Tomás Matias Santiago (born 15 June 1992) is an Argentine

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player who plays as a

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for Belgian Hockey League club Royal Herakles and the Argentina national team.

Club career

Santiago started playing hockey at Córdoba Athletic and later emigrated to

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and joined the ranks of

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. In 2016 he moved to Europe, he played for Havant Hockey Club in the England hockey league. MHC Malaysian Hockey League and after it he started playing for

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in Belgium. On 2023, He was Belgian champion with the Gantoise

International career

He represented Argentina at the 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup and on the Hockey World Cup 2023 in India . And also he was reserve goalkeeper in the Olympic Games Rio 2016, where Argentine won the gold medal. He was also reserve goalkeeper in the Panamerican Games in Toronto 2015 and reserve goalkeeper in Panamerican Games in Lima 2019.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Santiago, Tomas 1992 births Living people Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Argentine male field hockey players Argentine expatriate field hockey players Male field hockey goalkeepers Field hockey players at the 2023 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games Competitors at the 2018 South American Games 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players South American Games gold medalists for Argentina South American Games medalists in field hockey Men's Belgian Hockey League players La Gantoise HC players Place of birth missing (living people) 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Pan American Games gold medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for Argentina 21st-century Argentine sportsmen