Santiago Tarazona | |
Fullname: | Santiago Tomás Tarazona |
Birth Date: | 31 May 1996 |
Birth Place: | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Height: | 1.84 m |
Weight: | 74 kg |
Position: | Defender / Midfielder |
Currentclub: | TSV Mannheim |
Years1: | –2021 |
Clubs1: | GEBA |
Years2: | 2021–2022 |
Clubs2: | Real Club de Polo |
Years3: | 2022–2024 |
Clubs3: | GEBA |
Years4: | 2024–present |
Clubs4: | TSV Mannheim |
Nationalyears1: | 2015–2016 |
Nationalteam1: | Argentina U21 |
Nationalcaps1: | 18 |
Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
Nationalyears2: | 2017–present |
Nationalteam2: | Argentina |
Nationalcaps2: | 125 |
Nationalgoals2: | 14 |
Updated: | 19 August 2024 |
Santiago Tomás Tarazona (born 31 May 1996) is an Argentine field hockey player who plays as a defender or midfielder for German Bundesliga club TSV Mannheim and the Argentine national team.[1]
He represented Argentina at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics.[2] [3]
Tarazona started playing hockey at age eight. He played for GEBA until the 2020 Olympics when he joined Spanish División de Honor club Real Club de Polo in the summer of 2021.[4] After one season, he returned to Argentina to prepare for the 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup.[5] He returned to Europe after the 2024 Summer Olympics to play for TSV Mannheim in the German Bundesliga.[6]