Alexander Hendrickx

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Alexander Hendrickx
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Hendrickx in 2021
Personal information
Full name Alexander Robby Hendrickx
Born (1993-08-06) 6 August 1993 (age 31)
Wilrijk, Belgium
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 82 kg (181 lb)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Gantoise
Youth career
Antwerp
Senior career
YearsTeam
–2015 Antwerp
2015–2018 Dragons
2018–2024 Pinoké
2024–present Gantoise
2024–present Kalinga Lancers
National team
YearsTeamCapsGoals
2010 Belgium U18 6 (10)
2012–2014 Belgium U21 32 (10)
2012–present Belgium 139 (50)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Team
World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Bhubaneswar
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Bhubaneswar–Rourkela
EuroHockey Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Antwerp
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Amstelveen
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Amstelveen
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Mönchengladbach
Hockey World League
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014–15 Raipur Team
Youth Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Singapore Team

Alexander Robby Hendrickx (born 6 August 1993) is a Belgian professional field hockey player who plays for Gantoise and the Belgian national team as a defender. Hendrickx won 'top goal scorer' at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He also won a gold medal with his team for Belgium. [1]

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International career

Junior national teams

Hendrickx has represented Belgium at junior level in both Under 18 and Under 21 age groups. [2] In 2010, Hendrickx was a member of the Belgium Under-18 side at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. The team won the bronze medal, defeating Ghana 4–1 in the third-place playoff. [3] He made his debut for the Belgium Under 21 side, in 2012 at a qualifying for the Junior World Cup. [4] Hendrickx was also a member of the team at the Junior World Cup in New Delhi, India, where the team finished sixth. [5] [6]

Senior national team

Hendrickx made his senior international debut for Belgium in 2012, at the Champions Trophy. [7] He was a reserve player at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where Belgium won a silver medal. [8] [9] In November 2018, he was named in the squad for the 2018 World Cup in Bhubaneswar, India. At the tournament, he finished as top scorer alongside Blake Govers of Australia with 7 goals. [10] At the 2019 EuroHockey Championship, he also was the top goalscorer together with three other players with five goals. [11] On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship. He was top goal scorer at Tokyo 2020 with 14 goals using the LTD X. [12]

2020 Olympics

Alex Hendrickx won Olympic Gold at Tokyo 2020. He was the top goal scorer with 14 goals. He scored a hat-trick in the opening game in their 4–1 win against The Netherlands. He scored another hat-trick against South Africa. In the final group game against Great Britain he suffered a bad injury when he got a stick to the face. He recovered for the knock out stages wearing a protective headband.

Club career

Hendrickx started playing hockey for Royal Antwerp. After having played three seasons for Belgian club Dragons he transferred to the Netherlands to play for Pinoké in Amstelveen. [13] He became the top scorer in the 2020–21 Hoofdklasse with 21 goals. [14]

In 2024 Kalinga Lancers acquired him in auction to play in 2024-25 Hockey India League [15]

With Gantoise HC he won the 2025 Euro Hockey League final, scoring a hat-trick in a 5-2 win over HC Bloemendaal.

Honours

Club

Dragons
Pinoké
Gantoise

International

Belgium

References

  1. ↑ "HENDRICKX Alexander". International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  2. ↑ "HENDRICKX Alexander". International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  3. ↑ "Singapore 2010". olympic.org . Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  4. ↑ "EuroHockey Junior Championships Men". European Hockey Federation . Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  5. ↑ "Hero Hockey Junior World Cup Men 2013". International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  6. ↑ "Belgium". International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  7. ↑ "Red Lions". Hockey Belgium. Archived from the original on 3 September 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  8. ↑ "Alexander Hendrickx". Team Belgium. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  9. ↑ "Alexander Hendrickx". olympic.org . Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  10. ↑ "Belgium squad for World Cup announced". International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  11. ↑ "Brilliant Belgium win their first ever European Championship crown". belfiuseurohockey.com. 24 August 2019. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  12. ↑ "Selectie Red Panthers en Red Lions voor het Europees Kampioenschap aangekondigd". hockey.be (in Dutch). 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  13. ↑ Barreveld, Merel (5 June 2018). "Alexander Hendrickx en Jake Smith versterken Pinoké". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  14. ↑ de Moor, Max (5 May 2021). "Alex Hendrickx en Frédérique Matla topscorers van 2020-21". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  15. ↑ Ganesan, Uthra (30 December 2024). "Belgium's golden boys Hendrickx, Van Doren admit team's in transition". Sportstar. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
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