Santiago Tarazona
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Full name
Santiago Tomás Tarazona
Born
31 May 1996
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height
1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight
74 kg (163 lb)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Santiago Tomás Tarazona | ||
| Born |
31 May 1996 Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||
| Playing position | Defender / Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | TSV Mannheim | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| –2021 | GEBA | ||
| 2021–2022 | Real Club de Polo | ||
| 2022–2024 | GEBA | ||
| 2024–present | TSV Mannheim | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals |
| 2015–2016 | Argentina U21 | 18 | (2) |
| 2017–present | Argentina | 125 | (14) |
| Last updated on: 19 August 2024 | |||
Santiago Tomás Tarazona (born 31 May 1996) is an Argentine field hockey player who plays as a defender or midfielder for German Bundesliga club TSV Mannheim and the Argentine national team.[1]
He represented Argentina at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics.[2][3]
Tarazona started playing hockey at age eight. He played for GEBA until the 2020 Olympics when he joined Spanish División de Honor club Real Club de Polo in the summer of 2021.[4] After one season, he returned to Argentina to prepare for the 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup.[5] He returned to Europe after the 2024 Summer Olympics to play for TSV Mannheim in the German Bundesliga.[6]
