Marc Recasens
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| Full name | Marc Recasens Llobet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 September 1999 Barcelona, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Dragons | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marc Recasens Llobet[1][a] (born 13 September 1999) is a Spanish field hockey player who plays as a defender for Belgian Hockey League club Dragons and the Spain national team.
Club career
[edit]Recasens played in the youth for Club Egara and played for the senior team until 2023, when he left Egara to play for Real Club de Polo.[2] After the 2024 Summer Olympics, he moved to the Netherlands to play for Rotterdam.[3][4] In February 2026, it was announced he would leave Rotterdam for Dragons in Belgium, partly because of the language barrier.[5][6] In the remainder of the 2025–26 season, he would win the Hoofdklasse with Rotterdam.[7]
International career
[edit]Recasens made his debut for the senior national team in March 2019 in a test match against Chile. On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship, his first senior tournament.[8] He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics.[9] He made his World Cup debut at the 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup.[10]
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- Club Egara
- División de Honor: 2018–19
- Copa del Rey: 2017–18, 2020–21
- Real Club de Polo
- Copa del Rey: 2023–24
- Rotterdam
Notes
[edit]- ↑ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Recasens and the second or maternal family name is Llobet.
References
[edit]- ↑ "UAB students to participate in the Olympic Games Paris 2024". UAB.cat. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. 19 July 2024.
Players from the field hockey team are Gerard Clapés Castells (ADE), Clara Pérez Calderón (Medicine), Marc Recasens Llobet (ADE), Marta Segú Rueda (Law) and Pepe Cunill Clapés (Electronic Engineering in Telecommunications).
- ↑ "El defensa del Club Egara Marc Recasens fitxa pel Polo". diarideterrassa.com (in Catalan). Diari de Terrassa. 20 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
- ↑ Molero, Iván (4 August 2024). "Los Juegos de niño de Recasens se ponen serios ante Bélgica". as.com (in Spanish). Diario AS. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
- ↑ Min, Ramon (30 August 2024). "Rotterdam neemt talent Buitenhuis over van KZ". tulphoofdklasse.com (in Dutch). Tulp Hoofdklasse. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
- ↑ Klanke, Peter (14 February 2026). "Marc Recasens leaves Rotterdam". tulphoofdklasse.com. Hoofdklasse Hockey. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
- ↑ Kiljan, Shari (23 April 2026). "Marc Recasens vertrekt bij Hockey Club Rotterdam om taalbarrière: 'Ik kan vaak niet volgen wat er wordt gezegd'". ad.nl (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
- 1 2 "Rotterdamse hockeyers voor het eerst sinds 2013 landskampioen dankzij late goal". nos.nl. 25 May 2026.
- ↑ "Los #Redsticks Ya Tienen Lista Para El Campeonato De Europa". rfeh.es (in Spanish). Real Federación Española de Hockey. 25 May 2021. Archived from the original on 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ↑ "Marc Recasens". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ↑ "Spain announces 18-member squad for Men's Hockey World Cup". Khel Now. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
External links
[edit]- Marc Recasens at the International Hockey Federation
- Marc Recasens at the European Hockey Federation
- Marc Recasens at Olympedia
- Marc Recasens Llobet at Olympics.com
- Marc Recasens at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Marc Recasens on Instagram
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- 1999 births
- Living people
- Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic field hockey players for Spain
- Spanish men's field hockey players
- Men's field hockey defenders
- Club Egara players
- División de Honor de Hockey Hierba players
- 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players
- Field hockey players from Barcelona
- Real Club de Polo de Barcelona players
- HC Rotterdam players
- Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players
- Spanish expatriate field hockey players
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- 21st-century Spanish sportsmen
- Men's Belgian Hockey League players
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