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Full name |
Enrique Mateo González de Castejón Velilla | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
(1996-04-26) 26 April 1996 (age 28) Madrid, Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current club | Club de Campo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club de Campo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | Caps | Goals | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2016 | Spain U21 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–present | Spain | 119 | (17) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Last updated on: 24 July 2021 |
Enrique Mateo González de Castejón Velilla (born 26 April 1996) is a Spanish field hockey player who plays as a forward for Club de Campo and the Spanish national team.
International career
Junior national teams
González was a part of the Spain squad which won the bronze medal at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China. He played in two Junior World Cups. He was named the best player of the 2016 Junior World Cup.
Senior national team
González made his debut for the senior national team in November 2014 in a test match against Great Britain. He represented Spain at the 2018 World Cup. At the 2019 EuroHockey Championship, he won his first medal with the senior team as they finished second. On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.
References
- "GONZALEZ Enrique". www.worldcup2018.hockey. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- "Enrique Gonzalez: Rising hockey star from Madrid, with Dutch". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. The Times of India. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- "LOS #REDSTICKS, ¡YA TIENEN LISTA PARA EL CAMPEONATO DEL MUNDO!". rfeh.es (in Spanish). Real Federación Española de Hockey. 4 November 2018. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- "Hockey Men's World Cup 2018: Team Details Spain". International Hockey Federation. p. 16.
- Gilmour, Rod (24 August 2019). "EuroHockey 2019 final: peerless Belgium men storm to first title, 5-0 over Spain". www.thehockeypaper.co.uk. The Hockey Paper. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- "Los #Redsticks Ya Tienen Lista Para El Campeonato De Europa". rfeh.es (in Spanish). Real Federación Española de Hockey. 25 May 2021. Archived from the original on 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
External links
- Enrique González de Castejón at the International Hockey Federation
- Enrique González de Castejón at Olympedia
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Field hockey players from Madrid
- Spanish male field hockey players
- Male field hockey forwards
- Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic field hockey players for Spain
- Field hockey players at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
- 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- Club de Campo Villa de Madrid players
- División de Honor de Hockey Hierba players
- 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players
- 21st-century Spanish sportsmen