{{Short description|German field hockey player}} {{Infobox field hockey player | name = Alexander Stadler | image = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1999|10|16|df=y}} | birth_place = Heidelberg, Germany | height = 1.84 m | weight = | position = Goalkeeper | currentclub = Den Bosch | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Heidelberg | years1 = 2016–2022 | clubs1 = TSV Mannheim | years2 = 2022–present | clubs2 = Den Bosch | nationalyears1 = 2017–2019 | nationalteam1 = Germany U21 | nationalcaps1 = 14 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2018–present | nationalteam2 = Germany (indoor) | nationalcaps2 = 1 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | nationalyears3 = 2020–present | nationalteam3 = Germany | nationalcaps3 = 29 | nationalgoals3 = 0 | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{GER}}}} {{MedalSport|Men's field hockey}} {{MedalCompetition|World Cup}} {{MedalGold|2023 Bhubaneswar/Rourkela|}} {{MedalCompetition|EuroHockey Championships}} {{MedalGold|2025 Mönchengladbach|}} {{MedalSilver|2021 Amstelveen|}} {{MedalCompetition|EuroHockey Junior Championship}} {{MedalGold|2019 Valencia|}} {{MedalBronze|2017 Valencia|}} {{MedalSport|Men's indoor hockey}} {{MedalCompetition|EuroHockey Indoor Championship}} {{MedalBronze|2018 Antwerp|}} }} '''Alexander Stadler''' (born 16 October 1999) is a German field hockey player who plays as a goalkeeper for Dutch Hoofdklasse club Den Bosch and the German national team.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nationalspieler Portraits |url=http://www.hockey.de/VVI-web/Auswahl-Teams/Nationalspieler-Anzeige.asp?lokal=DHB&persid=190272 |access-date=12 August 2021 |language=de}}</ref>
He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/hockey/athlete-profile-n1319545-stadler-alexander.htm|title=Hockey - STADLER Alexander|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games|access-date=2021-07-25|archive-date=2021-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725225740/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/hockey/athlete-profile-n1319545-stadler-alexander.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Club career== Stadler played the first part of his senior career for TSV Mannheim. In 2022 he left Germany to play in the Dutch Hoofdklasse for Den Bosch.<ref>{{cite web |title=HC Den Bosch vindt nieuwe keeper in Alexander Stadler |url=https://www.bd.nl/regiosport/hc-den-bosch-vindt-nieuwe-keeper-in-alexander-stadler~aadc836f/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fduckduckgo.com%2F |website=bd.nl |publisher=Brabants Dagblad |access-date=18 June 2022 |language=nl |date=17 June 2022}}</ref>
==International career== Stadler was part of the under-21 Germany squad which won the 2019 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship, he was named the best goalkeeper at the tournament.<ref name="2019U21">{{cite web |title=Germany Lifts the Junior EuroHockey Cup, Men |url=https://archive.eurohockey.org/2019/07/21/germany-lifts-the-junior-eurohockey-cup-men/ |website=eurohockey.org |publisher=European Hockey Federation |access-date=12 August 2021 |date=21 July 2019 |archive-date=20 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020031949/https://archive.eurohockey.org/2019/07/21/germany-lifts-the-junior-eurohockey-cup-men/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 28 May 2021, he was named as the first goalkeeper in the senior squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship and the 2020 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|title=DHB-Herren: Das Team für Olympia steht (fast)|url=https://web.hockey.de/news/fmj1v7.html|website=hockey.de|access-date=28 May 2021|language=de|date=28 May 2021|archive-date=7 June 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210607030932/https://web.hockey.de/news/fmj1v7.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He won the silver medal at the 2021 EuroHockey Championship as they lost the final to the Netherlands after a shoot-out.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sinnige |first1=Clarinda |title=Netherlands win final after late ‘german’ equalizer |url=https://rabo-eurohockeychampionships2021.com/nieuws/netherlands-win-final-after-late-german-equalizer/ |access-date=12 June 2021 |archive-date=13 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613091658/https://rabo-eurohockeychampionships2021.com/nieuws/netherlands-win-final-after-late-german-equalizer/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Honours== ===Club=== ;Den Bosch * Gold Cup: 2022–23
===International=== ;Germany U21 * EuroHockey Junior Championship: 2019
;Germany * FIH Hockey World Cup: 2023
===Individual=== * EuroHockey Junior Championship Best Goalkeeper: 2019<ref name="2019U21"/>
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