José Maldonado (field hockey)

{{short description|Chilean field hockey player (born 1994)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}

{{Use Australian English|date=June 2018}}

{{Infobox field hockey player

| name = José Maldonado

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = José Pedro Maldonado Maira

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1994|11|04}}

| birth_place = Chile

| height =

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Toorak East Malvern HC

| clubnumber =

| nationalyears1 = 2013–

| nationalteam1 = Chile

| nationalcaps1 = 67

| nationalgoals1 = 25

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport|Men's field hockey}}

{{MedalCountry|{{CHL}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Cup}}

{{MedalSilver|2022 Santiago|}}

{{MedalCompetition|South American Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2014 Santiago|Team}}

}}

José Pedro Maldonado Maira (born 4 November 1994){{cite web |url=https://www.olympic.org/jose-pedro-maldonado |title=José Pedro MALDONADO |publisher=olympic.org |accessdate=7 June 2019}} is a Chilean field hockey player.{{cite web |url=http://www.panamhockey.org/en/competitions-59-2017-pan-american-cup-men-/team-354-chile-2017-pan-american-cup-men- |title=2017 Pan American Cup (Men) – Chile |publisher=Pan American Hockey Federation |accessdate=7 June 2019}}

Personal life

José Maldonado comes from a hockey family, with his sister María also being a Chile international.{{cite web |url=http://www.chilehockey.cl/selecciones/junior-damas/ |title=Junior Damas |publisher=Federación Chilena Hockey Sobre Césped |accessdate=7 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207190533/http://www.chilehockey.cl/selecciones/junior-damas/ |archive-date=7 December 2018 |url-status=dead }}

Career

=Junior National Team=

Maldonado was a member of the Chile Under 18 side at the 2010 Youth Olympics in Singapore.{{cite web |url=https://tms.fih.ch/teams/4728#players |title=Chile |publisher=International Hockey Federation |accessdate=7 June 2019}}

=Senior National Team=

Maldonado made his senior international debut in 2013, in a Tri-Nations tournament in Elektrostal, Russia.{{cite web |url=https://tms.fih.ch/people/2790 |title=MALDONADO Jose |publisher=International Hockey Federation |accessdate=7 June 2019}}

Since his debut, Maldonado has been a regular inclusion in the national team. His most notable performance was as a member of the team that won the Hockey Series Open in Santiago in September 2018.{{cite web |url=https://www.alairelibre.cl/noticias/deportes/hockey-cesped/seleccion-chilena/chile-definio-su-nomina-para-disputar-el-hockey-series-open-2018/2018-09-15/152027.html |title=Chile definió su nómina para disputar el Hockey Series Open 2018 |publisher=alairelibre |accessdate=7 June 2019}}

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