| Juan Catán | |
| Full Name: | Juan Ignacio Catán |
| Birth Date: | 1995 10, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Position: | Defence |
| Height: | 186cm |
| Weight: | 83kg |
| Clubs1: | Hurling |
| Nationalyears1: | 2015–2016 |
| Nationalteam1: | Argentina U–21 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 12 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2018– |
| Nationalteam2: | Argentina |
| Nationalcaps2: | 79 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 7 |
Juan Ignacio Catán (born 5 October 1995) is an Argentine field hockey player.[1] [2]
In 2024 he will represent Argentina at the XXXIII Summer Olympics in France.[3]
Juan Catán was born on 5 October 1995, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[4] [5]
Catán made his international debut at under-21 level, making his first appearance in 2015.[6] He made his debut for the Argentine U–21 team at the Sultan of Johor Cup in Johor Bahru, where the team finished fourth.[7]
The following year he represented the junior national team again, winning gold at the Pan American Junior Championship in Toronto.[6] [8]
Catán received his first call-up to the Los Leones squad in 2018.[1] He made his senior international debut at the South American Games in Cochabamba, where he won a gold medal.[9]
Throughout his career, Catán has been a regular inclusion in national squads. He has appeared in all five seasons of the FIH Pro League.[6] In 2023 he was a member of the squad at the FIH World Cup in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela.[10] He has also won gold medals at the 2022 South American Games in Asunción, and the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago.[11] [12]
On 7 June 2024, he was named in the national squad for the XXXIII Summer Olympics in Paris.[3] [13]
Goal | Date | Location | width=90 | Opponent | data-sort-type="number" style="font-size:95%" | Score | data-sort-type="number" style="font-size:95%" | Result | Competition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29 May 2018 | Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba, Bolivia | 2–0 | 5–1 | [14] | |||||
| 2 | 3–0 | |||||||||
| 3 | 4–0 | |||||||||
| 4 | 4 June 2018 | 1–0 | 5–0 | [15] | ||||||
| 5 | 16 March 2019 | Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, Australia | 2–3 | 2–3 | [16] | |||||
| 6 | 3 October 2022 | Parque Olímpico, Asunción, Paraguay | 4–0 | 17–0 | [17] | |||||
| 7 | 8–0 |