Juan Manuel Vivaldi

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Juan Manuel Vivaldi
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Personal information
Born (1979-07-17) 17 July 1979 (age 44)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Banco Provincia
Senior career
YearsTeam
Banco Provincia
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2021 Argentina 288 (0)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 The Hague
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Guadalajara Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Toronto Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Lima Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team
Pan American Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Brampton
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Lancaster
Champions Trophy
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Rotterdam
Champions Challenge
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2005 Alexandria
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Boom
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2001 Kuala Lumpur
World League
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016–17 Bhubaneswar Team
South American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Santiago Team

Juan Manuel Vivaldi (born 17 July 1979) is an Argentine field hockey goalkeeper who played club hockey for Club Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. [1] He was a member of the men's national team from 2001 to 2021 with over 300 caps.

He was the stand-in for first choice goalie Pablo Moreira at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where the South Americans finished in 11th position. Vivaldi was also on the side that ended up fifth at the 2003 Champions Trophy in Amstelveen and won the 2005 Champions Challenge tournament in Alexandria, Egypt.

He was part of the Argentine team that finished in 10th position at the 2012 Summer Olympics. [2] He played for the Argentine team that won the bronze medal at the 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup, beating England in the bronze medal playoff. [3]

He was the starting goalie in the 2016 Summer Olympics where he won the Gold medal after defeating Belgium 4-2 in the Final.

Juan Manuel has also won three medals at the Pan American Games and two Champions Challenge. In July 2019, he was selected in the Argentina squad for the 2019 Pan American Games. [4] They won the gold medal by defeating Canada 5-2 in the final. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ CA Hockey profile
  2. ↑ "Juan Manuel Vivaldi at sports-reference.com". www.sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "Men 3/4th – Paredes brace bags bronze for Los Leones". rabobankhockeyworldcup2014.com/. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Los Leones Que Buscarán La Clasificación Olímpica en Lima". www.cahockey.org.ar (in Spanish). Confederación Argentina de Hockey. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  5. ↑ "Los Leones, medalla de oro en hockey de los Panamericanos". www.pagina12.com.ar (in Spanish). Página/12. 10 August 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.


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