Matías Damián Vila (born 7 July 1979 in Buenos Aires) is a field hockey midfielder from Argentina, who made his debut for the national squad in 1997, and competed for his native country in the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics.[1]

Matías Vila
Personal information
Born (1979-07-07) 7 July 1979 (age 44)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Argentina
Champions Trophy
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Rotterdam Team
Champions Challenge
Gold medal – first place 2005 Alexandria Team
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Kuala Lumpur Team
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2003 Santo Domingo Team
Gold medal – first place 2011 Guadalajara Team
Silver medal – second place 1999 Winnipeg Team
Silver medal – second place 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team

Vila started to play hockey aged seven. After the Athens Games he moved from Banco Provincia to a Dutch club Tilburg, which had just been promoted to the top league in the Netherlands, together with fellow-international Tomás MacCormik. His younger brothers Rodrigo and Lucas are also field hockey internationals for Argentina. With the national squad, Matías has won the bronze medal at the 2008 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy and four medals at the Pan American Games.[citation needed]

References edit

  1. ^ "Matias Vila". 2012 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 25 May 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2012.

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