Matías Vila
Personal information
Born (1979-07-07) 7 July 1979
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Argentina
Champions Trophy
Bronze medal – third place2008 RotterdamTeam
Champions Challenge
Gold medal – first place2005 AlexandriaTeam
Bronze medal – third place2001 Kuala LumpurTeam
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2003 Santo DomingoTeam
Gold medal – first place2011 GuadalajaraTeam
Silver medal – second place1999 WinnipegTeam
Silver medal – second place2007 Rio de JaneiroTeam

Matías Damián Vila (born 7 July 1979 in Buenos Aires) is a field hockey midfielder from Argentina, who made his debut for the national squad in 1997, and competed for his native country in the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics.[1]

Vila started to play hockey aged seven. After the Athens Games he moved from Banco Provincia to a Dutch club Tilburg, which had just been promoted to the top league in the Netherlands, together with fellow-international Tomás MacCormik. His younger brothers Rodrigo and Lucas are also field hockey internationals for Argentina. With the national squad, Matías has won the bronze medal at the 2008 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy and four medals at the Pan American Games.

References

  1. "Matias Vila". 2012 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 25 May 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2012.


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