Xavier Lleonart Blanco (born 22 June 1990) is a Spanish

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player who plays as a forward for

Real Club de Polo Real Club de Polo de Barcelona ( en, Barcelona Royal Polo Club) is a country club in Barcelona, Spain. Established in 1897, it had 9000 members at the time of the 1992 Summer Olympics. Normally used for polo, field hockey, tennis, squash, and swimm ...

and the Spanish national team.

Club career

Lleonart came through the youth ranks of CD Terrassa where he played in the first team until the 2011–12 season. He joined

after the 2012 Summer Olympics. In 2017 he joined Dutch club

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. He won the

2017–18 Euro Hockey League The Euro Hockey League 2017–18 was the eleventh season of the Euro Hockey League, Europe's premier club field hockey tournament. Round One was held in Barcelona and the round of 16 and quarterfinals in Rotterdam. The semi-finals, third place ga ...

with Bloemendaal before returning to Real Club de Polo after one season.

International career

At the

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and 2016 Summer Olympics, Lleonart competed for the

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in the men's tournament. He represented Spain at the

2018 World Cup The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national Association football, football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awa ...

. At the 2019 EuroHockey Championship, he won his first medal with the national team as they finished second. On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.

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* * * 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Terrassa Spanish male field hockey players Male field hockey forwards 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 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players Olympic field hockey players for Spain Real Club de Polo de Barcelona players HC Bloemendaal players División de Honor de Hockey Hierba players Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players Expatriate field hockey players Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands {{Spain-fieldhockey-bio-stub