Matías Rey | |
Fullname: | Matías Alejandro Rey |
Birth Date: | 1 December 1984 |
Birth Place: | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Height: | 1.79 m |
Weight: | 73 kg |
Position: | Defender |
Currentclub: | San Fernando |
Years1: | –2005 |
Clubs1: | San Fernando |
Years2: | 2005–2020 |
Clubs2: | Real Club de Polo |
Years3: | 2020–present |
Clubs3: | San Fernando |
Nationalyears1: | 2006–present |
Nationalteam1: | Argentina |
Nationalcaps1: | 259 |
Updated: | 6 February 2023 |
Matías Alejandro Rey (born 1 December 1984) is an Argentine field hockey player who plays as a defender for the Argentine national team.[1]
Rey joined Real Club de Polo in Spain in 2005 and after fifteen consecutive seasons, he will return to Argentina at the end of 2020.[2]
He competed in the field hockey competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics,[3] where he won the gold medal. 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] He was named the Player of the Tournament at the 2022 Men's Pan American Cup where he won his third Pan American Cup with the national team.[6]