The Most Famous
HOCKEY PLAYERS from Argentina
This page contains a list of the greatest Argentinean Hockey Players. The pantheon dataset contains 364 Hockey Players, 2 of which were born in Argentina. This makes Argentina the birth place of the 21st most number of Hockey Players behind Slovenia and France.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Argentinean Hockey Players of all time. This list of famous Argentinean Hockey Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Lucas Vila (1986 - )
With an HPI of 20.60, Lucas Vila is the most famous Argentinean Hockey Player. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
Lucas Martín Vila (born 23 August 1986) is an Argentine former field hockey player who played as a forward. He made his debut for the national squad in 2005, after having played the Junior World Cup in Rotterdam, Netherlands. He played a total of 274 times for the Argentina national team until 2023. His older brothers Matías and Rodrigo were also field hockey players for Argentina.
2. Gonzalo Peillat (1992 - )
With an HPI of 18.50, Gonzalo Peillat is the 2nd most famous Argentinean Hockey Player. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Gonzalo Peillat (born 12 August 1992) is an Argentine-German field hockey player who plays as a defender for German club Mannheimer HC and for the Germany national team. In 2015, Peillat was awarded the FIH 2014 Rising Star of the Year. He ended his Argentina career with a total of 153 caps and 176 goals and he is also considered as one of the greatest Argentine field hockey players of all-time. He represented Argentina in field hockey from 2011 to 2018 before switching his allegiance to Germany as of 2022. His girlfriend Florencia Habif is also a field hockey player.
Pantheon has 2 people classified as hockey players born between 1986 and 1992. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living hockey players include Lucas Vila and Gonzalo Peillat. As of April 2022, 2 new hockey players have been added to Pantheon including Lucas Vila and Gonzalo Peillat.
