Juan Manuel Vivaldi

Juan Manuel Vivaldi
Personal information
Born (1979-07-17) 17 July 1979
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
SportField hockey
PositionGoalkeeper
ClubBanco Provincia
Senior career
Years Team Caps Goals
– Banco Provincia - -
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2001–2021 Argentina 288 (0)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place2014 The Hague
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2011 GuadalajaraTeam
Gold medal – first place2015 TorontoTeam
Gold medal – first place2019 LimaTeam
Silver medal – second place2007 Rio de JaneiroTeam
Pan American Cup
Gold medal – first place2013 Brampton
Gold medal – first place2017 Lancaster
Champions Trophy
Bronze medal – third place2008 Rotterdam
Champions Challenge
Gold medal – first place2005 Alexandria
Gold medal – first place2007 Boom
Bronze medal – third place2001 Kuala Lumpur
World League
Silver medal – second place2016–17 BhubaneswarTeam
South American Games
Gold medal – first place2014 SantiagoTeam

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]

References

  1. ↑ CA Hockey profile
  2. ↑ "Juan Manuel Vivaldi at sports-reference.com". www.sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "Men 3/4th – Paredes brace bags bronze for Los Leones". rabobankhockeyworldcup2014.com. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Los Leones Que Buscarán La Clasificación Olímpica en Lima". www.cahockey.org.ar (in Spanish). Confederación Argentina de Hockey. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  5. ↑ "Los Leones, medalla de oro en hockey de los Panamericanos". www.pagina12.com.ar (in Spanish). Página/12. 10 August 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.