Simon Gougnard

Simon Gougnard (born 17 January 1991) is a Belgian field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for Leuven and the Belgium national team.

Simon Gougnard
Gougnard at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Born (1991-01-17) 17 January 1991
Nivelles, Belgium
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Leuven
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–2009 Waterloo Ducks
2009–2010 Tilburg
2010–2012 Oranje Zwart
2012–2013 Racing Bruxelles
2013–2015 Bloemendaal
2015–2017 Racing Bruxelles
2017–2019 Waterloo Ducks
2019– Leuven
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007– Belgium 269
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Belgium
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
World Cup
2018 Bhubaneswar
EuroHockey Championship
2019 Antwerp
2013 Boom
2017 Amstelveen
FIH Pro League
2019 Amstelveen
Hockey World League
2014–15 RaipurTeam
Last updated on: 26 August 2019

Club career

Gougnard played club hockey in Belgium for Waterloo Ducks until 2009, when he transferred to the Netherlands to play for TMHC Tilburg. He left them after one season to play for Oranje Zwart.[1] In 2012 he returned to Belgium because of his study.[2] He played one year in Belgium for Racing Bruxelles.

In 2013, Gougnard went back to the Netherlands, where he signed a two-year contract for Bloemendaal.[3] He played for Bloemendaal until 2015, when he returned to Racing Bruxelles. In 2017 he went back to the Waterloo Ducks.[4] In April 2019, he agreed to play for Leuven from the 2019–20 season onwards.[5][6] During that year's Euro Hockey League, Gougnard's Waterloo Ducks became the first Belgian club to win the Euro Hockey League.[7][8]

International career

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament.[9] Gougnard became European vice-champion with Belgium at the 2013 European Championship on home ground in Boom. During the 2018 World Cup, he lost his father and in the match on the next day against England, Belgium played with a mourning band.[10] Gougnard scored the 2–0 in that match and eventually they won the tournament by defeating the Netherlands in the final. In August 2019, he was selected in the Belgium squad for the 2019 EuroHockey Championship.[11] They won Belgium its first European title by defeating Spain 5-0 in the final.[12]

References
  1. Beenen, Bram (9 June 2010). "Hockeyer Gougnard verlaat Tilburg". www.omroepbrabant.nl (in Dutch). Omroep Brabant. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  2. "International Gougnard vertrekt bij OZ". www.ed.nl (in Dutch). Eindhovens Dagblad. 6 May 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  3. "Bloemendaal trekt twee Belgen aan". www.volkskrant.nl (in Dutch). de Volkskrant. 17 April 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  4. "Waterloo Ducks Make Huge Signings of Gougnard and Van Strydonck". ehlhockey.tv. Euro Hockey League. 18 March 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  5. "Transferts : Simon Gougnard à Louvain". okey.lalibre.be (in French). Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  6. "Red Lion Simon Gougnard verlaat Waterloo Ducks voor promovendus Leuven". www.hln.be (in Dutch). Het Laatste Nieuws. 4 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  7. "Waterloo Ducks winnen Euro Hockey League na 4-0-winst tegen Köln". www.hln.be (in Dutch). Het Laatste Nieuws. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  8. "Waterloo Ducks in EHL heaven with remarkable 4-0 grand final success in Eindhoven". ehlhockey.tv. Euro Hockey League. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  9. "Simon Gougnard". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  10. "Red Lions eren overleden vader van doelpuntenmaker Gougnard met WK-finale: "Deze wedstrijd was voor zijn familie"". www.hln.be (in Dutch). Het Laatste Nieuws. 15 December 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  11. "Red Lions – de selectie voor de Belfius Eurohockey Championships 2019". www.hockey.be (in Dutch). Hockey Belgium. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  12. "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.
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