Álvaro Iglesias (field hockey)
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| Full name | Álvaro Iglesias Marcos | ||||||||||||||||
| Born |
1 March 1993 Madrid, Spain | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder / Forward | ||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Club de Campo | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2013 | Club de Campo | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Dragons | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–present | Club de Campo | ||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Spain U21 | 15 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–present | Spain | 194 | (34) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Last updated on: 1 February 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
Álvaro Iglesias Marcos (born 1 March 1993) is a Spanish field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for División de Honor club Club de Campo and the Spain national team.
At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament.[1]
International career
[edit]Álvaro played for the Spain U21 team from 2013 until 2014 before he made his debut for the main team in 2014 in a test match against Great Britain.[2] He was part of the Spain squad that finished thirteenth at the 2018 World Cup.[3] He scored two goals in three games in that tournament.[4] At the 2019 EuroHockey Championship, he won his first medal with the national team as they finished second.[5] On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Álvaro Iglesias". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ^ "IGLESIAS Alvaro". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- ^ "LOS #REDSTICKS, ¡YA TIENEN LISTA PARA EL CAMPEONATO DEL MUNDO!". rfeh.es (in Spanish). Real Federación Española de Hockey. 4 November 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- ^ "Spain". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- ^ Gilmour, Rod (24 August 2019). "EuroHockey 2019 final: peerless Belgium men storm to first title, 5-0 over Spain". www.thehockeypaper.co.uk. The Hockey Paper. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ "Los #Redsticks Ya Tienen Lista Para El Campeonato De Europa". rfeh.es (in Spanish). Real Federación Española de Hockey. 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
External links
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- 1993 births
- Living people
- Spanish male field hockey players
- Male field hockey midfielders
- Male field hockey forwards
- Field hockey players from Madrid
- Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic field hockey players for Spain
- Club de Campo Villa de Madrid players
- KHC Dragons players
- División de Honor de Hockey Hierba players
- Men's Belgian Hockey League players
- Spanish expatriate field hockey players
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players
- 21st-century Spanish sportsmen