Antoine Kina

Last updated

Antoine Kina
Personal information
Full name Antoine Sylvain Kina
Born (1996-02-13) 13 February 1996 (age 28) [1]
Ghent, Belgium
Playing position Midfielder / Forward
Club information
Current club Gantoise
Youth career
Gantoise
Senior career
YearsTeam
0000–2017 Gantoise
2016–2017 Waterloo Ducks
2017– Gantoise
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2017 Belgium U21 24 (3)
2017– Belgium 80 (6)
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
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Amstelveen
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Mönchengladbach
Junior World Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Lucknow
EuroHockey Junior Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Valencia

Antoine Sylvain Kina (born 13 February 1996) is a Belgian professional field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for Gantoise and the Belgium national team. [1]

Contents

He is the son of Belgian field hockey coach Pascal Kina. [1] [2]

Club career

Kina played for Gantoise until 2017, when he moved to the Waterloo Ducks. [3] After one season with the Waterloo Ducks, he returned to Gantoise. [4]

International career

Kina made his debut for the Belgium under-21 side at the 2014 EuroHockey Junior Championship where they finished fourth. He was a part of the Belgium squad that won the silver medal at the 2016 Junior World Cup. [5] In January 2017, he made his debut for the senior national team in a test match against the Netherlands. He was not selected for the 2017 EuroHockey Championship so he played in the 2017 EuroHockey Junior Championship.[ citation needed ]

Kina was named as the first reserve for the 2018 World Cup. [6] He was called up during the group stages to replace the injured Manu Stockbroekx. [7] In August 2019, he was selected in the Belgium squad for the 2019 EuroHockey Championship. [8] They won Belgium its first European title by defeating Spain 5-0 in the final. [9] On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship. [10]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vincent Vanasch</span> Belgian field hockey player

Vincent Vanasch is a Belgian professional field hockey player who plays as a goalkeeper for Orée and the Belgium national team.

Cédric Daniel André Charlier is a Belgian professional field hockey player who plays as a forward for Racing Club de Bruxelles and the Belgian national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gauthier Boccard</span> Belgian field hockey player

Gauthier Boccard is a Belgian professional field hockey player who plays as a defender or midfielder for Léopold and the Belgian national team.

Florent Van Aubel is a Belgian professional field hockey player who plays as a forward for Dutch Hoofdklasse club Pinoké and the Belgian national team.

Thomas Briels is a Belgian field hockey player who plays as a forward for Braxgata. He played a total of 359 times for the Belgium national team from 2006 until 2021.

Félix Veronique Denayer is a Belgian professional field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for Dragons and the Belgium national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Simon Gougnard</span> Belgian field hockey player

Simon Pierre F. Gougnard is a Belgian professional field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for Racing and the Belgium national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tom Boon</span> Belgian field hockey player

Tom Alain Boon is a Belgian professional field hockey player who plays as a forward for Léopold and the Belgium national team.

Loïck Fanny Luypaert is a Belgian professional field hockey player who plays as a defender for Braxgata and the Belgian national team.

Sébastien Dockier is a Belgian field hockey player who plays as a forward for Dutch Hoofdklasse club Pinoké.

Arthur Georges Stanislas Henri Van Doren is a Belgian professional field hockey player who plays as a defender for Braxgata and the Belgium national team.

Emmanuel Stockbroekx is a Belgian field hockey player who plays for Orée and the Belgian national team as a defender.

Victor Nicky Wegnez is a Belgian field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for the Waterloo Ducks and the Belgium national team.

Augustin Jean Meurmans is a Belgian field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for Racing Club de Bruxelles.

Arthur Anne-Marie Thierry De Sloover is a Belgian professional field hockey player who plays as a defender for Dutch Hoofdklasse club Oranje-Rood and the Belgium national team.

This article lists the confirmed squads for the 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup tournament held in Bhubaneswar, India between 28 November and 16 December 2018. The sixteen national teams were required to register a playing squad of eighteen players and two reserves.

Loic Philippe Oscar Serge Van Doren is a Belgian professional field hockey player who plays as a goalkeeper for Dragons and the Belgium national team.

Nicolas De Kerpel is a Belgian professional field hockey player who plays as a utility player for Royal Herakles HC and the Belgian national team. He can play as a defender, midfielder or forward.

The 2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship is an international field hockey tournament held in Mönchengladbach, Germany from 19 to 27 August 2023. The eight national teams involved in the tournament are required to register a playing squad of up to 18 players.

Louise Dewaet is a Belgian field hockey player.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Antoine Kina". teambelgium.be (in Dutch). Team Belgium. Archived from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  2. ↑ Thys, Werner (29 January 2023). "Een 'biker' met tatoeages, een fan van Obama en 'ten huwelijk gevraagd in India': wat je mag en moet weten over onze 19 Red Lions". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "Turner Transfer to Leo a Marquee Addition". ehlhockey.tv. Euro Hockey League. 19 May 2016. Archived from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  4. ↑ "Antoine Kina à la Gantoise". okey.lalibre.be (in French). 30 May 2017. Archived from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  5. ↑ "Antoine Kina na WK-zilver: "Hier zat meer in"". www.nieuwsblad.be (in Dutch). Het Nieuwsblad. 29 December 2016. Archived from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  6. ↑ "De selectie van de Red Lions voor het WK". hockey.be (in Dutch). 4 November 2018. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  7. ↑ "Belgium's Kina and Canada's Van Son set to join Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup Bhubaneswar 2018". worldcup2018.hockey. International Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  8. ↑ "Red Lions – de selectie voor de Belfius Eurohockey Championships 2019". www.hockey.be (in Dutch). Hockey Belgium. 26 August 2019. Archived from the original on 13 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  9. ↑ "Goud in eigen land! De Red Lions winnen na het WK nu ook het EK". sporza.be (in Dutch). Sporza. 26 August 2019. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  10. ↑ "Selectie Red Panthers en Red Lions voor het Europees Kampioenschap aangekondigd". hockey.be (in Dutch). 25 May 2021. Archived from the original on 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.