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Arthur Van Doren

Arthur Van Doren

Belgian field hockey player


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.

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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. "2017 Hockey Stars Award winners announced in Berlin". International Hockey Federation. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  3. "Van Aubel en Van Doren beste van België" (in Dutch). KHC Dragons. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  4. "Bloemendaal strikt beste hockeyer ter wereld". nos.nl (in Dutch). Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  5. "Oranjefeest in Bloemendaal: hockeyers na negen jaar weer kampioen". nos.nl (in Dutch). NOS. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  6. "Arthur Van Doren zet avontuur bij Bloemendaal voort: "Meest gewilde speler"". sporza.be (in Dutch). Sporza. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  7. "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.
  8. "Belgische junioren Europees kampioen hockey" (in Dutch). sport.be.msn.com. 1 September 2012.[permanent dead link]
  9. "Arthur Van Doren opgenomen in Belgische selectie" (in Dutch). KHC Dragons. Archived from the original on 25 August 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  10. "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.
  11. "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.
  12. "Selectie Red Panthers en Red Lions voor het Europees Kampioenschap aangekondigd". hockey.be (in Dutch). 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  13. "van DOREN Arthur". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  14. "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.
  15. "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.
  16. "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.

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