Antoine Sylvain Kina (born 13 February 1996) is a Belgian professional
field hockey
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...
player who plays as a midfielder or forward for
Gantoise and the
Belgium national team.
He is the son of Belgian field hockey coach
Pascal Kina.
Club career
Kina played for Gantoise until 2017, when he moved to the
Waterloo Ducks. After one season with the Waterloo Ducks, he returned to Gantoise.
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. In January 2017, he made his debut for the
senior national team in a
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against the
Netherlands
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. He was not selected for the
2017 EuroHockey Championship so he played in the 2017 EuroHockey Junior Championship.
Kina was named as the first reserve for the
2018 World Cup
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. He was called up during the group stages to replace the injured
Manu Stockbroekx. In August 2019, he was selected in the Belgium squad for the
2019 EuroHockey Championship. They won Belgium its first
European title by defeating
Spain
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5-0 in the final. On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the
2021 EuroHockey Championship.
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1996 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Ghent
Belgian male field hockey players
Male field hockey midfielders
Male field hockey forwards
2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players
Waterloo Ducks H.C. players
Men's Belgian Hockey League players
Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic field hockey players for Belgium
Olympic gold medalists for Belgium
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in field hockey
La Gantoise HC players
2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players