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Nicolás Santiago Keenan (born 6 May 1997) is an Argentine field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for Dutch Hoofdklasse club Klein Zwitserland and the Argentina national team.[1]

Club career

Keenan played for Club Egara in Spain from his twelfth to his eighteenth.[2] After the 2016 Junior World Cup in Lucknow, he moved to The Hague, Netherlands to play for HC Klein Zwitserland.[3]

International career

Keenan had the opportunity to represent Spain as a junior, but he chose Argentina.[2] He made his debut for the senior national team in the 2019 FIH Pro League.[4] In July 2019, he was selected in the Argentina squad for the 2019 Pan American Games.[5] They won the gold medal by defeating Canada 5-2 in the final.[6] On 25 June 2021, he was chosen to represent Argentina at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[7] He made his World Cup debut at the 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup.[8]

Personal life

Keenan was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and grew up in Italy and Spain.[9] He is the son of former hockey player and coach Patricio Keenan.[10] His surname is of Irish origin as his grandfather is from Ireland.[11]

Keenan has been in a relationship with Dutch politician Rob Jetten, since 2023.[12]

Honours

Club

Klein Zwitserland
  • Gold Cup: 2021–22[13]

International

Argentina U21
Argentina

References

  1. ^ "Perfil del jugador Nicolas Keenan". www.cahockey.org.ar (in Spanish). Confederación Argentina de Hockey. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  2. ^ a b Saiz, Gastón (26 July 2021). "Nicolás Keenan: el "bateador" de los Leones que alimenta otro sueño olímpico en Tokio 2020". lanacion.com.ar (in Spanish). La Nación. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  3. ^ Goossens, Chloë (1 March 2019). "Bijen keek trots naar Argentijns debuut van teamgenoot Keenan". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey.nl. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Los Leones Que Debutarán en La FIH Pro League Con Sede en Córdoba". www.cahockey.org (in Spanish). Confederación Argentina de Hockey. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Los Leones Que Buscarán La Clasificación Olímpica en Lima". www.cahockey.org.ar (in Spanish). Confederación Argentina de Hockey. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Los Leones, medalla de oro en hockey de los Panamericanos". www.pagina12.com.ar (in Spanish). Página/12. 10 August 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  7. ^ "Los Leones Citados Para Los Juegos Olímpicos De Tokio". www.cahockey.org.ar (in Spanish). Confederación Argentina de Hockey. 24 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Los 18 leones para el mundial 2023". cahockey.org.ar. 26 December 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  9. ^ "DPG Media Privacy Gate". myprivacy.dpgmedia.nl. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  10. ^ "Nicolás Keenan: el "bateador" de los Leones que alimenta otro sueño olímpico en Tokio 2020". LA NACION (in Spanish). 2021-07-26. Retrieved 2024-05-08.
  11. ^ Collins, Frank. "Hurling style goal for Argentina in the Tokyo2020 Olympics". The Irish Post. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  12. ^ "ZIEN: Nieuwe liefde voor Rob Jetten?". Shownieuws. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  13. ^ Goossens, Chlöe (29 April 2022). "Ook bij de Argentijn Keenan is de Haagse rivaliteit een begrip". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey.nl. Retrieved 4 February 2023.

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