Florent Van Aubel (born 25 October 1991) is a Belgian professional

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player who plays as a forward for Dutch Hoofdklasse club Pinoké. He played 301 matches for the Belgian national team from 2012 until 2024.

Club career

In 2010, he won the Golden Stick from the Belgian Hockey Association in the category of male junior players. In 2011 he was nominated by the

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(FIH) for best young player of the year. Also, Florent van Aubel participated with his club KHC Dragons at the Euro Hockey League. In 2012, he also played at the Euro Hockey League and finished third. After 13 years at Dragons he left Belgium in 2022 to play for Pinoké in the Dutch Hoofdklasse. In his first season at Pinoké, he won the national title which was the first league title for Pinoké.

International career

At the

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, he competed for the

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in the men's tournament where Belgium ended fifth. Van Aubel became European vice-champion with

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at the 2013 European Championship on home ground in Boom. After winning the silver medal at the Rio Olympics, he became World Champion at Bhubaneswar. In 2019, he was a part of the squad which won Belgium its first European title. On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship. In July 2024 he announced that the

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would be his last tournament with the national team.

Honours

International

;Belgium *

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*Olympic silver medal:

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2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

* EuroHockey Championship:

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* FIH Pro League: 2020–21

Club

;Dragons * Belgian Hockey League: 2009–10, 2010–11, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2020–21 ;Pinoké *

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: 2022–23 * Euro Hockey League: 2023–24

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Van Aubel, Florent 1991 births Living people Belgian male field hockey players Male field hockey forwards Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2024 Summer Olympics 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players Olympic field hockey players for Belgium Sportspeople from Ghent Olympic silver medalists for Belgium Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics KHC Dragons players Men's Belgian Hockey League players Olympic gold medalists for Belgium Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players Pinoké players Belgian expatriate field hockey players 21st-century Belgian sportsmen