Antoine Kina

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
Years	Team
0000–2017	Gantoise
2016–2017	Waterloo Ducks
2017–	Gantoise
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2017	Belgium U21	24	(3)
2017–	Belgium	80	(6)
Medal record Men's field hockey Representing   Belgium Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Team World Cup 2018 Bhubaneswar 2023 Bhubaneswar/Rourkela EuroHockey Championship 2019 Antwerp 2021 Amstelveen 2023 Mönchengladbach Junior World Cup 2016 Lucknow EuroHockey Junior Championship 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]

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]

References

1. "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.

External links

• Antoine Kina at the International Hockey Federation
• Antoine Kina at Olympics.com
• Antoine Kina at Olympedia
• Antoine Kina at Team Belgium (in Dutch)