Bosco Pérez-Pla

Spanish field hockey player (born 1987) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bosco Pérez-Pla de Alvear (born 26 September 1987) is a Spanish former field hockey player who played as a defender a total of 142 times for the Spanish national team until 2017.

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Bosco Pérez-Pla
Personal information
Full name Bosco Pérez-Pla de Alvear
Born (1987-09-26) 26 September 1987 (age 37)
Madrid, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 78 kg (172 lb)
Playing position Defender
Youth career
Club de Campo
Senior career
Years Team
2004–2013 Club de Campo
2013–2014 Ranchi Rhinos
2013–2015 HGC
2015–2021 Club de Campo
2021–2022 Leuven
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
Spain 142
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Spain
Champions Trophy
2011 Auckland
EuroHockey Junior Championship
2008 San Sebastián
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At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament.[1]

Club career

Born in Madrid Pérez-Pla started playing for Club de Campo at the age of four. In the winter of 2013, Perez-Pla won the first Hockey India League with the Ranchi Rhinos.[2] He left Club de Campo after the 2012–13 season to play for HGC in the Dutch Hoofdklasse.[3] He extended his stay at HGC for one more season in March 2014.[4] After two seasons with HGC he returned to Club de Campo.[5] In the 2020–21 season, he was the captain of the Club de Campo team which won their first ever Spanish national title.[6] After the championship he announced his retirement as a hockey player.[7] This retirement was not final as on 22 August 2021 it was announced he would join Leuven in the Belgian League for one season.[8]

Honours

International

Spain U21[7]

Club

Club de Campo[7]
Ranchi Rhinos[7]

References

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