Enrique González (field hockey)

Enrique González
Personal information
Full name	Enrique Mateo González; de Castejón Velilla
Born	26 April 1996 (age 28); Madrid, Spain
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Club de Campo
Senior career
Years	Team
	Club de Campo
National team
Years	Team
2013–2016	Spain U21
2014–present	Spain
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing Spain
EuroHockey Championship
Men's hockey5s
Youth Olympic Games
	Last updated on: 24 July 2021

Enrique Mateo González de Castejón Velilla (born 26 April 1996) is a Spanish field hockey player who plays as a forward for Club de Campo and the Spanish national team.

International career

González was a part of the Spain squad which won the bronze medal at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China. He played in two Junior World Cups. He was named the best player of the 2016 Junior World Cup.^[2]

González made his debut for the senior national team in November 2014 in a test match against Great Britain. He represented Spain at the 2018 World Cup.^[3]^[4] At the 2019 EuroHockey Championship, he won his first medal with the senior team as they finished second.^[5] On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.^[6]

^ "GONZALEZ Enrique". www.worldcup2018.hockey. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
^ "Enrique Gonzalez: Rising hockey star from Madrid, with Dutch". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. The Times of India. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
^ "LOS #REDSTICKS, ¡YA TIENEN LISTA PARA EL CAMPEONATO DEL MUNDO!". rfeh.es (in Spanish). Real Federación Española de Hockey. 4 November 2018. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
^ "Hockey Men's World Cup 2018: Team Details Spain". International Hockey Federation. p. 16.
^ Gilmour, Rod (24 August 2019). "EuroHockey 2019 final: peerless Belgium men storm to first title, 5-0 over Spain". www.thehockeypaper.co.uk. The Hockey Paper. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
^ "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.