José Leandro Tolini (born 14 March 1990) is an Argentine

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player who plays as a defender for

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club TSV Mannheim and the Argentine national team.

Club career

In 2010, Tolini moved to Belgium to play for the

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. After one season, he moved to Spain to play for Taburiente who he also left after one season to return to Argentina to play for Ba. Na. De. For the 2014–15 season he moved back to Europe to play for

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. After four seasons in Spain, he moved back to Belgium to play for Gantoise. In April 2013, his contract at Gantoise was terminated early because he participated in the

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for his national team and he couldn't return in time to play enough matches at the end of the Belgian Hockey League season. In April 2021 he signed for two years for Dutch Hoofdklasse club

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. He scored 14 goals in his first season in Tilburg. Even though he had signed for two season he only stayed for one year because Tilburg were relegated from the Hoofdklasse. He joined

club TSV Mannheim in June 2022.

International career

Tolini was a part of the Argentina squad which won the 2013 Pan American Cup. In July 2019, he was selected in the Argentina squad for the

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. They won the gold medal by defeating

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5-2 in the final. He was the joint-topscorer of the competition with ten goals together with

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tolini, Leandro 1990 births Living people Field hockey players from Buenos Aires Male field hockey defenders Argentine male field hockey players Field hockey players at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Pan American Games medalists in field hockey Club de Campo Villa de Madrid players División de Honor de Hockey Hierba players Men's Belgian Hockey League players Expatriate field hockey players Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Waterloo Ducks H.C. players Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for Argentina Men's Feldhockey Bundesliga players 21st-century Argentine people