Elliot Ann Philippe Van Strydonck (born 21 July 1988) is a Belgian

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player who plays as a defender for

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. He played a total of 182 matches for the Belgium national team from 2007 to 2016. Van Strydonck became European vice-champion with

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at the 2013 European Championship on home ground in Boom.

Club career

Van Strydonck started playing hockey for Léopold. He confirmed in 2013 that he would stop playing for Royal Leopold Club in

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, Belgium and make the transfer to the Dutch club

Oranje Zwart Mixed Hockeyclub Oranje Zwart was a Dutch professional field hockey club located in Eindhoven, North Brabant, which was founded on 1 September 1933. With around 1,700 members – as of 3 May 2006 – it is one of the biggest clubs in the N ...

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. He won the Dutch national title as well as the

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with Oranje Zwart. In 2015 he returned to Léopold. Atfer two season he signed for the

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. He also won the Euro Hockey League with the Waterloo Ducks in 2018–19. In 2022, he returned to Léopold. He left Léopold in 2025 to play for

Honours

;Oranje Zwart *

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: 2013–14, 2014–15 *

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: 2014–15 ;Waterloo Ducks * Euro Hockey League: 2018–19 ;Belgium *

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silver medal:

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* 1988 births Living people Belgian male field hockey players Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for Belgium Olympic silver medalists for Belgium Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Waterloo Ducks H.C. players Men's Belgian Hockey League players Oranje Zwart players Belgian expatriate field hockey players Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players 21st-century Belgian sportsmen Royal Léopold Club players People from Uccle Field hockey players from Brussels Men's Euro Hockey League–winning players Male field hockey defenders Royal Racing Club Bruxelles players {{Belgium-fieldhockey-bio-stub