Emmanuel Stockbroekx (born 23 December 1993) is a Belgian

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player who plays for Orée and the

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as a defender.

Club career

Stockbroekx played in Belgium for Dragons until 2016, when he moved to the Netherlands to play for Bloemendaal. In April 2019, he announced he would return to Dragons after a three year stint at Bloemendaal. In his final season with Bloemendaal, he won the Dutch national title by defeating

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in the championship final. In June 2020, it was announced he joined

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for the 2020–21 season.

International career

With Belgium, Stockbroekx became European vice-champion at the 2013 European Championship on home ground in

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. Three years later, he appeared at the 2016 Summer Olympics field hockey tournament. During the Olympic tournament's group phase, he scored a goal against

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. In November 2018, he was selected for the Belgium squad for the

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. After the second match, he had to withdraw because of a

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. In August 2019, he was selected in the Belgium squad for the 2019 EuroHockey Championship. They won Belgium its first

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by defeating

5-0 in the final.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stockbroeckx, Emmanuel 1993 births Living people Belgian male field hockey players Male field hockey defenders 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players Olympic field hockey players for Belgium Olympic silver medalists for Belgium Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics HC Bloemendaal players KHC Dragons players Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players Expatriate field hockey players Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Sportspeople from Brasschaat Men's Belgian Hockey League players