Sébastien Dockier

{{Infobox field hockey player

| name = Sébastien Dockier

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|12|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bonheiden, Belgium{{cite web |title=Olympedia - Sébastien Dockier |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/132683 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=27 May 2021}}

| height = 1.75 m

| weight = 74 kg

| position = Forward

| currentclub = Pinoké

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Beerschot

| years1 = {{0|0000}}–2014

| clubs1 = Beerschot

| years2 = 2014–2017

| clubs2 = Den Bosch

| years3 = 2017–2018

| clubs3 = Beerschot

| years4 = 2018–2020

| clubs4 = Den Bosch

| years5 = 2020–present

| clubs5 = Pinoké

| nationalyears1 = 2012–2023

| nationalteam1 = Belgium

| nationalcaps1 = 243

| nationalgoals1 = 135

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| updated = 27 September 2023

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Sébastien Dockier (born 28 December 1989) is a Belgian field hockey player who plays as a forward for Dutch Hoofdklasse club Pinoké.

Dockier comes from a real hockey family; not only his father and sister but even aunts and cousins have been playing field hockey.{{cite news|title=Sebastien Dockier helemaal vergroeid met hockeystick|language=Dutch|newspaper=Het Nieuwsblad|date=14 August 2013|url=http://www.nieuwsblad.be/article/detail.aspx?articleid=DMF20130813_00691925}}

Club career

During his youth, he played for Royal Beerschot THC, where he played in the first team until 2014, when he left to play for Dutch club HC Den Bosch. After three seasons with Den Bosch, he went back to his former club.{{cite web |last1=Scholte |first1=Jolien |title=Dockier vertrekt bij Den Bosch, Van Groesen en Verboom tekenen bij |url=https://hockey.nl/nieuws/hoofdklasse-heren/dockier-vertrekt-bosch-groesen-en-verboom-tekenen/ |website=hockey.nl |accessdate=30 November 2018 |language=Dutch |date=10 March 2017}} He played there for one season before returning to the Netherlands to play for Den Bosch again.{{cite web |last1=Rooijakker |first1=Lennaert |title=Sébastien Dockier keert na Belgisch avontuur terug bij HC Den Bosch |url=https://www.bd.nl/regiosport/seneacute-bastien-dockier-keert-na-belgisch-avontuur-terug-bij-hc-den-bosch~a32ca79a/ |website=bd.nl |publisher=Brabants Dagblad |accessdate=30 November 2018 |language=Dutch |date=17 April 2018}}{{cite web |last1=Barreveld |first1=Merel |title=Belg Sébastien Dockier keert terug bij Den Bosch |url=https://hockey.nl/nieuws/hoofdklasse-heren/belg-sebastien-dockier-keert-terug-bij-den-bosch/ |website=hockey.nl |accessdate=30 November 2018 |language=Dutch |date=18 April 2018}} In June 2020, he left Den Bosch and joined Pinoké for the 2020–21 season.{{cite web |title=Red Lion Sebastien Dockier ruilt Den Bosch voor Pinoké |url=https://sporza.be/nl/2020/06/22/red-lion-sebastien-dockier-ruilt-den-bosch-voor-pinoke~1592830389187/ |website=sporza.be |accessdate=29 June 2020 |language=nl |date=22 June 2020}} In his third season at Pinoké, he won the national title which was the first league title for Pinoké.{{cite web |title=Red Lions Hendrickx, Van Aubel en Dockier helpen Pinoké aan eerste Nederlandse titel |url=https://sporza.be/nl/2023/05/29/red-lions-hendrickx-van-aubel-en-dockier-helpen-pinoke-aan-eerste-nederlandse-titel~1685381075129/ |website=sporza.be |publisher=Sporza |access-date=30 May 2023 |language=nl |date=29 May 2023}}

International career

He became European vice-champion with Belgium at the 2013 EuroHockey Championships on home ground in Boom and at the 2017 EuroHockey Championships in Amstelveen, Netherlands. He was a part of the Belgian squad which won the silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He was selected for the 2018 World Cup, which was his second World Cup.{{cite web |title=De selectie van de Red Lions voor het WK |url=https://www.hockey.be/nl/nieuws/de-selectie-van-de-red-lions-voor-het-wk/ |website=hockey.be |accessdate=30 November 2018 |language=Dutch |date=4 November 2018}} 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}} During the start of the 2023–24 season, he was dropped from the national training squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |title=Vernieuwde Belgische hockeyploeg zet koers naar Parijs 2024 |url=https://www.demorgen.be/sport/vernieuwde-belgische-hockeyploeg-zet-koers-naar-parijs-2024~b271327f/ |website=demorgen.be |language=nl}}

Honours

=International=

;Belgium

Olympic gold medal: 2020; silver medal: 2016
World Cup: 2018
FIH Pro League: 2020–21

=Club=

;Pinoké

Hoofdklasse: 2022–23
Euro Hockey League: 2023–24{{cite web |title=Met de Belgen in een hoofdrol: Hendrickx bezorgt Pinoké eerste eindzege in Euro Hockey League |url=https://sporza.be/nl/2024/03/25/met-de-belgen-in-een-hoofdrol-hendrickx-bezorgt-pinoke-eerste-eindzege-in-euro-hockey-league~1711358102943/ |website=sporza.be |publisher=Sporza |access-date=7 April 2024 |language=nl |date=1 April 2024}}