Juan Manuel Vivaldi | |
Birth Date: | 17 July 1979 |
Birth Place: | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Height: | 1.80 m |
Weight: | 80 kg |
Position: | Goalkeeper |
Currentclub: | Banco Provincia |
Clubs1: | Banco Provincia |
Nationalyears1: | 2001–2021 |
Nationalteam1: | Argentina |
Nationalcaps1: | 288 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Show-Medals: | no |
Juan Manuel Vivaldi (born 17 July 1979) is an Argentine field hockey goalkeeper who played club hockey for Club Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires.[1] He was a member of the men's national team from 2001 to 2021 with over 300 caps.
He was the stand-in for first choice goalie Pablo Moreira at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where the South Americans finished in 11th position. Vivaldi was also on the side that ended up fifth at the 2003 Champions Trophy in Amstelveen and won the 2005 Champions Challenge tournament in Alexandria, Egypt.
He was part of the Argentine team that finished in 10th position at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2] He played for the Argentine team that won the bronze medal at the 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup, beating England in the bronze medal playoff.[3]
He was the starting goalie in the 2016 Summer Olympics where he won the Gold medal after defeating Belgium 4-2 in the Final.
Juan Manuel has also won three medals at the Pan American Games and two Champions Challenge. 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]