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Full name | Federico Lionel Monja | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Argentina | 12 September 1993||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Defence | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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National team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Argentina U–21 | 17 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018– | Argentina | 79 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Federico Lionel Monja (born 12 September 1993) [1] is an Argentine field hockey player. [2] [3] [4]
In 2024 he will represent Argentina at the XXXIII Summer Olympics in France. [5]
Monja made his international debut at under-21 level, making his first appearance in 2012. [6] He made his debut for the Argentine U–21 team at the Pan American Junior Championship in Guadalajara, where he won a gold medal. [7]
The following year he represent the junior national team again. He was a member of the squad at both the Sultan of Johor Cup in Johor Bahru and the FIH Junior World Cup in New Delhi. [8] [6]
Following a five-year hiatus from international competition, Monja received his first call-up to the Los Leones squad in 2018. [2] He made his senior international debut during a test series against Malaysia in Buenos Aires. [6]
Since his debut, Monja has been a regular inclusion in national squads. He has appeared in all five seasons of the FIH Pro League. [6] In 2023 he was a member of the squad at the FIH World Cup in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela. [9] He has also won gold medals at the 2022 Pan American Cup and the 2023 Pan American Games, both held in Santiago. [10] [6]
On 7 June 2024, he was named in the national squad for the XXXIII Summer Olympics in Paris. [5] [11]
Goal |
Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1 | 19 February 2022 | CeNARD, Buenos Aires, Argentina | ![]() |
2–0 | 2–0 | 2021–22 FIH Pro League | [12] |
2 | 23 April 2022 | ![]() |
1–0 | 4–3 | [13] | ||
3 | 29 October 2023 | Centro Deportivo de Hockey Césped, Santiago, Chile | ![]() |
20–0 | 22–0 | 2023 Pan American Games | [14] |
4 | 21–0 | ||||||
5 | 26 May 2024 | Wilrijkse Plein, Antwerp, Belgium | ![]() |
1–0 | 4–5 | 2023–24 FIH Pro League | [15] |