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Cédric Charlier

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Cédric Charlier
Personal information
Full name Cédric Daniel André Charlier
Born (1987-11-27) 27 November 1987 (age 37)
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 Caps Goals
2008–2024 Belgium 381 (116)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Belgium
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2018 Bhubaneswar
Silver medal – second place 2023 Bhubaneswar/Rourkela
EuroHockey Championship
Gold medal – first place 2019 Antwerp
Silver medal – second place 2013 Boom
Silver medal – second place 2017 Amstelveen
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Amstelveen
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Mönchengladbach
Hockey World League
Silver medal – second place 2014–15 Raipur Team

Cédric Daniel André Charlier (born 27 November 1987) is a Belgian professional field hockey player[1] who plays as a forward for Racing Club de Bruxelles and the Belgian national team. He played 381 matches for the Belgium national team from 2008 until 2024.

Club career

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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] In his first season back at Racing he won the league title again.[4]

International career

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At the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament.[5][6][7] 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.[8] On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.[9] In August 2024 he announced after the quarterfinal loss in the 2024 Summer Olympics against Spain would be his last match with the national team.[10][11]

Honours

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International

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Belgium[12]

Club

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Dragons
Racing

References

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  1. ^ "2008 Peking". Archived from the original on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  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. ^ "Goals van Tanguy Cosyns leveren Racing CB titel op: "Een fantastische finale"". nieuwsblad.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Cedric Charlier". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  6. ^ Hockey messieurs: la présélection belge pour les Jeux Olympiques "Les 23 présélectionnés ... Cédric Charlier (Racing)..."
  7. ^ "Cédric Charlier Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "Selectie Red Panthers en Red Lions voor het Europees Kampioenschap aangekondigd". hockey.be (in Dutch). 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Red Lions : les arrêts, les incertitudes". okey.lalibre.be (in French). 5 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  11. ^ "JO 2024 – Hockey : au moins cinq champions olympiques de Tokyo partent à la retraite après la désillusion contre l'Espagne". lalibre.be (in French). La Libre. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  12. ^ "CHARLIER Cédric". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
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