Pau Quemada Cadafalch (born 4 September 1983) is a Spanish

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

player who plays a forward for Belgian club

Leuven Leuven (, ) or Louvain (, , ; german: link=no, Löwen ) is the capital and largest city of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located about east of Brussels. The municipality itself comprises the historic ...

. He played a total of 293 times for the Spanish national team from 2003 until 2021.

Club career

Quemada played club hockey in Spain for

Club Egara Club Egara is a Spanish sports club based in Terrassa, Catalonia. It was founded in 1935 with the name 'CD Armonia Egara'. It is best known for its professional field hockey department but it also has tennis, padel and golf sections. It plays in t ...

before moving to Larensche Mixed Hockey Club in the Netherlands in 2005. He left them after one season because they were relegated. He decided to go to Belgium to play for

KHC Leuven Koninklijke Hockey Club Leuven, commonly known as KHC Leuven or simply Leuven, is a Belgian field hockey club based in Heverlee in Leuven, Flemish Brabant. Honours Men Belgian Hockey League * Winners (1): 2007–08 EuroHockey Cup Winners' Trophy * ...

, where he played for three seasons, before returning to Spain to play for

Real Club de Polo Real Club de Polo de Barcelona ( en, Barcelona Royal Polo Club) is a country club in Barcelona, Spain. Established in 1897, it had 9000 members at the time of the 1992 Summer Olympics. Normally used for polo, field hockey, tennis, squash, and swimm ...

. Pau played there from 2009 until 2011, when he returned to Leuven. After eleven years away from Club Egara, he returned to the club in 2016. He returned to Leuven for a third period in Belgium after his retirement as an international player in 2021.

International career

At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, he competed for the

national team A national sports team (commonly known as a national team or a national side) is a team that represents a nation, rather than a particular club or region, in an international sport. The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exam ...

in the men's tournament. He also competed for the team in the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

tournament A tournament is a competition involving at least three competitors, all participating in a sport or game. More specifically, the term may be used in either of two overlapping senses: # One or more competitions held at a single venue and concentr ...

. Alongside three other players, he was the topscorer of the 2019 EuroHockey Championship with five goals. On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship. He was named the player of the tournament as Spain finished in fifth place. He retired from playing international hockey after the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Quemada, Pau 1983 births Living people Spanish male field hockey players Male field hockey forwards 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup players 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players Olympic field hockey players for Spain Sportspeople from Logroño Club Egara players Real Club de Polo de Barcelona players División de Honor de Hockey Hierba players Men's Belgian Hockey League players Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players Expatriate field hockey players Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Spanish expatriates in Belgium KHC Leuven players