Matías Vila

Matías Vila

Personal information
Born	7 July 1979
Medal record Men's field hockey Representing  Argentina Champions Trophy Bronze 2008 Rotterdam Team Champions Challenge Gold 2005 Alexandria Team Bronze 2001 Kuala Lumpur Team Pan American Games Gold 2003 Santo Domingo Team Silver 1999 Winnipeg Team

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.

References

External links

• "Pakistan, Argentina keep hopes alive", 3 March 2002. The Tribune, Chandigarh, India.
• sports-reference

Matías Vila – international tournaments Argentina squad – 2000 Summer Olympics 1 Moreira (c) 2 Hourquebie 3 Pellegrino 4 M. Vila 5 Paulón 6 Chao 7 Almada 8 Retegui 9 R. Vila 10 MacCormik 11 Capurro 12 Riccardi 13 Lombi 14 Zylberberg 15 Orozco 16 Oscaris Coach: Ciancia Argentina squad – 2001 World Cup Qualifying Tournament 1 Moreira (c) 2 Hourquebie 3 Caldas 4 M. Vila 5 Paulón 6 Chao 7 Almada 8 Retegui 9 R. Vila 10 MacCormik 11 Capurro 12 Riccardi 13 Lombi 14 Zylberberg 15 Orozco 16 Oscaris 17 Paredes 18 Muir Coach: Ruiz Argentina squad – 2001 Champions Challenge 1 Moreira (c) 2 Hourquebie 3 Caldas 4 Vila 5 Paulón 7 Almada 10 MacCormik 11 Capurro 12 Riccardi 13 Lombi 14 Zylberberg 15 Orozco 16 Oscaris 17 Paredes 19 Vivaldi 23 Deambarsi Coach: Ruiz Argentina squad – 2002 FIH World Cup 1 Moreira (c) 2 Hourquebie 3 Caldas 4 M. Vila 5 Paulón 6 Chao 7 Almada 8 Retegui 9 R. Vila 10 MacCormik 11 Capurro 12 Riccardi 13 Lombi 14 Zylberberg 15 Orozco 16 Oscaris 17 Paredes 18 Garreta Coach: Ruiz Argentina squad – 2003 Champions Trophy 1 Moreira (c) 2 Hourquebie 3 Cammareri 4 Vila 5 Paulón 7 Almada 8 Retegui 10 MacCormik 11 Avila 12 Riccardi 13 Lombi 14 Zylberberg 15 Orozco 16 Esparis 17 Paredes 17 Rey 17 Vivaldi 18 Garreta Coach: Ruiz Argentina squad – 2004 Summer Olympics – 11th place 1 Moreira (c) 2 Hourquebie 3 Caldas 4 M. Vila 5 Paulón 7 Almada 8 Retegui 9 R. Vila 10 MacCormik 13 Lombi 14 Zylberberg 15 Orozco 17 Paredes 19 Vivaldi 22 Rey 23 Cammareri Coach: Ruiz Argentina squad – 2004 Pan American Cup 1 Moreira (c) 2 Hourquebie 4 M. Vila 5 Paulón 7 Almada 9 R. Vila 10 MacCormik 11 Capurro 13 Lombi 14 Zylberberg 15 Orozco 16 Oscaris 17 Paredes 18 Garreta 19 Vivaldi 20 Ávila 21 García González 22 Rey Coach: Ruiz Argentina squad – 2005 Champions Challenge 1 Vivaldi 2 Hourquebie 3 Ibarra 4 Vila 5 Paulón 6 Chao 7 Almada 8 Rey 9 Argento 10 MacCormik 11 Cammareri 12 Riccardi 13 Lombi 14 Zylberberg 15 Orozco (c) 16 Oscaris 17 Paredes 18 Callioni Coach: Ruiz Argentina squad – 2006 FIH World Cup 1 Vivaldi 2 Hourquebie 3 Lopez 4 M. Vila 5 Paulón 6 Chao 7 Almada 9 R. Vila 11 L. Cammareri 12 Riccardi 15 Orozco (c) 16 Oscaris 17 Paredes 19 M. Cammareri 20 Argento 21 L. Vila 22 Rey 26 Ibarra Coach: Vigil Argentina squad – 2012 Summer Olympics – 10th place 1 Vivaldi 3 Bergner 4 M. Vila 5 Ibarra 7 Callioni 8 Rey 9 R. Vila 10 Paredes 11 Cammareri 12 L. Vila 17 Lopez 18 Montelli 24 Brunet 26 Mazzilli 27 Rossi 28 Peillat Coach: Lombi