Ricardo Sánchez (field hockey)
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Full name | Ricardo Sánchez Herrero | ||||||||||||||||
Born |
Madrid, Spain | 4 December 1992||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Defender / midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||||||||
Current club | Club de Campo | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
Complutense | |||||||||||||||||
Senior career | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
–2016 | Complutense | ||||||||||||||||
2016–2018 | Leuven | ||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Gantoise | ||||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Complutense | ||||||||||||||||
2020–present | Club de Campo | ||||||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2013 | Spain U21 | 10 | |||||||||||||||
2014–2022 | Spain | 124 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ricardo Sánchez Herrero (born 4 December 1992) is a Spanish field hockey player who plays as a defender or midfielder for Club de Campo. He played a total of 124 matches for the Spanish national team and scored ten goals from 2014 until 2022.
Club career
Complutense was the only club he ever played for until he moved to Belgium to play for Leuven in 2016.[1] In 2018, he switched to another Belgian club Gantoise.[2] After one season with Gantoise, he returned to Complutense.[3] In June 2020 it was announced he left Complutense for the other Madrid-based club Club de Campo.[4] In his second season at the club, Club de Campo won their first ever Spanish national title.[5]
International career
Sánchez made his debut for the senior national team in November 2014 in a test match against Great Britain. Initially, he was not selected for the 2018 World Cup but he replaced Miquel Delas later in the tournament who had to withdraw injured.[6] At the 2019 EuroHockey Championship, he won his first medal with the national team as they finished second.[7] On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.[8] In July 2023 he retired from the national team.[9]
References
- ^ Lodewyckx, Bertrand. "Ricardo Sanchez, l'éloge du travail". hockeyvalues.com (in French). Hockey Values. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ Toussaint, Laurent (5 June 2018). "Ricardo Sanchez, nouveau transfuge gantois". hockeybelgium.lesoir.be (in French). Hockey Belgium. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ "Ricardo Sánchez Regresa Al SPV-Complutense". www.rfeh.es (in Spanish). Reaal Federación Española de Hockey. 10 June 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ "El 'Redstick' Ricardo Sánchez ficha por el Club de Campo". marca.com (in Spanish). Marca. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
- ^ "El At.Terrassa cede la Liga MGS en casa (3-6) ante el Club de Campo" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ "Injured Spain captain Miguel Delas to be replaced by Ricardo Sanchez". worldcup2018.hockey. International Hockey Federation. 1 December 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ Gilmour, Rod (24 August 2019). "EuroHockey 2019 final: peerless Belgium men storm to first title, 5-0 over Spain". www.thehockeypaper.co.uk. The Hockey Paper. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ "Los #Redsticks Ya Tienen Lista Para El Campeonato De Europa". rfeh.es (in Spanish). Real Federación Española de Hockey. 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ "RICARDO SÁNCHEZ DEJA LA SELECCIÓN ESPAÑOLA "PARA PRIORIZAR OTRAS FACETAS DE MI VIDA"" (in Spanish).
External links
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Spanish male field hockey players
- Male field hockey defenders
- Male field hockey midfielders
- Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic field hockey players for Spain
- 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- División de Honor de Hockey Hierba players
- Men's Belgian Hockey League players
- Expatriate field hockey players
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Field hockey players from Madrid
- KHC Leuven players
- Club de Campo Villa de Madrid players
- La Gantoise HC players