Sébastien Dockier

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

Sébastien Dockier

Personal information
Born	(1989-12-28) 28 December 1989 (age 34) 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 2020 Tokyo Team 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team World Cup 2018 Bhubaneswar 2023 Bhubaneswar–Rourkela European Championships 2013 Boom 2017 Amstelveen 2021 Amstelveen Hockey World League 2014–15 Raipur Team
Last updated on: 27 September 2023

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

• Olympic gold medal: 2020; silver medal: 2016
• World Cup: 2018
• FIH Pro League: 2020–21

Club

Pinoké

• Hoofdklasse: 2022–23^[7]

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. "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).

External links

• Sébastien Dockier at the International Hockey Federation 
• Sébastien Dockier at Olympedia 
• Sébastien Dockier at Team Belgium (in Dutch)