Germán Mariano Orozco (born 16 January 1976) is an Argentine

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

defender, who made his debut for the

Argentina men's national field hockey team The Argentina national field hockey team, ( es, Selección masculina de hockey sobre césped de Argentina, links=no) represents Argentina in field hockey and is governed by the Argentine Hockey Confederation (CAH). The current coach is Mariano R ...

in 1994. He competed for his native country in the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

and the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

. He studied kinesiology at the University of Salvador in Buenos Aires. Aged six, he started to play hockey at the Banco Nacional de Desarrollo Club. Orozco played club hockey, as of 2005, in

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

, at a club in

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, named UHC Hamburg. In January 2006 he moved to Dutch champions

Oranje Zwart Mixed Hockeyclub Oranje Zwart was a Dutch professional field hockey club located in Eindhoven, North Brabant, which was founded on 1 September 1933. With around 1,700 members – as of 3 May 2006 – it is one of the biggest clubs in the ...

from

Eindhoven Eindhoven () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of North Brabant of which it is its largest. With a population of 238,326 on 1 January 2022,Carlos Retegui Carlos José Retegui (born 19 December 1969) is an Argentine retired field hockey player, who is nicknamed ''Chapa''. He was a member of the National squad from 1989 to 2006 and competed in three Summer Olympics (1996, 2000 and 2004). In 2006 he ...

's replacement after he resigned as coach of the

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* * * 1976 births Living people Argentine male field hockey players Male field hockey defenders Olympic field hockey players of Argentina Argentine field hockey coaches Field hockey players from Buenos Aires Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup players Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Pan American Games medalists in field hockey South American Games gold medalists for Argentina South American Games medalists in field hockey Uhlenhorster HC players Oranje Zwart players Expatriate field hockey players Field hockey players at the 2003 Pan American Games Competitors at the 2006 South American Games Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Germany Argentine expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games 21st-century Argentine people {{Argentina-fieldhockey-bio-stub