Bosco Pérez-Pla
Spanish field hockey player (born 1987)
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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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
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]
Club
- Club de Campo[7]
- División de Honor: 2020–21
- Copa del Rey: 2004, 2005, 2011, 2012
- Ranchi Rhinos[7]
