Joaquín Menini (born 18 August 1991) is an Argentine field hockey player who plays as a forward for Dutch Hoofdklasse club Rotterdam and the Spanish national team.[1]
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Born |
(1991-08-18) 18 August 1991 (age 31) Buenos Aires, Argentina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current club | Rotterdam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
0000–2014 | Mitre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2016 | Club de Campo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | HGC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2020 | Den Bosch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020–present | Rotterdam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2019 | Argentina | 110 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022–present | Spain | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He was part of the Argentine team that won gold in men's field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[2]
He made his debut for the Argentina national team in 2014 in a friendly four nations tournament in Santiago, Chile and he played his first competitive matches at the 2014 South American Games where he won the gold medal.[3] Menini was part of the Argentina squad that won the bronze medal 2014 World Cup, he also played at the 2018 World Cup.[4] Due to having a Spanish passport alongside his Argentinian one he was eligible to play for Spain in February 2022 after not having played for Argentina for three years. He made his debut for Spain against England on 4 February 2022.[5][6]
Menini played in Argentina for Club Ferrocarril Mitre before he moved to Europe in 2014 to play for Club de Campo in Madrid, Spain.[7] He played there until 2016, when he moved to the Netherlands to play for HGC in Wassenaar.[8] After having played one year for them he transferred to another Dutch club, HC Den Bosch where he signed a contract extension in 2018.[9] In July 2020 it was announced he signed for Rotterdam for the 2020–21 season.[10]
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