Arthur De Sloover

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Arthur De Sloover
Personal information
Full name Arthur Anne-Marie
Thierry De Sloover
Born (1997-05-03) 3 May 1997 (age 29)
Kortrijk, Belgium
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Oranje-Rood
Youth career
2001– Saint-Georges
Senior career
Years Team
–2014 Saint-Georges
2014–2022 Beerschot
2022–present Oranje-Rood
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2016 Belgium U21 10 (0)
2017–present Belgium 110 (0)
Medal record

Arthur Anne-Marie Thierry De Sloover (born 3 May 1997) is a Belgian professional field hockey player who plays as a defender for Dutch Hoofdklasse club Oranje-Rood and the Belgium national team.

Club career

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De Sloover started playing hockey at the age of four. He played at Saint-Georges Hockey Club in Kortrijk from 2001 until 2014. He changed to Beerschot in the 2014–15 season. He was relegated with Beerschot in the 2021–22 season, after the relegation he joined Dutch side Oranje-Rood.[2]

International career

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He was part of the Belgian under-21 selection that placed second at the 2016 Junior World Championship in Lucknow, India. He was part of the Belgian selection that placed second at the 2017 European Championship in Amstelveen, the Netherlands.[3] He was part of the Belgian selection that won the 2018 Hockey World Cup in Bhubaneswar, India.[4] At the 2018 Hockey Stars Awards, he was named the FIH Rising Star of the Year.[5] In August 2019, he was selected in the Belgium squad for the 2019 EuroHockey Championship.[6] They won Belgium its first European title by defeating Spain 5–0 in the final.[7] On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.[8]

Personal life

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Both of his parents, his grandfather, and his cousin Alix Gerniers are also active in professional hockey. Old hockey player Corneille Wellens was married to a first cousin of his great-grandfather Jules De Sloovere.

Honours

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Belgium
Individual

References

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