Vincent Vanasch

Vincent Vanasch
Personal information
Born (1987-12-21) 21 December 1987 (age 37)
Evere, Belgium
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 78 kg (172 lb)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club

Orée

Soorma HC
Youth career
1994–2004 White Star
Senior career
Years Team
2004–2007 White Star
2007–2009 Pingouin
2009–2010 Leuven
2010–2014 Waterloo Ducks
2014–2016 Oranje Zwart
2016–2020 Waterloo Ducks
2020–2023 Rot-Weiss Köln
2023–present Orée
2024-present Soorma HC
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2007–present Belgium 273 (0)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  BEL
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2018 Bhubaneswar
Silver medal – second place 2023 Bhubaneswar–Rourkela
EuroHockey Championship
Gold medal – first place 2019 Antwerp
Silver medal – second place 2013 Boom
Silver medal – second place 2017 Amstelveen
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Amstelveen
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Mönchengladbach
Hockey World League
Silver medal – second place 2014–15 Raipur Team

Vincent Vanasch (born 21 December 1987) is a Belgian professional field hockey player who plays as a goalkeeper for Orée and the Belgium national team.

Club career

Vanasch has been involved in hockey from an early age; his father "Jean" created the youth school of the "Royal Evere White Star Hockey Club". He did all his classes until the first team with which he won several titles (grass and indoor). When the club got relegated to Division 1, at the end of the 2006–2007 season, he went to play at the "Royal Penguin Hockey Club Nivellois". He played for two seasons before getting a transfer to KHC Leuven. From the 2010–2011 season onwards, he started playing for the Waterloo Ducks. In 2014, he made a transfer to the Netherlands to Oranje Zwart.[1] He played there until 2016, when he returned to the Waterloo Ducks.[2]

In the 2018–19 Euro Hockey League, Vanasch's Waterloo Ducks became the first Belgian club to win the Euro Hockey League.[3][4] In January 2020, it was announced he would play for Rot-Weiss Köln in Germany from the 2020–21 season onwards.[5] After three Bundesliga titles in three years he returned to Belgium and signed a three-year contract at Orée.[6]

International career

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Vanasch competed for the national team in the men's tournament.[7] Vanasch won the silver medal with Belgium at the 2013 European Championship on home ground in Boom. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he was part of the Belgian team who won the silver medal.[citation needed]

In 2017, Vanasch was named the FIH Goalkeeper of the Year.[8] At the 2018 Hockey Stars Awards he was named the FIH Goalkeeper of the Year for the second time in a row.[9] At the 2019 EuroHockey Championship, where Belgium won its first European title,[10] he was named the goalkeeper of the tournament.[11] In December 2019, he again was nominated for the FIH Goalkeeper of the Year Award.[12] On 11 February 2020, he was awarded his third FIH Goalkeeper of the Year Award.[13] On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.[14]

Honours

Club

Waterloo Ducks
Oranje Zwart
Rot-Weiss Köln

International

Belgium

References

  1. ^ van der Giessen, Arjan (26 March 2014). "Oranje Zwart legt topkeeper Vanasch vast". omroepbrabant.nl (in Dutch). Omroep Brabant. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  2. ^ Liebrand, Anneke (1 March 2016). "OZ-keeper Vincent Vanasch keert terug naar België". ed.nl (in Dutch). Eindhovens Dagblad. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Waterloo Ducks winnen Euro Hockey League na 4-0-winst tegen Köln". hln.be (in Dutch). Het Laatste Nieuws. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Waterloo Ducks in EHL heaven with remarkable 4–0 grand final success in Eindhoven". ehlhockey.tv. Euro Hockey League. 22 April 2019. Archived from the original on 22 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Red Lions-doelman Vincent Vanasch kiest voor Duits avontuur". hln.be (in Dutch). Het Laatste Nieuws. 6 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Vincent "The Wall" Vanasch keert terug naar Belgische hockeycompetitie". sporza.be (in Dutch). Sporza. 19 May 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Vincent Vanasch". London2012.com. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  8. ^ "2017 Hockey Stars Award winners announced in Berlin". International Hockey Federation. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  9. ^ "De Goede & Van Doren named Players of the Year in 2018 FIH Hockey Stars Awards". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  10. ^ "Goud in eigen land! De Red Lions winnen na het WK nu ook het EK". sporza.be (in Dutch). Sporza. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  11. ^ "Brilliant Belgium win their first ever European Championship crown". belfiuseurohockey.com. 24 August 2019.
  12. ^ "Manpreet Singh nominated for FIH Player of the Year award". The Times of India. Lausanne. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  13. ^ "Vincent 'The Wall' Vanasch opnieuw beste hockeydoelman ter wereld". Sporza (in Dutch). 11 February 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  14. ^ "Selectie Red Panthers en Red Lions voor het Europees Kampioenschap aangekondigd". hockey.be (in Dutch). 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
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