Thomas Briels

Thomas Briels (born 23 August 1987) is a Belgian field hockey player who plays as a forward for Dutch club Oranje-Rood and the Belgium national team.

Thomas Briels
Personal information
Born (1987-08-23) 23 August 1987
Wilrijk, Belgium
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Oranje-Rood
Youth career
Dragons
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–2008 Dragons
2008–2015 Oranje Zwart
2015–2017 KHC Dragons
2018– Oranje-Rood
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008– Belgium 336
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Belgium
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
World Cup
2018 Bhubaneswar
EuroHockey Championship
2019 Antwerp
2013 Boom
2017 Amstelveen
FIH Pro League
2019 Amstelveen
Last updated on: 25 August 2019

Club career

In his youth years Briels played for Dragons. In 2008, he signed a contract with the Dutch club Oranje Zwart in Eindhoven. He left Oranje Zwart in 2015 to return to Dragons.[1] He returned to Eindhoven in 2018, when he signed for Oranje-Rood.[2]

International career

Briels plays for the national team, for whom he had gathered 84 caps by 2009. In 2007 he qualified with Belgium for the 2008 Olympic tournament in Beijing where they would end up ninth. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament where they eventually finished fifth.[3] With Belgium he became European vice-champion at the 2013 European Championship on home ground in Boom.

At the 2016 Olympics, he was part of the Belgian team which won the silver medal. He was the captain of the Belgian team that won the 2018 World Cup and the 2019 EuroHockey Championship.[4]

References
  1. Hesen, Eric (14 April 2015). "Hockeyer Thomas Briels vertrekt bij Oranje Zwart en keert terug naar België". www.omroepbrabant.nl (in Dutch). Omroep Brabant. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  2. Weber, Natasja (28 April 2017). "Hockeyer Thomas Briels terug bij Oranje-Rood". www.ed.nl (in Dutch). Eindhovens Dagblad. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  3. "Thomas Briels". London2012.com. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  4. "Goud in eigen land! De Red Lions winnen na het WK nu ook het EK". sporza.be (in Dutch). Sporza. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
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