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Thomas Briels (born 23 August 1987) is a Belgian field hockey player who plays as a forward for Dutch Hoofdklasse club Oranje-Rood. He played a total of 359 times for the Belgium national team from 2006 until 2021.

Thomas Briels

Personal information
Born	(1987-08-23) 23 August 1987 (age 35) Wilrijk, Belgium
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	71 kg (157 lb)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Oranje-Rood
Youth career
	Dragons
Senior career
Years	Team
0000–2008	Dragons
2008–2015	Oranje Zwart
2015–2017	KHC Dragons
2018–present	Oranje-Rood
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2021	Belgium	359	(40)
Medal record Men's field hockey Representing  Belgium Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Team 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team World Cup 2018 Bhubaneswar EuroHockey Championship 2019 Antwerp 2013 Boom 2017 Amstelveen 2021 Amstelveen

Club career

Briels started playing at Dragons when he was around five years old. In 2008, he signed a contract with the Dutch club Oranje Zwart in Eindhoven. He left Oranje Zwart in 2015 to return to Dragons.[1] He returned to Eindhoven in 2018, when he signed for Oranje-Rood.[2]

International career

Briels plays for the national team, for whom he had gathered 84 caps by 2009. In 2007 he qualified with Belgium for the 2008 Olympic tournament in Beijing where they would end up ninth. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament where they eventually finished fifth.[3] With Belgium he became European vice-champion at the 2013 European Championship on home ground in Boom.^{[citation needed]}

At the 2016 Olympics, he was part of the Belgian team which won the silver medal. He was the captain of the Belgian team that won the 2018 World Cup and the 2019 EuroHockey Championship.[4] On 25 May 2021, he was selected as the captain for the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.[5] After the European Championship he was named as a reserve for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[6] Despite being named as a reserve he still played in seven of the eight games in the tournament where they won Belgium its first Olympic hockey gold. After the Olympics he announced his retirement from international hockey.[7]

References

External links

• Thomas Briels at the International Hockey Federation
• Thomas Briels at Olympedia

На других языках

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- [en] Thomas Briels

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[fr] Thomas Briels

Thomas Briels, né le 23 août 1987, est un joueur de hockey sur gazon international belge évoluant au poste de buteur au KHC Dragons.

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[it] Thomas Briels

Thomas Briels (Wilrijk, 23 agosto 1987) è un hockeista su prato belga.

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