Martín Ignacio Ferreiro (born 21 October 1997) is an Argentine

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player who plays as a forward for

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club Crefelder HTC and the Argentine national team.

Club career

Ferreiro played for

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in Argentina until 2019. He joined Pinoké in the Dutch

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for the 2019–20 season. After two season in the Netherlands he moved to Belgium to play for Gantoise in

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. He only stayed there for one season as he moved to Germany to play for Crefelder HTC in the summer of 2022.

International career

Ferreiro made his debut for the senior national team at the

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. 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 made his

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debut at the

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Honours

;Argentina U21 *

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;Argentina * Pan American Games gold medal:

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* Pan American Cup:

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* South American Games gold medal:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferreiro, Martin 1997 births Living people Argentine male field hockey players Male field hockey forwards Competitors at the 2018 South American Games Field hockey players at the 2019 Pan American Games South American Games gold medalists for Argentina South American Games medalists in field hockey Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Pan American Games medalists in field hockey Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players Men's Belgian Hockey League players Expatriate field hockey players Argentine expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Place of birth missing (living people) Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games La Gantoise HC players 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players 21st-century Argentine people Men's Feldhockey Bundesliga players