Cédric Charlier

{{Infobox field hockey player

| name = Cédric Charlier

| image =

| full_name = Cédric Daniel André Charlier

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|11|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Anderlecht, Belgium

| height = 1.81 m

| weight = 81 kg

| position = Forward

| currentclub = Racing

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Uccle Sport

| years1 = 2009–2019

| clubs1 = Racing

| years2 = 2019–2021

| clubs2 = Dragons

| years3 = 2021–present

| clubs3 = Racing

| nationalyears1 = 2008–2024

| nationalteam1 = Belgium

| nationalcaps1 = 381

| nationalgoals1 = 116

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry|{{BEL}}}}

}}

Cédric Daniel André Charlier (born 27 November 1987) is a Belgian professional field hockey player{{Cite web |url=http://www.olympic.be/Spelen/OlympischeSpelen/Peking2008/Belgiandelegation/tabid/198/language/fr-FR/Default.aspx |title=2008 Peking |access-date=1 August 2012 |archive-date=15 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815174432/http://www.olympic.be/Spelen/OlympischeSpelen/Peking2008/Belgiandelegation/tabid/198/language/fr-FR/Default.aspx |url-status=dead }} 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

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.{{cite web |title=Wereldspits Cédric Charlier kiest voor KHC Dragons |url=https://atv.be/nieuws/wereldspits-cedric-charlier-kiest-voor-khc-dragons |website=atv.be |publisher=ATV |accessdate=6 July 2019 |language=Dutch |date=5 July 2019}} After he won the Belgian national title with Dragons in the 2020–21 season he returned to Racing.{{cite web |last1=Toussaint |first1=Laurent |title=Cédric Charlier rentre au bercail |url=https://hockeybelgium.lesoir.be/messieurs/audi-hockey-league/cedric-charlier-rentre-au-bercail/ |access-date=31 May 2021 |language=fr |date=19 May 2021}} In his first season back at Racing he won the league title again.{{cite web |title=Goals van Tanguy Cosyns leveren Racing CB titel op: "Een fantastische finale" |url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20220509_96608790 |website=nieuwsblad.be |access-date=10 May 2022 |language=nl}}

International career

At the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament.{{refn|{{cite web|title=Cedric Charlier|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/charlier-cedric-1129177/|work=London 2012|publisher=The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited|accessdate=17 September 2012|archive-date=11 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911211541/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/charlier-cedric-1129177/|url-status=dead}}}}[http://www.lameuse.be/426413/article/sports/omnisports/2012-05-31/hockey-messieurs-la-preselection-belge-pour-les-jeux-olympiques Hockey messieurs: la présélection belge pour les Jeux Olympiques] "Les 23 présélectionnés ... Cédric Charlier (Racing)..."{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/cedric-charlier-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418064607/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/cedric-charlier-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Cédric Charlier Bio, Stats, and Results|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|language=en|access-date=2017-06-07}} 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.{{cite web |title=Goud in eigen land! De Red Lions winnen na het WK nu ook het EK |url=https://sporza.be/nl/matches/hockey/2019-08/mf-ek-hockey-finale-mannen-belgie-spanje/ |website=sporza.be |publisher=Sporza |accessdate=25 August 2019 |language=nl |date=24 August 2019}} On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.{{cite web |title=Selectie Red Panthers en Red Lions voor het Europees Kampioenschap aangekondigd |url=https://hockey.be/nl/selectie-red-panthers-en-red-lions-voor-het-europees-kampioenschap-aangekondigd/ |website=hockey.be |access-date=25 May 2021 |language=nl |date=25 May 2021}} 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.{{cite web |title=Red Lions : les arrêts, les incertitudes |url=https://okey.lalibre.be/red-lions-les-arrets-les-incertitudes/ |website=okey.lalibre.be |access-date=5 August 2024 |language=fr |date=5 August 2024}}{{cite web |title=JO 2024 – Hockey : au moins cinq champions olympiques de Tokyo partent à la retraite après la désillusion contre l'Espagne |url=https://www.lalibre.be/sports/omnisports/jeux-olympiques/2024/08/04/jo-2024-hockey-au-moins-cinq-champions-olympiques-de-tokyo-partent-a-la-retraite-apres-la-desillusion-contre-lespagne-QMZ64XKFYFFM3JZEG4FHN6INL4/ |website=lalibre.be |publisher=La Libre |access-date=4 August 2024 |language=fr |date=4 August 2024}}

Honours

=International=

;Belgium{{cite web |title=CHARLIER Cédric |url=https://tms.fih.ch/people/600|website=tms.fih.ch |publisher=International Hockey Federation |access-date=27 May 2021}}

=Club=

;Dragons

Belgian Hockey League: 2020–21

;Racing

Belgian Hockey League: 2021–22

References

External links

{{International Hockey Federation}}
{{European Hockey Federation|7472}}
{{Olympedia}}
{{Olympics.com profile}}
[https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/cedric-charlier_1903209 Cédric Charlier] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
{{Team Belgium}}
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