Tomás Santiago Explained

Tomás Santiago
Fullname:Tomás Matias Santiago
Birth Date:15 June 1992
Height:1.82 m
Weight:86 kg
Position:Goalkeeper
Currentclub:Royal Herakles
Youthclubs1:Córdoba Athletic
Years1:–2017
Clubs1:Mitre
Years2:2017–2023
Clubs2:Gantoise
Years3:2023-present
Clubs3:Royal Herakles
Nationalyears1:2014–present
Nationalteam1:Argentina
Nationalcaps1:57
Nationalgoals1:0
Updated:4 February 2023

Tomás Matias Santiago (born 15 June 1992) is an Argentine field hockey player who plays as a goalkeeper for Belgian Hockey League club Royal Herakles and the Argentina national team.[1]

Club career

Santiago started playing hockey at Córdoba Athletic and later emigrated to Buenos Aires and joined the ranks of Mitre.[2] In 2017 he moved to Europe, he played on England hockey, on MHC Malaysian Hockey League and after it he started playing for La Gantoise in Belgium. On 2023, He was Belgian champion with the Gantoise [3]

International career

He represented Argentina at the 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup and on the Hockey World Cup 2023 in India .[4] [5] And also he was reserve goalkeeper in the Olympic Games Rio 2016, where Argentine won the gold medal.He was also reserve goalkeeper in the Panamerican Games in Toronto 2015 and reserve goalkeeper in Panamerican Games in Lima 2019.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tomas Santiago . Confederación Argentina de Hockey . 23 July 2022.
  2. Web site: Tomás Santiago: "Hace varios años que a Argentina se la respeta mucho más" . viapais.com.ar . 13 April 2022 . es . 26 November 2018.
  3. Web site: Les Gantois veulent jouer solides . okey.lalibre.be . 13 April 2022 . fr . 18 August 2017.
  4. Web site: Los 18 Leones Mundialistas . cahockey.org.ar . Confederación Argentina de Hockey . 7 November 2018 . Spanish . 2 November 2018.
  5. Web site: Hockey Men's World Cup 2018: Team Details Argentina . FIH . 1.