Carlos Retegui
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Carlos José Retegui is a field hockey
defender from Argentina
, who is nickname
d Chapa. He is a member of the national squad
since 1989, and competed in three Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. In the spring of 2006 he was dismissed from the national team by his former teammate and now head coach, Sergio Vigil
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Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
defender from Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
, who is nickname
Nickname
A nickname is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name....
d Chapa. He is a member of the national squad
Argentina national field hockey team
The Argentina national field hockey team represents Argentina in the international field hockey competitions. The team competed in every World Cup since the first edition in 1971, except for the 1998 edition which was held in Utrecht, The Netherlands....
since 1989, and competed in three Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. In the spring of 2006 he was dismissed from the national team by his former teammate and now head coach, Sergio Vigil
Sergio Vigil
Sergio Vigil is a former field hockey player from Argentina, who later became a coach in his sport. In 1997 he was appointed as the Head Coach of the Argentine Women's Team, that won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney under his guidance.Besides that, Vigil coached Las Leonas to...
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