Sofía Machado
Sofía Machado Paonessa (born 1 November 1995)[1] is a field hockey player from Chile,[2] who plays as a defender.[3]
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Full name | Sofía Machado Paonessa | ||||||||||||||||
Born |
Santiago, Chile | 1 November 1995||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Defense | ||||||||||||||||
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Current club | Universidad Católica | ||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Chile U–21 | 17 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
2017– | Chile | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal life
Sofía Machado cites former Argentine international, Luciana Aymar, as being her sporting hero.[4]
Machado studied Physical Education and Health at Andrés Bello University.[4]
Career
Under–21
In 2016, Sofía Machado was a member of the Chile U–21 that won bronze at the Pan American Junior Championship in Tacarigua.[5] Later that year, she also represented Chile at the FIH Junior World Cup in Santiago, where the team finished 9th.[6]
Las Diablas
At the conclusion of her junior career, Machado debuted for Las Diablas in 2017 during a test event in Cape Town.[7]
Since her debut, Machado has been included in national teams for test matches but never major international tournaments.[7] In 2020, she was officially raised into the senior national squad.[3]
References
- "Team Details – Chile". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- "Conoce a los jugadores UC convocados por la Federación Chilena de Hockey Césped 2019". lacatolica.cl (in Spanish). Universidad Católica. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- "Selecciones Damas". chilehockey.cl (in Spanish). Federación Chilena de Hockey Césped. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- "Sofía Machado, estudiante, hockista y entrenadora". zancada.com (in Spanish). Zancada. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- "2016 Junior Pan American Championship (Women) – Chile". panamhockey.org. Pan American Hockey Federation. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- "Cruzadas Junior de talla mundial". lacatolica.cl (in Spanish). Universidad Católica. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- "MACHADO Sofía". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 10 July 2020.