Matías Rey

Matías Alejandro Rey (born 1 December 1984) is an Argentine field hockey player who plays as a defender for the Argentine national team.[1]

Matías Rey
Personal information
Full name Matías Alejandro Rey
Born (1984-12-01) 1 December 1984
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club San Fernando
Senior career
Years Team
0000–2005 San Fernando
2005–2020 Real Club de Polo
2020–present San Fernando
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–present Argentina 259
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Argentina
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place2014 The Hague
Pan American Games
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
Gold medal – first place2022 Santiago
South American Games
Gold medal – first place2022 AsunciónTeam
Champions Trophy
Bronze medal – third place2008 Rotterdam
Hockey World League
Silver medal – second place2016–17 BhubaneswarTeam
Last updated on: 6 February 2023

Rey joined Real Club de Polo in Spain in 2005 and after fifteen consecutive seasons, he will return to Argentina at the end of 2020.[2]

International career

He competed in the field hockey competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics,[3] where he won the gold medal. 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] He was named the Player of the Tournament at the 2022 Men's Pan American Cup where he won his third Pan American Cup with the national team.[6]

References
  1. CAHockey profile
  2. "Matías Rey deja el RC de Polo tras 15 temporadas para preparar Tokio". mundodeportivo.com (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  3. "Matias REY – Olympic – Argentina".
  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.
  6. "Pan American Cups - Day 12 - Men". panamhockey.org. Pan American Hockey Federation. 30 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.


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