Matías Gabriel Cammareri (born 5 August 1978) is an Argentine

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and former

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midfielder. He is the current assistant coach of Chilean club Universidad Católica.

Field hockey career

Born in

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, Cammareri made his debut for the national squad in 1996. He played in the Netherlands for a while, at Dutch club

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, like his brother

Lucas Cammareri Lucas Hernán Cammareri (born April 4, 1981 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a field hockey forward from Argentina, who made his debut for the national squad in 2002, and competed for his native country in the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer ...

. Cammareri finished in tenth place with the national team at the

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Football career

In 2018, Cammareri joined the staff of

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(another former field hockey player) at Independiente, as a kinesiologist. On 23 February 2021, he again joined Holan's staff at Santos.

References

1978 births Living people Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent Argentine male field hockey players 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup players Argentine expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Field hockey players from Buenos Aires Expatriate field hockey players SCHC players Male field hockey midfielders Santos FC non-playing staff {{Argentina-fieldhockey-bio-stub