Alexander Hendrickx


Alexander "Alex" Robby Hendrickx is a Belgian field hockey player who plays for Dutch club Pinoké and the Belgian national team as a defender.

International career

Junior national teams

Hendrickx has represented Belgium at junior level in both Under 18 and Under 21 age groups. In 2010, Hendrickx was a member of the Belgium Under-18 side at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. The team won the bronze medal, defeating Ghana 4–1 in the third-place playoff. He made his debut for the Belgium Under 21 side, in 2012 at a qualifying for the Junior World Cup. Hendrickx was also a member of the team at the Junior World Cup in New Delhi, India, where the team finished sixth.

Senior national team

Hendrickx made his senior international debut for Belgium in 2012, at the Champions Trophy. He was a reserve player at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where Belgium won a silver medal. In November 2018, he was named in the squad for the 2018 World Cup in Bhubaneswar, India. At the tournament, he finished as top scorer alongside Blake Govers of Australia with 7 goals. At the 2019 EuroHockey Championship, he also was the top goalscorer together with three other players with five goals.

Club career

After having played three seasons for Belgian club Dragons he transferred to the Netherlands to play for Pinoké in Amstelveen.