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 Stichtse Cricket en Hockey Club, like his brother Lucas Cammareri. Cammareri finished in tenth place with the national team at the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup in

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Football career

In 2018, Cammareri joined the staff of Ariel Holan (another former field hockey player) at Independiente, as a

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. 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 Argentine expatriate field hockey players SCHC players Male field hockey midfielders Santos FC non-playing staff 21st-century Argentine sportsmen {{Argentina-fieldhockey-bio-stub