Tanguy Cosyns

Tanguy Gérald Cosyns (born 29 June 1991) is a Belgian professional field hockey player who plays as a forward for Racing Club de Bruxelles and the Belgium national team.

Tanguy Cosyns
Personal information
Full name Tanguy Gérald Cosyns
Born (1991-06-29) 29 June 1991
Uccle, Belgium
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Racing
Youth career
0000–2009 Daring
Senior career
Years Team
2007–2009 Daring
2009–2013 Waterloo Ducks
2013–2018 Daring
2018–2019 HGC
2019–2021 Amsterdam
2021–present Racing
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–present Belgium 142
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Belgium
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
World Cup
Silver medal – second place2023 Bhubaneswar/Rourkela
Hockey World League
Silver medal – second place2014–15 RaipurTeam
EuroHockey Junior Championship
Gold medal – first place2012 's-Hertogenbosch
Last updated on: 17 May 2022

Club career

Tanguy started hockey at 4 years old at Royal Daring. He made his debut in the senior team at 16 while winning the U18 national title in 2009. He then moved to the Waterloo Ducks with whom he won two national titles in 2012 and 2013. After this experience, he returned to the club from his beginnings[1] and helped him to reach the Euro Hockey League Final Four in 2015.[2]

In 2018, he took on a new challenge by joining the Dutch championship.[3] He made his first season there with HGC (reaching 3rd place and the European ticket[4]) before moving to Amsterdamsche H&BC[5] this last season scoring 17[6] goals before the season was unfortunately shortened because of the COVID-19 crisis.[7] After three season in the Netherlands he returned to Belgium and joined Racing. He scored a hattrick in the second match of the 2021–22 championship final to win the national title with Racing.[8]

International career

After winning the U18 (2009) and U21 (2012) European titles, he joined the senior squad in 2013. His first selection in a competition was for the Men's FIH Hockey World League Round 2 hosted by Saint Germain HC. His first major event was the 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup in The Hague where he finished in 5th place, scoring 5 goals. He was part of the Belgian men's team that won the silver medal at 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro scoring 5 goals.

Personal/others

In 2017 he was sidelined due to an anterior cruciate ligament rupture.[9] The surgery was operated by Professor Dr Johan Bellemans. He took advantage of this time spent off the field to think about the development of a hockey brand.[10]

Honours

Club
Waterloo Ducks
Racing

International
Belgium U21
Belgium

References
  1. "Hockey (DH) : Tanguy Cosyns quitte le Watducks pour le Daring". sudinfo.be (in French). Retrieved 2020-05-01.
  2. "Exploit: le Daring en demi-finale de l'EHL !". www.dhnet.be (in French). 2015-04-04. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
  3. "Tanguy Cosyns en Maxime Plennevaux naar HGC" (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-05-01.
  4. "HGC wint laatste ticket EHL door in de shoot-outs te winnen van Amsterdam". hoofdklassehockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-05-01.
  5. Libre.be, La (2019-06-25). "Le Red Lion Tanguy Cosyns signe le transfert de ses "rêves" à Amsterdam". www.lalibre.be (in French). Retrieved 2020-05-01.
  6. "Topscorers". hoofdklassehockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-05-01.
  7. "KNHB beëindigt alle competities, geen promotie of degradatie". KNHB (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-05-01.
  8. "Goals van Tanguy Cosyns leveren Racing CB titel op: "Een fantastische finale"" (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  9. "Tanguy Cosyns est out pour six mois". Hockeybelgium (in French). 2017-06-16. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
  10. "Le Red Lion Tanguy Cosyns lance sa marque de vêtements". L'Echo (in French). 2017-03-06. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
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