Leandro Tolini

{{Infobox field hockey player

| name = Leandro Tolini

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| full_name = José Leandro Tolini

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|3|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina

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| position = Defender

| currentclub = TSV Mannheim

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Ba. Na. De.

| years1 = {{0|0000}}–2010

| clubs1 = Ba. Na. De.

| years2 = 2010–2011

| clubs2 = Waterloo Ducks

| years3 = 2011–2012

| clubs3 = Taburiente

| years4 = 2012–2014

| clubs4 = Ba. Na. De.

| years5 = 2014–2018

| clubs5 = Club de Campo

| years6 = 2018–2021

| clubs6 = Gantoise

| years7 = 2021–2022

| clubs7 = Tilburg

| years8 = 2022–present

| clubs8 = TSV Mannheim

| nationalyears1 = 2010–present

| nationalteam1 = Argentina

| nationalcaps1 = 94

| nationalgoals1 = 48

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| updated = 29 June 2022

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José Leandro Tolini (born 14 March 1990) is an Argentine field hockey player who plays as a defender for German Bundesliga club TSV Mannheim and the Argentina national team.{{cite web |title=Perfil del jugador Leandro Tolini |url=http://www.cahockey.org.ar/perfil-jugador/leandro-tolini/166 |website=www.cahockey.org.ar |publisher=Confederación Argentina de Hockey |accessdate=16 December 2019 |language=es}}

Club career

In 2010, Tolini moved to Belgium to play for the Waterloo Ducks.{{cite web |last1=Toussaint |first1=Laurent |title=Leandro Tolini, la nouvelle arme de la Gantoise |url=https://hockeybelgium.lesoir.be/messieurs/audi-hockey-league/leandro-tolini-la-nouvelle-arme-de-la-gantoise/ |website=hockeybelgium.lesoir.be |publisher=Hockey Belgium |accessdate=16 December 2019 |language=fr |date=15 April 2018}} After one season, he moved to Spain to play for Taburiente who he also left after one season to return to Argentina to play for Ba. Na. De.{{cite web |title=UD Taburiente ACE Gran Canaria (Masculino) |url=https://www.rfeh.es/ud-taburiente-ace-gran-canaria-masculino/ |website=www.rfeh.es |publisher=Real Federación Española de Hockey |accessdate=16 December 2019 |language=es |date=19 September 2012}} For the 2014–15 season he moved back to Europe to play for Club de Campo. After four seasons in Spain, he moved back to Belgium to play for Gantoise.{{cite web |last1=Demaret |first1=Philippe |title=Tolini à la Gantoise |url=https://okey.lalibre.be/tolini-a-la-gantoise/ |website=okey.lalibre.be |publisher=Okey.be |accessdate=22 December 2019 |language=fr |date=16 April 2018}} In April 2013, his contract at Gantoise was terminated early because he participated in the FIH Pro League for his national team and he couldn't return in time to play enough matches at the end of the Belgian Hockey League season.{{cite web |last1=Toussaint |first1=Laurent |title=Leandro Tolini veut « poursuivre ses rêves sous le maillot argentin. » |url=https://hockeybelgium.lesoir.be/messieurs/audi-hockey-league/leandro-tolini-veut-pousuivre-ses-reves-sous-le-maillot-argentin/ |website=hockeybelgium.lesoir.be |access-date=13 April 2021 |language=fr |date=13 April 2021}} In April 2021 he signed for two years for Dutch Hoofdklasse club Tilburg.{{cite web |last1=Fassbender |first1=Wouter |title=HC Tilburg pakt door en haalt ook ervaren Argentijnse verdediger binnen |url=https://www.bd.nl/regiosport/hc-tilburg-pakt-door-en-haalt-ook-ervaren-argentijnse-verdediger-binnen~aaa8fa6a/ |website=bd.nl |publisher=Brabants Dagblad |access-date=18 April 2021 |language=nl |date=18 April 2021}} He scored 14 goals in his first season in Tilburg. Even though he had signed for two season he only stayed for one year because Tilburg were relegated from the Hoofdklasse.{{cite web |last1=Fassbender |first1=Wout |title=HC Tilburg haalt oude bekende terug als hoofdcoach: ‘Dit voelt zelfs als thuiskomen’ |url=https://www.bd.nl/regiosport/hc-tilburg-haalt-oude-bekende-terug-als-hoofdcoach-dit-voelt-zelfs-als-thuiskomen~a5f18679/ |website=bd.nl |publisher=Brabants Dagblad |access-date=29 June 2022 |language=nl |date=22 June 2022}} He joined German Bundesliga club TSV Mannheim in June 2022.{{cite web |title=Topspieler und erfahrener Coach zum TSV Mannheim Hockey |url=https://hockeybundesliga.de/news/topspieler-und-erfahrener-coach-zum-tsv-mannheim-hockey |language=de}}

International career

Tolini was a part of the Argentina squad which won the 2013 Pan American Cup. In July 2019, he was selected in the Argentina squad for the 2019 Pan American Games.{{cite web |title=Los Leones Que Buscarán La Clasificación Olímpica en Lima |url=http://www.cahockey.org.ar/noticia/los-leones-que-buscaran-la-clasificacion-olimpica-en-lima/3016 |website=www.cahockey.org.ar |publisher=Confederación Argentina de Hockey |accessdate=22 December 2019 |language=Spanish |date=12 July 2019}} They won the gold medal by defeating Canada 5-2 in the final.{{cite web |title=Los Leones, medalla de oro en hockey de los Panamericanos |url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/211487-los-leones-medalla-de-oro-en-hockey-de-los-panamericanos |website=www.pagina12.com.ar |publisher=Página/12 |accessdate=22 December 2019 |language=es |date=10 August 2019}} He was the joint-topscorer of the competition with ten goals together with Maico Casella.{{cite web |title=Goalscoring |url=http://www.panamhockey.org/en/competitions-51-2019-pan-american-games-men-:statistics |website=www.panamhockey.org |publisher=Pan American Hockey Federation |accessdate=22 December 2019}}