Vincent Vanasch (born 21 December 1987) is a Belgian professional

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player who plays as a

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for Orée and the Belgium national team.

Club career

Vanasch has been involved in hockey from an early age; his father "Jean" created the youth school of the "Royal Evere White Star Hockey Club". He did all his classes until the first team with which he won several titles (grass and indoor). When the club got relegated to Division 1, at the end of the 20062007 season, he went to play at the "Royal Penguin Hockey Club Nivellois". He played for two seasons before getting a transfer to KHC Leuven. From the 20102011 season onwards, he started playing for the Waterloo Ducks. In 2014, he made a transfer to the Netherlands to Oranje Zwart. He played there until 2016, when he returned to the Waterloo Ducks. In the 2018–19 Euro Hockey League, Vanasch's Waterloo Ducks became the first Belgian club to win the Euro Hockey League. In January 2020, it was announced he would play for

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in Germany from the 2020–21 season onwards. After three Bundesliga titles in three years he returned to Belgium and signed a three year contract at Orée.

International career

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Vanasch competed for the

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in the men's tournament. Vanasch won the silver medal with

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at the 2013 European Championship on home ground in Boom. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he was part of the Belgian team who won the silver medal. In 2017, Vanasch was named the FIH Goalkeeper of the Year. At the 2018 Hockey Stars Awards he was named the FIH Goalkeeper of the Year for the second time in a row. At the 2019 EuroHockey Championship, where Belgium won its first European title, he was named the goalkeeper of the tournament. In December 2019, he again was nominated for the FIH Goalkeeper of the Year Award. On 11 February 2020, he was awarded his third FIH Goalkeeper of the Year Award. On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.

Honours

Club

;Waterloo Ducks * Euro Hockey League: 2017–18 *

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: 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14 ;Oranje Zwart * Euro Hockey League: 2014–15 * Hoofdklasse: 2014–15, 2015–16 ;Rot-Weiss Köln *

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: 2019–2021, 2021–22, 2022–23

International

;Belgium *

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; silver medal:

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* FIH Pro League: 2020–21

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vanasch, Vincent 1987 births Living people People from Evere Belgian male field hockey players Male field hockey goalkeepers 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 Waterloo Ducks H.C. players Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players Expatriate field hockey players Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Men's Belgian Hockey League players KHC Leuven players Rot-Weiss Köln players Olympic gold medalists for Belgium Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Field hockey players from Brussels 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players Men's Feldhockey Bundesliga players