Bosco Pérez-Pla de Alvear (born 26 September 1987) is a Spanish former

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player who played as a defender a total of 142 times for the Spanish national team until 2017. At the

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, he competed for the

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in the men's tournament.

Club career

Born in Madrid Pérez-Pla started playing for

Club de Campo Club de Campo Villa de Madrid is a country and sports club located in Madrid, Spain. The club was formed in 1929, and is one of the most known in the city. It has a wide array of sports facilities including two championship 18-hole golf courses, h ...

at the age of four. In the winter of 2013, Perez-Pla won the first

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with the

Ranchi Rhinos Ranchi Rhinos was a professional field hockey team based in Ranchi, Jharkhand, that played in the Hockey India League. The team won the inaugural season of Hockey India League defeating Delhi Waveriders by 2-1. It was owned by Patel-Uniexcel Gro ...

. He left Club de Campo after the 2012–13 season to play for

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in the Dutch Hoofdklasse. He extended his stay at HGC for one more season in March 2014. After two seasons with HGC he returned to Club de Campo. In the 2020–21 season, he was the captain of the Club de Campo team which won their first ever Spanish national title. After the championship he announced his retirement as a hockey player. This retirement was not final as on 22 August 2021 it was announced he would join

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in the

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for one season.

Honours

International

;Spain U21 * EuroHockey Junior Championship:

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Club

;Club de Campo * División de Honor:

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Copa del Rey The , commonly known as , or (in English) the Spanish Cup or King's Cup, and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–1936) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–1976), is an annual knockout football competition in Spanis ...

: 2004, 2005, 2011, 2012 ;Ranchi Rhinos *

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

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* 1987 births Living people Field hockey players from Madrid Spanish male field hockey players Male field hockey defenders 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for Spain División de Honor de Hockey Hierba players Club de Campo Villa de Madrid players HGC (field hockey) players Spanish expatriate field hockey players Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players Hockey India League players Ranchi Rhinos players KHC Leuven players Men's Belgian Hockey League players 21st-century Spanish sportsmen {{Spain-fieldhockey-bio-stub