Maico Casella Schuth (born 5 June 1997) is an Argentine

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player who plays as a forward for San Fernando and the Argentine national team.

Club career

Casella started playing hockey at age six in Argentina for San Fernando. In July 2019, he signed for

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in the Netherlands. He scored 27 goals in two seasons for HGC and he left them in 2021 for another Dutch club HC Tilburg, where he signed for two seasons. In his first season at Tilburg they were relegated and he did not stay in Tilburg for his second season. On 8 July 2022 it was announced he would return to

. Due to personal reasons he returned to Argentina in the middle of the 2022–23 season.

International career

Junior national team

In 2014, Casella made his debut for Argentina, representing the Under 18 national team at a qualifier for the

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. At the tournament, Argentina finished in first place, with Casella scoring 18 goals. He represented the junior national team at the Pan American Junior Championship in

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, Canada. At the tournament he scored 18 goals, helping Argentina to a gold medal and qualification to the Junior World Cup. Casella again represented Argentina at the Junior World Cup in

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, where the team finished 5th.

Senior national team

Casella debuted for the senior national team in 2015, in a test series against the United States, in

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. He was selected for the

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, where he played in all four games. In July 2019, he was selected in the Argentina squad for the

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. They won the gold medal by defeating

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5-2 in the final. He was the joint-topscorer of the competition with ten goals together with

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. In December 2019, he was nominated for the FIH Rising Star of the Year Award. On 25 June 2021, he was chosen to represent Argentina at the

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Honours

;Argentina U21 *

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;Argentina * Pan American Games gold medal:

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* Pan American Cup:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Casella, Maico 1997 births Living people Field hockey players from Buenos Aires Argentine male field hockey players Male field hockey forwards 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2019 Pan American Games Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Pan American Games medalists in field hockey HGC (field hockey) players Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players Expatriate field hockey players Argentine expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Olympic field hockey players for Argentina 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players 21st-century Argentine people