Nahuel Salis (born 6 August 1989) is an Argentine

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player who plays as a midfielder or forward for Swiss club Zürich. He played a total of 87 times for the Argentine national team from 2010 until 2021. He competed in the

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Club career

Salis played for

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in Argentina before moving to Europe to play for

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in Belgium for one season. In 2017 he returned to Belgium to play for Gantoise. The season prior to the 2020 Olympics he moved to another Belgian club Royal Daring. In 2023 he left Belgium to play for Zürich in Switzerland.

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* 1989 births Living people Male field hockey midfielders Male field hockey forwards Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Argentine male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Argentina KHC Leuven players Men's Belgian Hockey League players La Gantoise HC players People from San Martín, Buenos Aires Field hockey players from Buenos Aires Royal Daring players {{Argentina-fieldhockey-bio-stub