The Most Famous

HOCKEY PLAYERS from Argentina

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This page contains a list of the greatest Argentinean Hockey Players. The pantheon dataset contains 676 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 5

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.

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1. Mercedes Margalot (b. 1975)

With an HPI of 27.55, Mercedes Margalot is the most famous Argentinean Hockey Player.  Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.

María Mercedes "Mechi" Margalot (born June 28, 1975 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine retired field hockey player, who won the silver medal with the national field hockey team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Four years later, when Athens, Greece hosted the Olympics, she won the bronze medal with the Argentine squad. Mercedes also won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the World Cup in 2002, two Champions Trophy (2001, 2008), three medals at the Pan American Games (1999, 2003, 2007) and the Pan American Cup in 2001. Margalot played club hockey in the Netherlands, first for Oranje Zwart of Eindhoven and then for Push of Breda.

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2. Lucas Rossi (b. 1985)

With an HPI of 25.01, Lucas Rossi is the 2nd most famous Argentinean Hockey Player.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Lucas Rafael Rossi (born 2 June 1985) is an Argentine field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for Belgian club Beerschot. He played a total of 247 times for the Argentina national team from 2006 until 2021.

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3. Pedro Ibarra (b. 1985)

With an HPI of 24.10, Pedro Ibarra is the 3rd most famous Argentinean Hockey Player.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Pedro Ibarra (born 11 September 1985) is an Argentine former field hockey player who played as a defender. He represented the Argentine national team from 2004 to 2021.

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4. Lucas Vila (b. 1986)

With an HPI of 22.58, Lucas Vila is the 4th most famous Argentinean Hockey Player.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

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.

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5. Gonzalo Peillat (b. 1992)

With an HPI of 22.17, Gonzalo Peillat is the 5th most famous Argentinean Hockey Player.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Gonzalo Peillat (born 12 August 1992) is a field hockey player who plays as a defender for Men's Feldhockey Bundesliga club Mannheimer HC. Born in Argentina, he represents Germany at international level. He previously played for his country of birth 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. He represented Argentina in field hockey from 2011 to 2018 before switching his allegiance to Germany as of 2022.

People

Pantheon has 5 people classified as Argentinean hockey players born between 1975 and 1992. Of these 5, 5 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Argentinean hockey players include Mercedes Margalot, Lucas Rossi, and Pedro Ibarra. As of April 2024, 3 new Argentinean hockey players have been added to Pantheon including Mercedes Margalot, Lucas Rossi, and Pedro Ibarra.

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