Cédric Charlier

Cédric Daniel André Charlier (born 27 November 1987) is a Belgian field hockey player[1] who plays as a forward for Racing Club de Bruxelles and the Belgian national team.

Cédric Charlier
Personal information
Full name Cédric Daniel André Charlier
Born (1987-11-27) 27 November 1987
Anderlecht, Belgium
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Racing
Youth career
Uccle Sport
Senior career
Years Team
2009–2019 Racing
2019–2021 Dragons
2021–present Racing
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–present Belgium 328 (50)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Belgium
Olympic Games
2020 TokyoTeam
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
World Cup
2018 Bhubaneswar
EuroHockey Championship
2019 Antwerp
2013 Boom
2017 Amstelveen
2021 Amstelveen
Hockey World League
2014–15 RaipurTeam
Last updated on: 24 July 2021

Club career

Charlier started playing hockey at Uccle and played there until he was 19 years old, when he went to Racing Bruxelles. In July 2019, he made a transfer to Dragons.[2] After he won the Belgian national title with Dragons in the 2020–21 season he returned to Racing.[3]

International career

At the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament.[4][5][6] At the 2016 Olympics, he was part of the Belgian men's team that won the silver medal. Charlier also won silver with Belgium at the 2013 EuroHockey Championship on home ground in Boom and at the 2017 EuroHockey Championships in Amstelveen. In 2019, he finally won a gold medal at the European championships.[7] On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.[8]

Honours

International

Belgium[9]

Club

Dragons

References
  1. 2008 Peking
  2. "Wereldspits Cédric Charlier kiest voor KHC Dragons". atv.be (in Dutch). ATV. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  3. Toussaint, Laurent (19 May 2021). "Cédric Charlier rentre au bercail" (in French). Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  4. "Cedric Charlier". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  5. Hockey messieurs: la présélection belge pour les Jeux Olympiques "Les 23 présélectionnés ... Cédric Charlier (Racing)..."
  6. "Cédric Charlier Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2017-06-07.
  7. "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.
  8. "Selectie Red Panthers en Red Lions voor het Europees Kampioenschap aangekondigd". hockey.be (in Dutch). 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  9. "CHARLIER Cédric". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 27 May 2021.


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