Nicolás Cicileo

Nicolás Cicileo (born 1 October 1993) is an Argentine field hockey player who plays as a defender for Belgian Hockey League club Herakles and the Argentine national team.[1]

Nico Cicileo
Personal information
Born (1993-10-01) 1 October 1993
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Herakles
Senior career
Years Team
0000–2015 Ciudad de Buenos Aires
2015–2018 Club de Campo
2015 → Terengganu
2018–2020 Klein Zwitserland
2020–2022 Daring
2022–present Herakles
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–present Argentina 93
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Argentina
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2019 LimaTeam
Pan American Cup
Gold medal – first place2022 Santiago
Pan American Junior Championship
Gold medal – first place2012 Guadalajara
Last updated on: 6 February 2023

Club career

Cicileo played for Ciudad de Buenos Aires in Argentina until 2015 when he moved to Europe to play for Club de Campo in Spain. During the 2015–16 Spanish winter break he played for Terengganu in the Malaysia Hockey League.[2] He played three seasons for Club de Campo.[3] After those three seasons he moved to the Netherlands to play for Klein Zwitserland.[4] In April 2020, it was announced he would join Daring in Belgium for the 2020–21 season.[5] After two seasons in Brussels he left Daring for Herakles.[6]

International career

He represented Argentina at the 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup.[7][8] In July 2019, he was selected in the Argentina squad for the 2019 Pan American Games.[9] They won the gold medal by defeating Canada 5–2 in the final.[10]

References
  1. CA Hockey profile
  2. "MHL champions Terengganu look to bounce back this weekend". www.thestar.com.my. The Star. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  3. "4 Caras Nuevas en El Club De Campo 2017-2018". www.ccvm.es (in Spanish). Club de Campo Villa de Madrid. 14 September 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  4. Romijn, Kees (26 August 2018). "KZ maakt na negen jaar rentree in de hoofdklasse". www.ad.nl (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  5. "Un défenseur international argentin signe au Daring". dhnet.be (in French). 7 April 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  6. "ION Hockey League : L'Herakles attire 5 renforts pour éviter le "tout juste pas" la saison prochaine" (in French).
  7. "Los 18 Leones Mundialistas". cahockey.org.ar (in Spanish). Confederación Argentina de Hockey. 2 November 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  8. "Hockey Men's World Cup 2018: Team Details Argentina". FIH. p. 1.
  9. "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.
  10. "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.
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