Lucas Martínez (field hockey)
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lucas Martínez Ruiz | ||
| Born |
17 November 1993 Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Dragons | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| –2015 | Mitre | ||
| 2015–2016 | Club de Campo | ||
| 2016–2018 | HGC | ||
| 2018–2020 | Oranje-Rood | ||
| 2020–present | Dragons | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals |
| 2012–2013 | Argentina U21 | 17 | |
| 2014–present | Argentina | 106 | (23) |
| Last updated on: 3 January 2022 | |||
Lucas Martínez Ruiz (born 17 November 1993) is an Argentine field hockey player who plays as a forward[2] for Belgian club Dragons and the Argentine national team.
Martínez played for Club Ferrocarril Mitre in Argentina before he moved to Europe to play for Club de Campo in Madrid, Spain. The forward scored eight goals in his first season in Europe.[3] He left the Madrid-based club in 2016[4] to play for HGC in the Netherlands.[5] After two seasons with HGC, he transferred to HC Oranje-Rood from Eindhoven to replace his fellow-countrymen Agustín Mazzilli.[6] With Oranje-Rood he made his debut in the Euro Hockey League. It was announced in May 2020 that he would join Dragons in Belgium for the 2020–21 season.[7]
