Matías Enrique Paredes (born 1 February 1982) is an Argentine

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player who plays as a midfielder or forward for Ducilo and the Argentine national team.

Club career

Paredes started his club career with Ducilo at age four in his native Argentina, before moving to

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to play with UHC Hamburg in 2002. He then moved on to the

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to play for Laren. He also played for SCHC in

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, Netherlands.

International career

Paredes made his debut for the national squad in 2001, and competed for his native country in the

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and

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. With his national squad, Matías has won the bronze medal at the

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and four gold medals at the

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(2003, 2011, 2015 and 2019). He has twice been named as one of the top 10 young players in the world by the International Field Hockey Council. In 2003 he was awarded the ''Silver Olimpia'' for the Best Argentine Hockey Player.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Paredes, Matias 1982 births Living people People from Quilmes Argentine male field hockey players Male field hockey midfielders Male field hockey forwards Olympic field hockey players of Argentina 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2007 Pan American Games 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2011 Pan American Games Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2015 Pan American Games Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina Olympic gold medalists for Argentina Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in field hockey Uhlenhorster HC players SCHC players Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Germany Argentine expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate field hockey players Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Sportspeople from Buenos Aires Province 21st-century Argentine people