Marc Salles
Marc Sallés Esteve (born 6 May 1987[1]) is a Spanish field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for Atlètic Terrassa and the Spanish national team.
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| Full name | Marc Sallés Esteve | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 May 1987 Terrassa, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Atlètic Terrassa | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| CD Terrassa | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998– | Atlètic Terrassa | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| –2009 | Atlètic Terrassa | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Oranje Zwart | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2018 | Atlètic Terrassa | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Club de Campo | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–present | Atlètic Terrassa | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–present | Spain | 250 | (9) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Last updated on: 24 July 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament.[2]
Personal life edit
As of 2012, Salles studies Business Administration[2] Salles is 141 pounds (64 kilograms) in weight, 170 centimetres (5 feet 7 inches) tall and is right-handed.[2]
Career edit
Salles is coached by national coach Daniel Martin. He played for Atletic de Terrassa, in Terrassa, Catalonia[2] until 2009 and from 2011 until 2018. After playing one season for Club de Campo, he returned to Atlètic Terrassa for the 2019–20 season.[3]
Marc Sallés winning goal against France in August 2011 at the 2011 EuroHockey Championship secured A division status for Spain in 2013.[4] At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, he competed in the field hockey men's tournament but did not score.[5] In August 2019, he was selected in the Spain squad for the 2019 EuroHockey Championship.[6] They won the silver medal as they lost 5–0 to Belgium in the final.[7] On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.[8]
References edit
- ^ . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ a b c d . London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 11 May 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- ^ "Marc Sallés y Sergi Enrique vuelven al Atlètic Terrassa". wwww.lavangaurdia.com (in Spanish). La Vanguardia. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
- ^ FIH Netherlands and Germany are Europe's men's finalists - Men's final will mirror the women's at Euro Championships 26 August 2011 "Finally, 8 minutes from the end, Marc Sallés took a heavy burden off the Spanish shoulders with his winning goal, securing A division status for 2013 for his team."
- ^ Men's Hockey Results 2012-08-11 at the Wayback Machine. BBC London 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
- ^ "Los #RedSticks Ya Tienen Lista Para El Campeonato De Europa". rfeh.es (in Spanish). Real Federación Española de Hockey. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ Gilmour, Rod (24 August 2019). "EuroHockey 2019 final: peerless Belgium men storm to first title, 5-0 over Spain". www.thehockeypaper.co.uk. The Hockey Paper. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ "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.
External links edit
- Marc Salles at the International Hockey Federation
- Marc Salles at Olympedia