Tomás Santiago

Tomás Santiago
Personal information
Full nameTomás Matias Santiago
Born (1992-06-15) 15 June 1992
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
SportField hockey
PositionGoalkeeper
ClubRoyal Herakles
Youth career
Team
– Córdoba Athletic
Senior career
Years Team Caps Goals
–2017 Club Ferrocarril Mitre - -
2017–2023 La Gantoise HC - -
2023-present Royal Herakles - -
2024–present Delhi SG Pipers - -
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2014–present Argentina 57 (0)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Argentina
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2023 SantiagoTeam
Pan American Cup
Gold medal – first place2022 Santiago
Gold medal – first place2025 Montevideo
South American Games
Gold medal – first place2018 CochabamabaTeam
Pan American Junior Championship
Gold medal – first place2012 Guadalajara
Updated on 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 2016 he moved to Europe, he played for Havant Hockey Club in the England hockey league. 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.

References

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