Timothée Clément (born 8 April 2000)[1] is a French field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for Belgian Hockey League club Gantoise and the French national team.[2]

Timothée Clément
Timothée Clément in 2024
Personal information
Born (2000-04-08) 8 April 2000 (age 24)
Paris, France
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Playing position Midfielder / Forward
Club information
Current club Gantoise
Youth career
Montrouge
Senior career
Years Team
0000–2020 Montrouge
2020–2022 Orée
2022–present Gantoise
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2021 France U21 16 (4)
2018–present France 41 (14)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  France
Junior World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Bhubaneswar

Club career

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Clément came through the youth ranks of Montrouge where he played until 2020 when he moved to Belgium to play for Royal Orée.[3] He left Orée in 2022 to play for Gantoise whom he joined together with his brother Mathis.[4]

International career

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Junior national team

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Timothée Clément made his debut for the French U–21 team in 2017. He represented the side at the EuroHockey Junior Championship II in Saint Petersburg, where he won a gold medal.[5]

He represented the team again in 2019 at the EuroHockey Junior Championship in Valencia.[5]

In 2021, he captained the team at the FIH Junior World Cup in Bhubaneswar. In the opening match, he scored a hat-trick in a 5–4 win over defending champions India.[6][7]

In October 2022 he has elected rising star of the year after being best player in junior World Cup 2021, second top scorer in junior World Cup 2021 and top scorer in qualifying for the 2023 European Cup in Calais.

Les Bleus

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A year after his junior debut, Clément debuted for Les Bleus in a test match against England in Wattignies.[5] Later that year he represented the team at the 2018 FIH World Cup in Bhubaneswar, where the team finished eighth.[8]

Since his debut, Clément has been a regular in the men's national team.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Team Details – France". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Timothée CLEMENT". ffhockey.org (in French). Fédération Française de Hockey. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  3. ^ "L'explosion de Timothée". okey.lalibre.be (in French). 15 March 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Les Clément à Gand". okey.lalibre.be (in French). 13 May 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d "CLÉMENT Timothée". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Sanjay's hat-trick goes in vain as France stun title holders India 5-4 in Junior Hockey WC". espn.com.au. ESPN. 24 November 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Hockey's French evolution begins". indianexpress.com. Indian Express. 24 November 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  8. ^ "CLÉMENT Timothée". worldcup2018.hockey. FIH World Cup. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
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