Nicolás Keenan

Nicolás Santiago Keenan (born 6 May 1997) is an Argentine field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for Dutch Hoofdklasse club Klein Zwitserland and the Argentine national team.[1]

Nicolás Keenan
Personal information
Full name Nicolás Santiago Keenan
Born (1997-05-06) 6 May 1997
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing position Midfielder / Forward
Club information
Current club Klein Zwitserland
Youth career
Ciudad de Buenos Aires
2009–2015 Club Egara
Senior career
Years Team
2016–present Klein Zwitserland
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Argentina U21 17 (7)
2019–present Argentina 58 (12)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Argentina
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2019 LimaTeam
Pan American Junior Championship
Gold medal – first place2016 Toronto
Last updated on: 4 February 2023

Club career

Keenan started playing hockey for Ciudad de Buenos Aires in Argentina.[2] He played for Club Egara in Spain from his twelfth to his eighteenth.[3] After the 2016 Junior World Cup he moved to the Netherlands to play for Klein Zwitserland.[2]

International career

Keenan had the opportunity to represent Spain but he chose for Argentina.[3] He made his debut for the senior national team in the 2019 FIH Pro League.[4] In July 2019, he was selected in the Argentina squad for the 2019 Pan American Games.[5] They won the gold medal by defeating Canada 5-2 in the final.[6] On 25 June 2021, he was chosen to represent Argentina at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[7] He made his World Cup debut at the 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup.[8]

Honours

Club
Klein Zwitserland
  • Gold Cup: 2021–22[9]

International
Argentina U21
Argentina

References
  1. "Perfil del jugador Nicolas Keenan". www.cahockey.org.ar (in Spanish). Confederación Argentina de Hockey. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  2. Goossens, Chloë (1 March 2019). "Bijen keek trots naar Argentijns debuut van teamgenoot Keenan". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey.nl. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  3. Saiz, Gastón (26 July 2021). "Nicolás Keenan: el "bateador" de los Leones que alimenta otro sueño olímpico en Tokio 2020". lanacion.com.ar (in Spanish). La Nación. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  4. "Los Leones Que Debutarán en La FIH Pro League Con Sede en Córdoba". www.cahockey.org (in Spanish). Confederación Argentina de Hockey. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  5. "Los Leones Que Buscarán La Clasificación Olímpica en Lima". www.cahockey.org.ar (in Spanish). Confederación Argentina de Hockey. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  6. "Los Leones, medalla de oro en hockey de los Panamericanos". www.pagina12.com.ar (in Spanish). Página/12. 10 August 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  7. "Los Leones Citados Para Los Juegos Olímpicos De Tokio". www.cahockey.org.ar (in Spanish). Confederación Argentina de Hockey. 24 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  8. "Los 18 leones para el mundial 2023". cahockey.org.ar. 26 December 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  9. Goossens, Chlöe (29 April 2022). "Ook bij de Argentijn Keenan is de Haagse rivaliteit een begrip". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey.nl. Retrieved 4 February 2023.


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