Simon Pierre F. Gougnard (born 17 January 1991) is a Belgian professional

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player who plays as a midfielder for

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and the Belgium national team.

Club career

Gougnard played club hockey in Belgium for the Waterloo Ducks until 2009, when he transferred to the Netherlands to play for TMHC Tilburg. He left them after one season to play for

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. In 2012, he returned to Belgium because of his study. He played in Belgium for Racing Bruxelles. In 2013, Gougnard went back to the Netherlands, where he signed a two-year contract for

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. He played for Bloemendaal until 2015, when he returned to Racing Bruxelles. In 2017, he went back to the Waterloo Ducks. In April 2019, he agreed to play for Leuven from the 2019–20 season onwards. During that year's Euro Hockey League, Gougnard's Waterloo Ducks became the first Belgian club to win the Euro Hockey League. After two seasons, he left Leuven for

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in 2021. In May 2023 it was announced he would return to Racing for the second time.

International career

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the

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in the men's tournament. Gougnard became European vice-champion with Belgium at the 2013 European Championship on home ground in Boom. During the

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, he lost his father and in the match on the next day against

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, Belgium played with a mourning band. Gougnard scored the 2–0 in that match and eventually they won the tournament by defeating the

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in the

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. 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. In the summer from 2023 he took a break from the national team because he feels he has not got the energy to perform at the highest level.

Honours

Club

;Waterloo Ducks * Euro Hockey League: 2018–19 *

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: 2008–09

International

;Belgium *

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* Olympic silver medal:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gougnard, Simon 1991 births Living people People from Nivelles Belgian male field hockey players Male field hockey midfielders Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2020 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 Oranje Zwart players HC Bloemendaal players Waterloo Ducks H.C. players Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players Expatriate field hockey players Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Men's Belgian Hockey League players Olympic gold medalists for Belgium Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics KHC Leuven players Royal Racing Club Bruxelles players KHC Dragons players Sportspeople from Walloon Brabant 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players