José María Basterra Ochoa (born 3 January 1997) is a Spanish

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player who plays as a forward for

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and the Spanish national team. During the summer of 2020, he has participated in the Tokyo Olympic Games.

Club career

Basterra started playing hockey at age six at Jolaseta in

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. He made his debut for the first senior team in 2012 when he was just fifteen years old. From 2015 to 2017 he played for

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. In 2017 after the

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, he signed for the other Madrid club

. He was named the best player of the División de Honor in the 2020–21 season as Club de Campo won their first ever Spanish national title.

International career

Basterra made his debut for the senior national team in February 2021 in a

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match against

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. On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship, his first senior tournament. He competed in the

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* 1997 births Living people Male field hockey forwards Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Spanish male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Spain Place of birth missing (living people) Club de Campo Villa de Madrid players División de Honor de Hockey Hierba players {{Spain-fieldhockey-bio-stub