- News release,
- Transfer Overview
Bloemendaal sign Belgian midfielder Arno Van Dessel
Bloemendaal have signed Belgian international Arno Van Dessel (21). The midfielder from Royal Herakles and the national team joins the club after the summer of 2025 and signs a multi-year contract.
Van Dessel, winner of the 2022 Golden Stick and former Talent of the Year, is considered one of the biggest promising players in Belgian hockey. He made his debut for the Red Lions in 2021 and played at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
Bloemendaal board member Michiel Hilders called Van Dessel a player with "hockey talent, drive and winner's mentality. We also got to know him as a real leader and that is very special at his young age.'
Van Dessel himself is looking forward to his new challenge: 'Bloemendaal's identity suits me perfectly. I am ready for a new phase in my life and in my hockey career and look forward to working with Michel van den Heuvel again, whom I know well from the national team.'
