Bosco Pérez-Pla

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pérez-Bla and the second or maternal family name is de Alvear.

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.

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

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]

• EuroHockey Junior Championship: 2008

Club

Club de Campo^[7]

• División de Honor: 2020–21
• Copa del Rey: 2004, 2005, 2011, 2012

Ranchi Rhinos^[7]

• Hockey India League: 2013

References

1. "Bosco Pérez-Pla". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
2. "Catalan field hockey players triumph in first ever Hockey India League". catalannews.com. Catalan News Agency. 13 February 2013. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
3. "HGC versterkt zich met Pérez-Pla de Alvear en Van der Kamp verlengt". hoofdklassehockey.nl (in Dutch). Hoofdklasse Hockey Nederland. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
4. "Bosco Pérez-Pla de Alvear ook volgend seizoen bij HGC". hoofdklassehockey.nl (in Dutch). Hoofdklasse Hockey Nederland. 6 March 2014. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
5. "Willem Rath en Brits international Ben Arnold naar HGC". hockey.nl (in Dutch). 19 June 2015. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
6. "El At.Terrassa cede la Liga MGS en casa (3-6) ante el Club de Campo" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
7. "Bosco Pérez-Pla, Cuelga El Stick" (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 May 2021.
8. "Transfert : un Bosco à Louvain". okey.lalibre.be (in French). 22 August 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

External links

• Bosco Pérez-Pla at the International Hockey Federation