Maico Casella Schuth[a] (born 5 June 1997) is an Argentine field hockey player who plays as a forward for Belgian Hockey League club Gantoise and the Argentina national team.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Maico Casella Schuth | ||
| Born |
5 June 1997 Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Gantoise | ||
| Youth career | |||
| San Fernando | |||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| –2019 | San Fernando | ||
| 2019–2021 | HGC | ||
| 2021–2022 | Tilburg | ||
| 2022–2023 | HGC | ||
| 2023–2024 | San Fernando | ||
| 2024–present | Gantoise | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals |
| 2016 | Argentina U21 | 18 | (25) |
| 2018–present | Argentina | 140 | (99) |
| Last updated on: 15 September 2024 | |||
Club career
editCasella started playing hockey at age six in Argentina for San Fernando.[2] In July 2019, he signed for HGC in the Netherlands.[3] He scored 27 goals in two seasons for HGC and he left them in 2021 for another Dutch club HC Tilburg, where he signed for two seasons.[4] In his first season at Tilburg they were relegated and he did not stay in Tilburg for his second season.[5] On 8 July 2022 it was announced he would return to HGC.[6] Due to personal reasons he returned to Argentina in the middle of the 2022–23 season.[7] After the 2024 Summer Olympics, he returned to Europe to play for Gantoise in Belgium.[8]
International career
editJunior national team
editIn 2014, Casella made his debut for Argentina, representing the Under 18 national team at a qualifier for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. At the tournament, Argentina finished in first place, with Casella scoring 18 goals. He represented the junior national team at the Pan American Junior Championship in Toronto, Canada. At the tournament he scored 18 goals, helping Argentina to a gold medal and qualification to the Junior World Cup.[9] Casella again represented Argentina at the Junior World Cup in Lucknow, India, where the team finished 5th.[10]
Senior national team
editCasella debuted for the senior national team in 2015, in a test series against the United States, in Boston.[11] He was selected for the 2018 World Cup, where he played in all four games.[12] In July 2019, he was selected in the Argentina squad for the 2019 Pan American Games.[13] They won the gold medal by defeating Canada 5-2 in the final.[14] He was the joint-topscorer of the competition with ten goals together with Leandro Tolini.[15] In December 2019, he was nominated for the FIH Rising Star of the Year Award.[16] On 25 June 2021, he was chosen to represent Argentina at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[17]
Honours
edit- Argentina U21
- Argentina
Notes
edit- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Casella and the second or maternal family name is Schuth.
References
edit- ^ "Maico Casella". Confederación Argentina De Hockey. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ "Hockey CASELLA SCHUTH Maico". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "HGC strikt Argentijn Maico Casella". hoofdklassehockey.nl (in Dutch). Hoofdklasse Hockey. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ^ Fassbender, Wout (11 June 2021). "HC Tilburg trekt vierde Argentijn aan, Scheer stopt met tophockey". bd.nl (in Dutch). Brabants Dagblad. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ Fassbender, Wout (15 June 2022). "Leegloop bij HC Tilburg: ook topaanvaller Maico Casella weg". bd.nl (in Dutch). Brabants Dagblad. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- ^ "Maico Casella keert terug naar HGC". hoofdklassehockey.nl (in Dutch). 8 July 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- ^ "Maico Casella weg bij HGC". hgc.nl (in Dutch). HGC. 3 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ Stevens, Geert (10 September 2024). "Gantoise ambieert met toptransfer Alexander Hendrickx derde landstitel op rij: "Maar de competitie is wel opnieuw sterker geworden"". nieuwsblad.be (in Dutch). Ghent: Het Nieuwsblad. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ "2016 Pan American Junior Championship (Men)". PAHF. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ "Uttar Pradesh Hockey Junior World Cup Men Lucknow 2016". FIH. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ "CASELLA Maico". FIH. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ "LOS 18 LEONES MUNDIALISTAS". cahockey.org.ar (in Spanish). Confederación Argentina de Hockey. 2 November 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ "Los Leones Que Buscarán La Clasificación Olímpica en Lima". www.cahockey.org.ar (in Spanish). Confederación Argentina de Hockey. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
- ^ "Los Leones, medalla de oro en hockey de los Panamericanos". www.pagina12.com.ar (in Spanish). Página/12. 10 August 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
- ^ "Goalscoring". www.panamhockey.org. Pan American Hockey Federation. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
- ^ "Manpreet Singh nominated for FIH Player of the Year award". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Lausanne: The Times of India. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- ^ "Los Leones Citados Para Los Juegos Olímpicos De Tokio". www.cahockey.org.ar (in Spanish). Confederación Argentina de Hockey. 24 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
External links
edit- Maico Casella at the International Hockey Federation
- Maico Casella at Olympedia
- Maico Casella at Olympics.com
- Maico Casella Schuth at the Comité Olímpico Argentino (in Spanish)
- Maico Casella Schuth at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Maico Casella Schuth at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games
- Maico Casella Schuth on Instagram
