Sébastien Dockier

Sébastien Dockier (born 28 December 1989) is a Belgian field hockey player who plays for Dutch club Pinoké and the Belgium national team as a forward.

Sébastien Dockier
Personal information
Born (1989-12-28) 28 December 1989
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)
Playing position Forwards
Club information
Current club Pinoké
Youth career
Beerschot
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–2014 Beerschot
2014–2017 Den Bosch
2017–2018 Beerschot
2018–2020 Den Bosch
2020–present Pinoké
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–present Belgium 196
Last updated on: 29 June 2020

Dockier comes from a real hockey family; not only his father and sister but even aunts and cousins have been playing field hockey.[1]

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.[2] He played there for one season before returning to the Netherlands to play for Den Bosch again.[3][4] In June 2020 he left Den Bosch and joined Pinoké for the 2020–21 season.[5]

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 will be his second World Cup.[6]

References
  1. "Sebastien Dockier helemaal vergroeid met hockeystick". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 14 August 2013.
  2. Scholte, Jolien (10 March 2017). "Dockier vertrekt bij Den Bosch, Van Groesen en Verboom tekenen bij". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  3. 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.
  4. Barreveld, Merel (18 April 2018). "Belg Sébastien Dockier keert terug bij Den Bosch". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  5. "Red Lion Sebastien Dockier ruilt Den Bosch voor Pinoké". sporza.be (in Dutch). 22 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  6. "De selectie van de Red Lions voor het WK". hockey.be (in Dutch). 4 November 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2018.


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