Sébastien Dockier
Personal information
Born (1989-12-28) 28 December 1989
Bonheiden, Belgium[1]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Pinoké
Youth career
Beerschot
Senior career
Years Team
0000–2014 Beerschot
2014–2017 Den Bosch
2017–2018 Beerschot
2018–2020 Den Bosch
2020–present Pinoké
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2023 Belgium 243 (135)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Belgium
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2020 TokyoTeam
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
World Cup
Gold medal – first place2018 Bhubaneswar
Silver medal – second place2023 Bhubaneswar–Rourkela
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2013 Boom
Silver medal – second place2017 Amstelveen
Bronze medal – third place2021 Amstelveen
Hockey World League
Silver medal – second place2016–17 RaipurTeam
Last updated on: 27 September 2023

Sébastien Dockier (born 28 December 1989) is a Belgian field hockey player who plays as a forward for Dutch Hoofdklasse club Pinoké.

Dockier comes from a real hockey family; not only his father and sister but even aunts and cousins have been playing field hockey.[2]

Club career

During his youth, he played for Royal Beerschot THC, where he played in the first team until 2014, when he left to play for Dutch club HC Den Bosch. After three seasons with Den Bosch, he went back to his former club.[3] He played there for one season before returning to the Netherlands to play for Den Bosch again.[4][5] In June 2020, he left Den Bosch and joined Pinoké for the 2020–21 season.[6] In his third season at Pinoké, he won the national title which was the first league title for Pinoké.[7]

International career

He became European vice-champion with Belgium at the 2013 EuroHockey Championships on home ground in Boom and at the 2017 EuroHockey Championships in Amstelveen, Netherlands. He was a part of the Belgian squad which won the silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He was selected for the 2018 World Cup, which was his second World Cup.[8] On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.[9] During the start of the 2023–24 season, he was dropped from the national training squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[10]

Honours

International

Belgium

Club

Pinoké

References

  1. ↑ "Olympedia - Sébastien Dockier". olympedia.org. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "Sebastien Dockier helemaal vergroeid met hockeystick". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 14 August 2013.
  3. ↑ Scholte, Jolien (10 March 2017). "Dockier vertrekt bij Den Bosch, Van Groesen en Verboom tekenen bij". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  4. ↑ Rooijakker, Lennaert (17 April 2018). "Sébastien Dockier keert na Belgisch avontuur terug bij HC Den Bosch". bd.nl (in Dutch). Brabants Dagblad. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  5. ↑ Barreveld, Merel (18 April 2018). "Belg Sébastien Dockier keert terug bij Den Bosch". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  6. ↑ "Red Lion Sebastien Dockier ruilt Den Bosch voor Pinoké". sporza.be (in Dutch). 22 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  7. 1 2 "Red Lions Hendrickx, Van Aubel en Dockier helpen Pinoké aan eerste Nederlandse titel". sporza.be (in Dutch). Sporza. 29 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  8. ↑ "De selectie van de Red Lions voor het WK". hockey.be (in Dutch). 4 November 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  9. ↑ "Selectie Red Panthers en Red Lions voor het Europees Kampioenschap aangekondigd". hockey.be (in Dutch). 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  10. ↑ "Vernieuwde Belgische hockeyploeg zet koers naar Parijs 2024". demorgen.be (in Dutch).


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