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Tomás Santiago
Argentine field hockey player
Tomás Matias Santiago (born 15 June 1992) is an Argentine field hockey player who plays as a goalkeeper for Belgian Hockey League club Royal Herakles and the Argentina national team.[1]
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tomás Matias Santiago | ||
| Born | (1992-06-15) 15 June 1992 (age 31) | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Royal Herakles | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Córdoba Athletic | |||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 0000–2017 | Mitre | ||
| 2017–2023 | Gantoise | ||
| 2023-present | Royal Herakles | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–present | Argentina | 57 | (0) |
| Last updated on: 4 February 2023 | |||
Santiago started playing hockey at Córdoba Athletic and later emigrated to Buenos Aires and joined the ranks of Mitre.[2] In 2017 he moved to Europe, he played on England hockey, on MHC Malaysian Hockey League and after it he started playing for La Gantoise in Belgium. On 2023, He was Belgian champion with the Gantoise [3]
He represented Argentina at the 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup and on the Hockey World Cup 2023 in India .[4][5] And also he was reserve goalkeeper in the Olympic Games Rio 2016, where Argentine won the gold medal. He was also reserve goalkeeper in the Panamerican Games in Toronto 2015 and reserve goalkeeper in Panamerican Games in Lima 2019.
- "Tomas Santiago". Confederación Argentina de Hockey. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
- "Tomás Santiago: "Hace varios años que a Argentina se la respeta mucho más"". viapais.com.ar (in Spanish). 26 November 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- "Les Gantois veulent jouer solides". okey.lalibre.be (in French). 18 August 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- "Los 18 Leones Mundialistas". cahockey.org.ar (in Spanish). Confederación Argentina de Hockey. 2 November 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.