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. He played 180 matches for the Belgium national team from 2013 until 2024.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tanguy Gérald Cosyns | ||
| Born |
29 June 1991 Uccle, Belgium | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Racing | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –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 | Caps | Goals |
| 2013–2024 | Belgium | 180 | (80) |
Club career
editTanguy 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
editAfter 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. In August 2024 he announced after the victory 4–1 in the 2023–24 FIH Pro League against Spain in Antwerp would be his last match with the national team.[9]
Personal/others
editIn 2017 he was sidelined due to an anterior cruciate ligament rupture.[10] 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.[11]
Honours
editClub
edit- Waterloo Ducks
- Belgian Hockey League: 2011–12, 2012–13
- Racing
- Belgian Hockey League: 2021–22
International
edit- Belgium U21
- Belgium
References
edit- ^ "Hockey (DH) : Tanguy Cosyns quitte le Watducks pour le Daring". sudinfo.be (in French). Retrieved 2020-05-01.
- ^ "Exploit: le Daring en demi-finale de l'EHL !". www.dhnet.be (in French). 2015-04-04. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
- ^ "Tanguy Cosyns en Maxime Plennevaux naar HGC" (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-05-01.
- ^ "HGC wint laatste ticket EHL door in de shoot-outs te winnen van Amsterdam". hoofdklassehockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-05-01.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Topscorers". hoofdklassehockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-05-01.
- ^ "KNHB beëindigt alle competities, geen promotie of degradatie". KNHB (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-05-01.
- ^ "Goals van Tanguy Cosyns leveren Racing CB titel op: "Een fantastische finale"" (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ "Le 32 se retire". okey.lalibre.be (in French). 2 September 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ "Tanguy Cosyns est out pour six mois". Hockeybelgium (in French). 2017-06-16. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
- ^ "Le Red Lion Tanguy Cosyns lance sa marque de vêtements". L'Echo (in French). 2017-03-06. Retrieved 2020-05-01.