Marc Salles Explained

Marc Sallés
Full Name:Marc Sallés Esteve
Birth Date:6 May 1987
Birth Place:Terrassa, Spain
Height:1.70 m
Weight:64 kg
Position:Midfielder
Currentclub:Atlètic Terrassa
Youthclubs1:CD Terrassa
Youthyears2:1998–
Youthclubs2:Atlètic Terrassa
Years1:–2009
Clubs1:Atlètic Terrassa
Years2:2009–2011
Clubs2:Oranje Zwart
Years3:2011–2018
Clubs3:Atlètic Terrassa
Years4:2018–2019
Clubs4:Club de Campo
Years5:2019–2024
Clubs5:Atlètic Terrassa
Nationalyears1:2007–2021
Nationalteam1:Spain
Nationalcaps1:258
Nationalgoals1:18

Marc Sallés Esteve (born 6 May 1987[1]) is a Spanish former field hockey player who played as a midfielder for the Spanish national team.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament.

Personal life

As of 2012, Salles studies Business Administration Salles is 141lb in weight, 170cm (70inches) tall and is right-handed.

Career

Salles is coached by national coach Daniel Martin. He played for Atletic de Terrassa, in Terrassa, Catalonia until 2009 and from 2011 until 2018. After playing one season for Club de Campo, he returned to Atlètic Terrassa for the 2019–20 season.[2]

Marc Sallés winning goal against France in August 2011 at the 2011 EuroHockey Championship secured A division status for Spain in 2013.[3] At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, he competed in the field hockey men's tournament but did not score.[4] In August 2019, he was selected in the Spain squad for the 2019 EuroHockey Championship.[5] They won the silver medal as they lost 5–0 to Belgium in the final.[6] On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.[7] He retired after the 2023–24 season.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Marc Sallés Bio, Stats, and Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418085317/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/marc-salles-1.html. dead. 2020-04-18. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. 2016-11-10.
  2. Web site: Marc Sallés y Sergi Enrique vuelven al Atlètic Terrassa . wwww.lavangaurdia.com . . 4 June 2019 . Spanish . 30 May 2019.
  3. FIH Netherlands and Germany are Europe's men's finalists - Men's final will mirror the women's at Euro Championships 26 August 2011 "Finally, 8 minutes from the end, Marc Sallés took a heavy burden off the Spanish shoulders with his winning goal, securing A division status for 2013 for his team."
  4. http://london2012.bbc.co.uk/hockey/event/men/match=hom400a12/index.html Men's Hockey Results
  5. Web site: Los #RedSticks Ya Tienen Lista Para El Campeonato De Europa . rfeh.es . Real Federación Española de Hockey . 26 August 2019 . Spanish . 7 August 2019.
  6. Web site: Gilmour . Rod . EuroHockey 2019 final: peerless Belgium men storm to first title, 5-0 over Spain . www.thehockeypaper.co.uk . The Hockey Paper . 26 August 2019 . 24 August 2019.
  7. Web site: Los #Redsticks Ya Tienen Lista Para El Campeonato De Europa . rfeh.es . Real Federación Española de Hockey . 25 May 2021 . es . 25 May 2021.
  8. Web site: Guillem . Jordi . Marc Calzada, Ignasi Torras i Marc Sallés es retiren . diarideterrassa.com.