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Argentine field hockey player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Germán Mariano Orozco (born 16 January 1976) is an Argentine field hockey defender, who made his debut for the Argentina men's national field hockey team in 1994. He competed for his native country in the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Personal information | |||
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Born |
Buenos Aires, Argentina | 16 January 1976||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||
Playing position | Defender | ||
National team | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1994–2007 | Argentina | ||
Medal record |
He studied kinesiology at the University of Salvador in Buenos Aires. Aged six, he started to play hockey at the Banco Nacional de Desarrollo Club. Orozco played club hockey, as of 2005, in Germany, at a club in Hamburg, named UHC Hamburg. In January 2006 he moved to Dutch champions Oranje Zwart from Eindhoven.
In early 2018 he was chosen as Carlos Retegui's replacement after he resigned as coach of the Argentina men's national field hockey team.
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