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Tomás Santiago

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Tomás Santiago
Personal information
Full name Tomás Matias Santiago
Born (1992-06-15) 15 June 1992 (age 32)
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 Club Ferrocarril Mitre
2017–2023 La Gantoise HC
2023-present Royal Herakles
2024–present Delhi SG Pipers
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2014–present Argentina 57 (0)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Argentina
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago Team
Pan American Cup
Gold medal – first place 2022 Santiago
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Cochabamaba Team
Pan American Junior Championship
Gold medal – first place 2012 Guadalajara
Last updated on: 4 February 2023

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]

Club career

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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]

International career

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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.

References

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  1. ^ "Tomas Santiago". Confederación Argentina de Hockey. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Les Gantois veulent jouer solides". okey.lalibre.be (in French). 18 August 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Los 18 Leones Mundialistas". cahockey.org.ar (in Spanish). Confederación Argentina de Hockey. 2 November 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Hockey Men's World Cup 2018: Team Details Argentina". FIH. p. 1.
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