{{short description|Belgian field hockey player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}} {{Infobox field hockey player | name = Florent Van Aubel | image = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|10|25|df=y}} | birth_place = Ghent, Belgium | height = 178 cm | weight = 73 kg | position = Forward | currentclub = Pinoké | youthyears1 = 1995–2003 | youthclubs1 = Indiana | youthyears2 = 2003–2006 | youthclubs2 = Orée | years1 = 2006–2009 | clubs1 = Orée | years2 = 2009–2022 | clubs2 = Dragons | years3 = 2022–present | clubs3 = Pinoké | nationalyears1 = 2012–2024 | nationalteam1 = Belgium | nationalcaps1 = 301 | nationalgoals1 = 119 | show-medals = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's field hockey}} {{MedalCountry|{{BEL}}}} {{MedalOlympic}} {{MedalGold|2020 Tokyo|Team}} {{MedalSilver|2016 Rio de Janeiro|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|World Cup}} {{MedalGold|2018 Bhubaneswar|}} {{MedalSilver|2023 Bhubaneswar–Rourkela|}} {{MedalCompetition|EuroHockey Championship}} {{MedalGold|2019 Antwerp|}} {{MedalSilver|2013 Boom|}} {{MedalSilver|2017 Amstelveen|}} {{MedalBronze|2021 Amstelveen|}} {{MedalBronze|2023 Mönchengladbach|}} {{MedalCompetition|Hockey World League}} {{MedalSilver|2014–15 Raipur|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|EuroHockey Junior Championship}} {{MedalSilver|2010 Siemianowice Śląskie|}} }} '''Florent Van Aubel''' (born 25 October 1991) is a Belgian professional field hockey player who plays as a forward for Dutch Hoofdklasse club Pinoké. He played 301 matches for the Belgian national team from 2012 until 2024.
==Club career== In 2010, he won the Golden Stick from the Belgian Hockey Association in the category of male junior players. In 2011 he was nominated by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) for best young player of the year. Also, Florent van Aubel participated with his club KHC Dragons at the Euro Hockey League. In 2012, he also played at the Euro Hockey League and finished third. After 13 years at Dragons he left Belgium in 2022 to play for Pinoké in the Dutch Hoofdklasse.<ref>{{cite web |title=Florent Van Aubel zwaait af bij Dragons en trekt naar Pinoké in Nederland |url=https://sporza.be/nl/2022/05/04/florent-van-aubel-zwaait-af-bij-dragons-en-trekt-naar-pinoke-in~1651670646560/ |website=sporza.be |publisher=Sporza |access-date=7 May 2022 |language=nl |date=4 May 2022}}</ref> In his first season at Pinoké, he won the national title which was the first league title for Pinoké.<ref name="pinoke">{{cite web |title=Red Lions Hendrickx, Van Aubel en Dockier helpen Pinoké aan eerste Nederlandse titel |url=https://sporza.be/nl/2023/05/29/red-lions-hendrickx-van-aubel-en-dockier-helpen-pinoke-aan-eerste-nederlandse-titel~1685381075129/ |website=sporza.be |publisher=Sporza |access-date=30 May 2023 |language=nl |date=29 May 2023}}</ref>
==International career== At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament where Belgium ended fifth.<ref name="OlympicBotGeneratedRef">{{cite web|title=Florent van Aubel|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/van-aubel-florent-1128975/|website=London2012.com|publisher=The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited|access-date=13 September 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911211423/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/van-aubel-florent-1128975/|archive-date=11 September 2012}}</ref> Van Aubel became European vice-champion with Belgium at the 2013 European Championship on home ground in Boom. After winning the silver medal at the Rio Olympics, he became World Champion at Bhubaneswar. In 2019, he was a part of the squad which won Belgium its first European title.<ref>{{cite web |title=Goud in eigen land! De Red Lions winnen na het WK nu ook het EK |url=https://sporza.be/nl/matches/hockey/2019-08/mf-ek-hockey-finale-mannen-belgie-spanje/ |website=sporza.be |publisher=Sporza |access-date=25 August 2019 |language=nl |date=24 August 2019}}</ref> On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.<ref>{{cite web |title=Selectie Red Panthers en Red Lions voor het Europees Kampioenschap aangekondigd |url=https://hockey.be/nl/selectie-red-panthers-en-red-lions-voor-het-europees-kampioenschap-aangekondigd/ |website=hockey.be |access-date=25 May 2021 |language=nl |date=25 May 2021}}</ref> In July 2024 he announced that the 2024 Summer Olympics would be his last tournament with the national team.<ref>{{cite web |title=Le magicien va raccrocher |url=https://okey.lalibre.be/le-magicien-va-raccrocher/ |website=okey.lalibre.be |access-date=4 August 2024 |language=fr |date=8 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Florent van Aubel staat voor laatste Olympische Spelen: "Herinneringen voor het leven" |url=https://sporza.be/nl/2024/07/07/florent-van-aubel-staat-voor-laatste-olympische-spelen-herinneringen-voor-het-leven~1720360661485/ |website=sporza.be |publisher=Sporza |access-date=4 August 2024 |language=nl |date=7 July 2024}}</ref>
==Honours== ===International=== ;Belgium<ref>{{cite web |title=van AUBEL Florent |url=https://tms.fih.ch/people/807 |website=tms.fih.ch |publisher=International Hockey Federation |access-date=27 May 2021}}</ref> *Olympic gold medal: 2020 *Olympic silver medal: 2016 *World Cup: 2018 *EuroHockey Championship: 2019 *FIH Pro League: 2020–21
===Club=== ;Dragons * Belgian Hockey League: 2009–10, 2010–11, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2020–21
;Pinoké * Hoofdklasse: 2022–23<ref name="pinoke"/> * Euro Hockey League: 2023–24<ref>{{cite web |title=Met de Belgen in een hoofdrol: Hendrickx bezorgt Pinoké eerste eindzege in Euro Hockey League |url=https://sporza.be/nl/2024/03/25/met-de-belgen-in-een-hoofdrol-hendrickx-bezorgt-pinoke-eerste-eindzege-in-euro-hockey-league~1711358102943/ |website=sporza.be |publisher=Sporza |access-date=7 April 2024 |language=nl |date=1 April 2024}}</ref>
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