Santi Freixa

Santiago "Santi" Freixa i Escudé (born 13 February 1983) is a Spanish field hockey coach and former player who played for the Spain national team as a forward.

Santi Freixa
Freixa in 2005
Personal information
Full name Santiago Freixa Escudé
Born (1983-02-13) 13 February 1983
Terrassa, Spain
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Bloemendaal Men (assistant)
Youth career
Atlètic Terrassa
Senior career
Years Team
0000–2006 Atlètic Terrassa
2007–2011 Amsterdam
2011–2012 Atlètic Terrassa
2012–2015 Amsterdam
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2014 Spain 193 (126)
Teams coached
2015–2017 Netherlands Women (assistant)
2016–2019 Kampong Women
2019-2021 Amsterdam Men
2021-Present Bloemendaal Men (assistant)
Medal record
Men’s field hockey
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2008 BeijingTeam
European Championship
Gold medal – first place2005 Leipzig
Champions Trophy
Gold medal – first place2004 Lahore
Silver medal – second place2011 Auckland
Bronze medal – third place2005 Chennai
Bronze medal – third place2006 Terrassa

In November 2015, Freixa received the Athletes in Excellence Award from The Foundation for Global Sports Development, in recognition of his community service efforts and work with youth.[1]

Club career

Freixa played in Spain for his local club Atètic Terrassa until 2006, when he joined Dutch club Amsterdam in Amstelveen. In 2015 he announced his retirement from professional field hockey.[2] He still played a few matches for the first team of Amsterdam the next season because of an injury crisis.[3] He was the head coach of the first women's team of SV Kampong from 2016 until 2019.[4] In April 2019, he agreed to be the head coach of the first men's team of his former club Amsterdam from the 2019–20 season onwards.[5]

International career

He earned his first cup in 2000 against The Netherlands. In 2004, Freixa was named Talent of the Year by the International Hockey Federation and won the Champions Trophy with Spain in Lahore. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament, captaining the side. He played for the Spanish national team until 2014.

References
  1. "Santi Freixa wins 2015 Athletes in Excellence Award | FIH". www.fih.ch. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
  2. van Nugteren, Marco (13 August 2015). "Santi Freixa stopt met tophockey". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  3. van Nugteren, Marco (29 March 2016). "Gestopte Santi Freixa pikt EHL mee: 'Waarom niet?'". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  4. Scholte, Jolien (17 March 2016). "Santi Freixa volgend seizoen aan het roer bij Kampong Dames 1". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  5. "Santi Freixa wordt de nieuwe hoofdcoach van Amsterdam Heren 1". hockey.nl (in Dutch). 16 April 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.


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