Arthur De Sloover


Arthur Anne-Marie Thierry De Sloover is a Belgian field hockey player who plays as a defender for Royal Beerschot and the Belgium national team.

Club career

De Sloover started playing hockey at the age of four. He played at Saint-Georges Hockey Club in Kortrijk from 2001 until 2014. He changed to Beerschot in the 2014–15 season.

International career

He was part of the Belgian under-21 selection that placed second at the 2016 Junior World Championship in Lucknow, India. He was part of the Belgian selection that placed second at the 2017 European Championship in Amstelveen, the Netherlands. He was part of the Belgian selection that won the 2018 Hockey World Cup in Bhubaneswar, India. At the 2018 Hockey Stars Awards, he was named the FIH Rising Star of the Year. In August 2019, he was selected in the Belgium squad for the 2019 EuroHockey Championship. They won Belgium its first European title by defeating Spain 5-0 in the final.