Ricardo Sánchez (field hockey)
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Full name | Ricardo Sánchez Herrero | ||||||||||||||||
Born | 4 December 1992 | ||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
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–present | Spain | 80 | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Last updated on: 30 June 2020 |
Ricardo Sánchez Herrero (born 4 December 1992) is a Spanish field hockey player who plays as a defender for Club de Campo and the Spanish national team.
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]
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 withdrew injured.[5] At the 2019 EuroHockey Championship, he won his first medal with the national team as they finished second.[6]
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.
- ^ "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.
External links
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Spanish male field hockey players
- Male field hockey defenders
- 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
- KHC Leuven players
- Club de Campo Villa de Madrid players