Pedro Gil Gómez, better known as Pedro Gil (born 26 April 1980 in

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), is a Spanish roller hockey player. He is notable for his speed, agility and goal capacity. He has been considered the best roller hockey forward player of nowadays.

Club career

He start his career at Noia Freixenet, where he played in the youth categories, reaching the first team in 1997/98, winning the Copa del Rey and CERS Cup. He played the following season at CP Tenerife, returning to Noia Freixenet for 1999/2000. He moved to Infante de Sagres, in

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, where he played from 2000/01 to 2001/02. He reached stardom at

FC Porto Futebol Clube do Porto, MHIH, OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portu ...

, where he won five National League titles, from 2002/03 to 2006/07. Returning to

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, he played for

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, from 2007/08 to 2008/09, winning a European Cup and a Teams World Cup. Once again he was back for FC Porto, from 2009/10 to 2011/12, where he won two more National League titles. Moving to

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, he was at Hockey Valdagno at 2012/13, winning in the same season the titles of the Italian League, the Cup of Italy and the Italian Supercup. He moved afterwards to HC Forte de Marmi, where he plays since 2013/14, winning in the same season the Italian League. In 2016, Pedro Gil goes to Sporting CP and in three seasons wins one Portuguese championship (2017-2018), one European Cup (2018-2019), two Elite cup (2016, 2018) and a Continental Cup.

International career

He has been playing for

, since 2000, where he is considered the best player and has passed 100 caps. He is the captain since 2009. He has won 6

FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup The World Skate Roller Hockey World Cup is the international championship for roller hockey organized by World Skate. The first event was held in 1936, in the city of Stuttgart. Since 1989, the World Championship tournament is held every two ye ...

titles, in 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2013, a 3rd place in 2003 and a 2nd place in 2015, and a record of 7

CERH European Roller Hockey Championship The Rink Hockey European Championship is a European roller hockey competition organised by World Skate Europe – Rink Hockey and contested by the best men's national teams. Spain are the current champions, after defeating France 2–1 (after ...

titles, in 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2012, and a 2nd place in 2014.

Awards

For his contribution to sports he was awarded the Golden Medal of the

Royal Order of Sports Merit The Royal Order of Sports Merit ( es, Real Orden del Mérito Deportivo) is a Spanish civil order of merit established in 18 June 1982. The order is indented to recognise distinguished service in sports, in teaching physical education, or the mana ...

in 2011.

References

External links

Pedro Gil Official Website
1980 births Living people Spanish roller hockey players Roller hockey forwards Sporting CP roller hockey players {{rollerhockey-bio-stub