Pau Quemada

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Pau Quemada
Personal information
Full name Pau Quemada Cadafalc
Born (1983-09-04) 4 September 1983 (age 39)
Logroño, Spain
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 69 kg (152 lb)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Leuven
Youth career
Club Egara
Senior career
YearsTeam
0000–2005 Club Egara
2005–2006 Laren
2006–2009 Leuven
2009–2011 Real Club de Polo
2011–2016 Leuven
2016–2021 Club Egara
2021–present Leuven
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2021 Spain 293 (119)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
World Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Mönchengladbach
EuroHockey Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Antwerp
Champions Trophy
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Auckland

Pau Quemada Cadafalch (born 4 September 1983) is a Spanish field hockey player who plays a forward for Belgian club Leuven. He played a total of 293 times for the Spanish national team from 2003 until 2021. [1]

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Club career

Quemada played club hockey in Spain for Club Egara before moving to Larensche Mixed Hockey Club in the Netherlands in 2005. He left them after one season because they were relegated. He decided to go to Belgium to play for KHC Leuven, where he played for three seasons, before returning to Spain to play for Real Club de Polo. Pau played there from 2009 until 2011, when he returned to Leuven. [2] After eleven years away from Club Egara, he returned to the club in 2016. [3] He returned to Leuven for a third period in Belgium after his retirement as an international player in 2021. [4]

International career

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament. [5] He also competed for the team in the 2016 Summer Olympics tournament. [6] Alongside three other players, he was the topscorer of the 2019 EuroHockey Championship with five goals. [7] On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship. [8] He was named the player of the tournament as Spain finished in fifth place. [9] He retired from playing international hockey after the 2020 Summer Olympics. [10]

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References

  1. "The Last Dance". rfeh.es (in Spanish). Real Federación Española de Hockey. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  2. "RC Polo verliest topschutter Quemada aan Belgische Leuven". hoofdklassehockey.nl (in Dutch). 8 April 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  3. "Quemada set for Egara return after 11 years". ehlhockey.tv. Euro Hockey League. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  4. "Pau Quemada de retour à Louvain". hockeybelgium.lesoir.be (in French). 20 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  5. "Pau Quemada". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  6. "Pau Quemada". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. "Brilliant Belgium win their first ever European Championship crown". belfiuseurohockey.com. 24 August 2019.
  8. "Los #Redsticks Ya Tienen Lista Para El Campeonato De Europa". rfeh.es (in Spanish). Real Federación Española de Hockey. 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  9. Sinnige, Clarinda. "Netherlands win final after late 'german' equalizer" . Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  10. "Alegre, Oliva, Quemada y Cortés se despiden con orgullo de la selección". sport.es (in Spanish). Sport. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.