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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| Full name | Bosco Pérez-Pla de Alvear | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
26 September 1987 Madrid, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Spain | 142 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament.[1]
Club career edit
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 edit
International edit
- Spain U21[7]
Club edit
- Club de Campo[7]
- División de Honor: 2020–21
- Copa del Rey: 2004, 2005, 2011, 2012
- Ranchi Rhinos[7]
References edit
- ^ "Bosco Pérez-Pla". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ^ "Catalan field hockey players triumph in first ever Hockey India League". catalannews.com. Catalan News Agency. 13 February 2013. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Bosco Pérez-Pla de Alvear ook volgend seizoen bij HGC". hoofdklassehockey.nl (in Dutch). Hoofdklasse Hockey Nederland. 6 March 2014. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ^ "Willem Rath en Brits international Ben Arnold naar HGC". hockey.nl (in Dutch). 19 June 2015. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c d "Bosco Pérez-Pla, Cuelga El Stick" (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "Transfert : un Bosco à Louvain". okey.lalibre.be (in French). 22 August 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
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