Taine Paton (born 4 January 1989) is a South African

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. At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament, with his brother Wade Paton. He also represented South Africa at the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

. The brother of Wade Paton.

Club career

Paton first played for Gantoise in Belgium and then several years for

Beerschot Koninklijke Beerschot Voetbalclub Antwerpen, or simply Beerschot, is a Belgian professional football club located in Antwerp, that competes in the second-tier First Division B after relegating from the top tier in the 2021–22 season. In 201 ...

. In 2018 he joined his current club

Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,

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* * * (2010) * (2014) * * * 1989 births Living people South African male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for South Africa 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa Sportspeople from Durban Male field hockey midfielders Men's Belgian Hockey League players La Gantoise HC players Royal Beerschot THC players Alumni of Maritzburg College Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games {{SouthAfrica-fieldhockey-bio-stub