Arthur Anne-Marie Thierry De Sloover (born 3 May 1997) is a Belgian professional

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player who plays as a defender for Dutch Hoofdklasse club Oranje-Rood and the Belgium national team.

Club career

De Sloover started playing hockey at the age of four. He played at Saint-Georges Hockey Club in Kortrijk from 2001 until 2014. He changed to Beerschot in the 2014–15 season. He was relegated with Beerschot in the 2021–22 season, after the relegation he joined Dutch side Oranje-Rood.

International career

He was part of the Belgian under-21 selection that placed second at the 2016 Junior World Championship in

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, India. He was part of the Belgian selection that placed second at the 2017 European Championship in

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, the Netherlands. He was part of the Belgian selection that won the 2018 Hockey World Cup in

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, India. At the 2018 Hockey Stars Awards, he was named the FIH Rising Star of the Year. In August 2019, he was selected in the Belgium squad for the 2019 EuroHockey Championship. They won Belgium its first European title by defeating

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5–0 in the final. On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.

Personal life

Both of his parents, his grandfather, and his cousin Alix Gerniers are also active in professional hockey. Old hockey player Corneille Wellens was married to a first cousin of his great-grandfather Jules De Sloovere.

Honours

;Belgium *

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;Individual * FIH Rising Star of the Year: 2018

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:De Sloover, Arthur 1997 births Living people Sportspeople from Kortrijk Belgian male field hockey players Male field hockey defenders Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for Belgium 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players Men's Belgian Hockey League players Royal Beerschot THC players Olympic gold medalists for Belgium Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in field hockey Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players HC Oranje-Rood players 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players 21st-century Belgian people