David Alegre Biosca (born 6 September 1984) is a Spanish former

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player who played as a midfielder for the Spanish national team. Alegre was born in Terrassa and started playing hockey at age four at

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and retired in 2021 at

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. He also played for the

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and

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. His older brother Ramón was also a field hockey international for Spain. He played a total of 295 times for the Spanish national team from 2003 until 2021.

Club career

David played in Spain for

until 2009, when moved to the

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to play for

. After two seasons with

, he returned to Spain to play for Real Club de Polo. He also represented the

in the

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International career

Alegre made his debut for the Spain national team in 2003 against

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. He finished in fourth position with the national team at the

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, and in sixth at the 2012 Summer Olympics. However, in between he was part of the

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team which won a silver medal. The midfielder has also played in three

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. He took a break from the national team in 2016 to focus on his work. After not having played for three years for the national team he returned in the team in October 2019 for the 2019 FIH Olympic Qualifiers. On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship. He retired from playing hockey after the

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* * * * 1984 births Living people Spanish male field hockey players Male field hockey midfielders Olympic field hockey players for Spain Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Spain Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Terrassa Club Egara players Oranje Zwart players Real Club de Polo de Barcelona players Expatriate field hockey players Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Hockey India League players Uttar Pradesh Wizards players Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players División de Honor de Hockey Hierba players {{Spain-fieldhockey-bio-stub