Xavier Reckinger

Xavier Reckinger, born on 20 December 1983, is a Belgian international field hockey player and a coach of the Germany women's national field hockey team. A defender, he played for Braxgata in Boom and earlier for KHC Dragons. With the Belgian national team he finished fifth in the men's tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics and became European vice-champion at the 2013 European Championship, played on home ground in Boom. In January 2015 he was added to the coaching staff of the Red Panthers, and he has coached many club players who went on to the national teams. He holds a master in trade sciences from Lessius Hogeschool and runs his own consultancy enterprise.