Alexander Stadler (born 16 October 1999) is a German

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player who plays as a

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for Dutch Hoofdklasse club

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and the German national team. He competed in the

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Club career

Stadler played the first part of his senior career for TSV Mannheim. In 2022 he left Germany to play in the Dutch Hoofdklasse for

International career

Stadler was part of the under-21 Germany squad which won the 2019 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship, he was named the best goalkeeper at the tournament. On 28 May 2021, he was named as the first goalkeeper in the senior squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship and the

. He won the silver medal at the 2021 EuroHockey Championship as they lost the final to the

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after a

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Honours

Club

;Den Bosch * Gold Cup: 2022–23

International

;Germany U21 * EuroHockey Junior Championship:

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;Germany * FIH Hockey World Cup:

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Individual

* EuroHockey Junior Championship Best Goalkeeper: 2019

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* 1999 births Living people Sportspeople from Heidelberg Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics German male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Germany Male field hockey goalkeepers Men's Feldhockey Bundesliga players Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players HC Den Bosch players German expatriate field hockey players 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-fieldhockey-bio-stub