na WK-zilver: "Hier zat meer in"". www.nieuwsblad.be (in Dutch). Het Nieuwsblad. 29 December 2016. Archived from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- "De selectie van de Red Lions voor het WK". hockey.be (in Dutch). 4 November 2018. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- "Belgium's Kina and Canada's Van Son set to join Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup Bhubaneswar 2018". worldcup2018.hockey. International Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- "Red Lions – de selectie voor de Belfius Eurohockey Championships 2019". www.hockey.be (in Dutch). Hockey Belgium. 26 August 2019. Archived from the original on 13 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- "Goud in eigen land! De Red Lions winnen na het WK nu ook het EK". sporza.be (in Dutch). Sporza. 26 August 2019. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- "Selectie Red Panthers en Red Lions voor het Europees Kampioenschap aangekondigd". hockey.be (in Dutch). 25 May 2021. Archived from the original on 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- Antoine Kina at the International Hockey Federation
- Antoine Kina at Olympics.com
- Antoine Kina at Olympedia
- Antoine Kina at Team Belgium (in Dutch)