Matías Alejandro Rey (born 1 December 1984) is an Argentine field hockey player who plays as a defender for the Argentine national team.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matías Alejandro Rey | ||
| Born |
1 December 1984 Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | San Fernando | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| –2005 | San Fernando | ||
| 2005–2020 | Real Club de Polo | ||
| 2020–present | San Fernando | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals |
| 2006–present | Argentina | 259 | |
Medal record | |||
| Last updated on: 6 February 2023 | |||
Rey joined Real Club de Polo in Spain in 2005 and after fifteen consecutive seasons, he will return to Argentina at the end of 2020.[2]
International career
editHe competed in the field hockey competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics,[3] where he won the gold medal. In July 2019, he was selected in the Argentina squad for the 2019 Pan American Games.[4] They won the gold medal by defeating Canada 5–2 in the final.[5] He was named the Player of the Tournament at the 2022 Men's Pan American Cup where he won his third Pan American Cup with the national team.[6]
References
edit- ^ CAHockey profile
- ^ "Matías Rey deja el RC de Polo tras 15 temporadas para preparar Tokio". mundodeportivo.com (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- ^ "Matias REY – Olympic – Argentina".
- ^ "Los Leones Que Buscarán La Clasificación Olímpica en Lima". www.cahockey.org.ar (in Spanish). Confederación Argentina de Hockey. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
- ^ "Los Leones, medalla de oro en hockey de los Panamericanos". www.pagina12.com.ar (in Spanish). Página/12. 10 August 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
- ^ "Pan American Cups - Day 12 - Men". panamhockey.org. Pan American Hockey Federation. 30 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
External links
edit- Matías Rey at the International Hockey Federation
- Matías Rey at Olympics.com
- Matías Rey at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Matías Rey at Olympedia (archive)
- Matías Rey at the Comité Olímpico Argentino (in Spanish)
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