Arthur Van Doren Explained

Arthur Van Doren
Fullname:Arthur Georges Stanislas
Henri Van Doren
Birth Date:1994 10, df=y
Birth Place:Antwerp, Belgium
Height:1.78 m
Weight:74 kg
Position:Defender
Currentclub:Braxgata
Youthclubs1:Dragons
Years1:–2018
Clubs1:Dragons
Years2:2018–2024
Clubs2:Bloemendaal
Years3:2024–present
Clubs3:Braxgata
Nationalyears1:2012–2013
Nationalteam1:Belgium U21
Nationalcaps1:36
Nationalyears2:2012–present
Nationalteam2:Belgium
Nationalcaps2:241
Nationalgoals2:19

Arthur Georges Stanislas Henri Van Doren (born 1 October 1994) is a Belgian professional field hockey player who plays as a defender for Braxgata and the Belgium national team.

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] After six years in the Netherlands he returned to Belgium in 2024 to play for Braxgata where he signed for four seasons.[9]

International career

Van Doren became European champions with the Belgium under-21 squad in 2012.[10] His first selection for the national team was at the age of 17.[11] 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.[12] In December 2019, he again was nominated for the FIH Player of the Year Award.[13] On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.[14]

Honours

International

Belgium[15]

2020

Belgium U21

Club

Bloemendaal

2018–19,[6] 2020–21, 2021–22[16]

2021, 2022,[17] 2022–23[18]

Dragons

2010–11, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18

Individual

2016, 2017[2]

2017,[2] 2018[3]

2017[20]

2018[21]

2020–21[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Professioneel hockeyspelers Arthur (23) en Loïc (21) van doren: twee broers, één passie . www.stampmedia.be . Stampmedia . 18 March 2019 . Dutch . 14 May 2018 . 7 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191207232950/https://www.stampmedia.be/artikel/professioneel-hockeyspelers-arthur-23-en-loic-21-van-doren-twee-broers-een-passie . dead .
  2. Web site: 2017 Hockey Stars Award winners announced in Berlin . 5 February 2018 . International Hockey Federation . 12 June 2018 .
  3. Web site: De Goede & Van Doren named Players of the Year in 2018 FIH Hockey Stars Awards . fih.ch . . 14 February 2019 . 14 February 2019.
  4. Web site: Van Aubel en Van Doren beste van België . Dutch . KHC Dragons . 25 August 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714124040/http://www.dragons.be/nieuws/categorieen/tophockey/117-van-aubel-en-van-doren-beste-van-belgie . dead . 14 July 2014 .
  5. Web site: Bloemendaal strikt beste hockeyer ter wereld . nos.nl . Nederlandse Omroep Stichting . 28 November 2018 . Dutch . 7 February 2018.
  6. Web site: Oranjefeest in Bloemendaal: hockeyers na negen jaar weer kampioen . nos.nl . . 6 June 2019 . Dutch . 26 May 2019.
  7. Web site: Arthur Van Doren zet avontuur bij Bloemendaal voort: "Meest gewilde speler" . sporza.be . . 22 January 2020 . nl . 16 January 2020.
  8. Web site: Arthur Van Doren verkozen tot Speler van het Jaar in Nederland, broer Loïc 3e . sporza.be . . 27 May 2021 . nl . 21 May 2021.
  9. Web site: Red Lion Arthur Van Doren neemt afscheid van Bloemendaal en keert terug naar België bij Braxgata . niewsblad.be . . 6 June 2024 . nl . 1 December 2023.
  10. Web site: Belgische junioren Europees kampioen hockey . sport.be.msn.com . Dutch . 1 September 2012 .
  11. Web site: Arthur Van Doren opgenomen in Belgische selectie . Dutch . KHC Dragons . 25 August 2013 . https://archive.today/20130825150300/http://www.dragons.be/nieuws/categorieen/tophockey/95-arthur-vandoren-opgenomen-in-belgische-selectie . dead . 25 August 2013 .
  12. Web site: Goud in eigen land! De Red Lions winnen na het WK nu ook het EK . sporza.be . . 25 August 2019 . nl . 24 August 2019.
  13. Web site: Manpreet Singh nominated for FIH Player of the Year award . timesofindia.indiatimes.com . . 6 December 2019 . . 6 December 2019.
  14. Web site: Selectie Red Panthers en Red Lions voor het Europees Kampioenschap aangekondigd . hockey.be . 25 May 2021 . nl . 25 May 2021.
  15. Web site: van DOREN Arthur . tms.fih.ch . . 22 January 2020.
  16. Web site: Red Lion Arthur Van Doren kroont zich voor een derde keer tot kampioen met Bloemendaal . sporza.be . . 5 June 2022 . nl . 28 May 2022.
  17. Web site: Van Doren wint Belgisch onderonsje in EHL: "Vanasch werd in de steek gelaten" . sporza.be . . 19 April 2022 . nl . 19 April 2022.
  18. Web site: Arthur Van Doren apetrots na 3e Europese hockeytitel op rij: "Een onwezenlijk moment" . sporza.be . . 12 April 2023 . nl . 12 April 2023.
  19. Web site: Gouden Stick – Arthur Van Doren volgt zichzelf op als beste hockeyer in België . nl.metrotime.be . . 22 January 2020 . nl . 24 November 2017.
  20. Web site: Deja vu and Dutch delight at the EuroHockey Championships . fih.ch . . 1 February 2020 . 27 August 2017.
  21. Web site: Belgium's Red Lions win Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup Bhubaneswar 2018 . worldcup2018.hockey . . 1 February 2020 . . 16 December 2018.

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