Francisco "Quico" Cortés Juncosa (born 29 March 1983) is a Spanish

field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

player who plays as a

goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i ...

for

Club Egara Club Egara is a Spanish sports club based in Terrassa, Catalonia. It was founded in 1935 with the name 'CD Armonia Egara'. It is best known for its professional field hockey department but it also has tennis, padel and golf sections. It plays in ...

and the Spanish national team.

Club career

Cortés played for

throughout his career except for the 2012–2013 season, when he played for Dutch club HC Den Bosch.

International career

Cortés was a member of the Spain Men's National Team that won the silver medal at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

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. He also competed in the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

. He was a part of the Spain squad which won the silver medal at the 2019 EuroHockey Championship. In December 2019, he was nominated for the FIH Goalkeeper of the Year Award. On 25 May 2021, he was selected for the Spain squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.

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* * * * 1983 births Living people Field hockey players from Terrassa Spanish male field hockey players Male field hockey goalkeepers Olympic field hockey players for Spain 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 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Spain Olympic medalists in field hockey Club Egara players HC Den Bosch players Spanish expatriate field hockey players Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players División de Honor de Hockey Hierba players Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands 21st-century Spanish sportsmen {{Spain-fieldhockey-bio-stub