Personal information | |||
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Full name | Juan Ignacio Catán | ||
Born |
Buenos Aires, Argentina | 5 October 1995||
Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||
Playing position | Defence | ||
Senior career | |||
Years | Team | ||
Hurling | |||
National team | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2016 | Argentina U–21 | 12 | (0) |
2018– | Argentina | 79 | (7) |
Medal record |
Juan Ignacio Catán is an Argentine field hockey player. [1] [2]
In 2024 he will represent Argentina at the XXXIII Summer Olympics in France. [3]
Juan Catán was born on 5 October 1995, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. [4] [5]
Catán made his international debut at under-21 level, making his first appearance in 2015. [6] He made his debut for the Argentine U–21 team at the Sultan of Johor Cup in Johor Bahru, where the team finished fourth. [7]
The following year he represented the junior national team again, winning gold at the Pan American Junior Championship in Toronto. [6] [8]
Catán received his first call-up to the Los Leones squad in 2018. [1] He made his senior international debut at the South American Games in Cochabamba, where he won a gold medal. [9]
Throughout his career, Catán 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. [10] He has also won gold medals at the 2022 South American Games in Asunción, and the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago. [11] [12]
On 7 June 2024, he was named in the national squad for the XXXIII Summer Olympics in Paris. [3] [13]
Goal |
Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1 | 29 May 2018 | Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba, Bolivia | Uruguay | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2018 South American Games | [14] |
2 | 3–0 | ||||||
3 | 4–0 | ||||||
4 | 4 June 2018 | Brazil | 1–0 | 5–0 | [15] | ||
5 | 16 March 2019 | Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, Australia | Australia | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2019 FIH Pro League | [16] |
6 | 3 October 2022 | Parque Olímpico, Asunción, Paraguay | Uruguay | 4–0 | 17–0 | 2022 South American Games | [17] |
7 | 8–0 |