Simon Gougnard
Simon Pierre Gougnard (born 17 January 1991) is a Belgian field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for Dragons and the Belgium national team. Club career. Gougnard played club hockey in Belgium for the Waterloo Ducks until 2009, when he transferred to the Netherlands to play for TMHC Tilburg. He left them after one season to play for Oranje Zwart. In 2012, he returned to Belgium because of his study. He played one year in Belgium for Racing Bruxelles. In 2013, Gougnard went back to the Netherlands, where he signed a two-year contract for Bloemendaal. He  played for Bloemendaal until 2015, when he returned to Racing Bruxelles. In 2017, he went back to the Waterloo Ducks. In April 2019, he agreed to play for Leuven from the 2019–20 season onwards. During that year's Euro Hockey League, Gougnard's Waterloo Ducks became the first Belgian club to win the Euro Hockey League. After two seasons, he left Leuven for Dragons in 2021. International career. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament. Gougnard became European vice-champion with Belgium at the 2013 European Championship on home ground in  Boom. During the 2018 World Cup, he lost his father and in the match on the next day against England, Belgium played with a mourning band. Gougnard scored the 2–0 in that match and eventually they won the tournament by defeating the Netherlands in the final. 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. On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.