Facundo Pieres (born May 19, 1986)

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is a professional

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player with a 10 goal handicap. As of October 2022, he is ranked number one in the world.

Biography

Facundo was born into a family of polo players and is the second son of polo legend

Gonzalo Pieres Gonzalo Pieres Jr. (born December 17, 1982) Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province is a professional Argentine polo player with a 10-goal handicap. Currently, he is ranked number 3. Biography Early life Gonzalito was born into a family of polo playe ...

and Cecilia Rodríguez Piola. His siblings are

, Nicolas Pieres also a professional polo players, Tatiana Pieres, and Cecilia Pieres. His career started in 1997, when he won the Copa Potrillos with the Ellerstina Jr. team, which was a subsidiary team for the Ellerstina Club founded by his father and Australian media tycoon,

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. Since then, he played in

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and the

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. He has won the Hurlingham Open, Tortugas Open and Jockey Club Open (all in

among other tournaments. In 2008, he won the Queen’s Cup (England), though he didn’t take part in the final match, because of an injury, And in 2013 on the team of Zacara played with Lydon Lea, Hilario Ulloa, and Matias Gonzalez. Facundo has won the most important tournaments of the 'World Polo Tour', the Spanish Grand Slam, Gold Cup, Sotogrande 2018 (American Team 'La Indiana') and 2017 (Spanish Team 'Ayala'), Torneo International de Polo Sotogrande. He started playing in the

Campeonato Argentino Abierto de Polo The Campeonato Argentino Abierto de Polo (Spanish for Argentine Open Polo Championship) is an international polo championship at club level, organised every year since 1893 at the Campo Argentino de Polo of Palermo, Buenos Aires. It was known as t ...

(Argentine Open) in 2003 and made it into the finals twice (2005 and 2007) with Ellerstina. After losing these in extra-time only, and winning the Tortugas Open 2008. The new team of Ellerstina to 2014 is comformed by: Facundo Pieres 10, Gonzalo Pieres (h) 10,

Mariano Aguerre Mariano Aguerre, (born May 25, 1969 in Buenos Aires) is a professional polo player in Argentina and the United States. He achieved a 10-goal handicap in the United States in 1994 and in Argentina in 1998. He is currently rated at 9 goals in both ...

9 and Nicolas Pieres 9 He was promoted to handicap 10 at age 18. In June, 2019, Pieres broke royal protocol as he was presented the winner’s trophy at the Cartier Polo Cup in Windsor Great Park, Berkshire. Pieres placed a hand on the top of the Queen’s back and again on her shoulder as Her Majesty presented him with the 'most valuable player' award.

References

External links

Profile on World Polo TourTournamentsUn gran Crack …Ellerstina Polo team
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