Carlos José Retegui (born 19 December 1969) is an Argentine retired

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player, who is

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d ''Chapa''. He was a member of the National squad from 1989 to 2006 and competed in three

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(1996, 2000 and 2004). In 2006 he was dismissed from the national team by his former teammate and head coach,

Sergio Vigil Sergio Vigil (born 11 August 1965 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine former field hockey player, who later became a coach in his sport. In 1997 he was appointed as the head coach of the Argentine Women's Team, that won the silver medal at the 2000 ...

. Between 2008 and 2009 he coached the

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. In 2009 he succeeded

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as coach of the

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until 2012 when his contract was not renewed. In early 2013 he took up the men's team again, and after the resignation of

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in late 2013 as the women's coach, he took care of both teams until the 2014 World Cups. In the men's tournament, the national squad won the bronze medal, the best result in their history and also won the bronze medal in the

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. After losing the women's semifinal, he confirmed that the bronze medal match would be his last as coach, and that he would continue only with the men's team. Retegui coached the women's team to gold medals at the

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and

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. Under his guidance, ''Las Leonas'' also won the silver medal at the 2011 Champions Trophy,

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and

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and the bronze medal at the

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. With the men's team he won the gold medal at the

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making ''Los Leones'' the only team in the Americas to ever win this tournament, both in the men and women's tournament. He also coached the team to a silver medal at the 2016–17 Hockey World League, a bronze medal at the

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and

, and gold medals at the

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and 2017 Pan American Cup. At the beginning of 2018 he resigned as coach of the national team, but ultimately came back as head coach for the

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. And in 2019, he became once again the coach of the women's national team.

Personal life

Retegui's son,

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, is a professional footballer and his daughter, Micaela, has been called to take part of

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at the beginning of 2019.

References

External links

Profile on Athens 2004 website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Retegui, Carlos 1969 births Living people Argentine field hockey coaches Argentine male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players of Argentina Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics People from San Fernando de la Buena Vista Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina Pan American Games medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 1991 Pan American Games Field hockey players at the 1995 Pan American Games Field hockey players at the 1999 Pan American Games Field hockey players at the 2003 Pan American Games 1990 Men's Hockey World Cup players Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games Olympic coaches Sportspeople from Buenos Aires Province