Juan Carlos Nevado
Juan Carlos Nevado González (born September 16, 1982 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a former German hockey player who became world champion in 2006 and Olympic champion in 2008.
Juan Carlos Nevado is the son of a Uruguayan and a Spaniard. He grew up in the immediate vicinity of SC Frankfurt 1880 , where he also began playing hockey. Since 2004 Nevado played at Uhlenhorster HC , with whom he won the Euro Hockey League in 2008 and 2010 . In 2008 he was named "Most Valuable Player" (MVP) of the German Hockey League. In the summer of 2011, Carlos Nevado moved to SCHC Utrecht in the Netherlands for a year to further advance his professional future at PwC. He graduated in 2013.
In 2003 the striker made his debut in the German national hockey team . He won his first international medal in 2005 when he came third at the European Championships. In 2006 Nevado was there when the German team successfully defended the 2002 title at the World Cup in Mönchengladbach. In 2007 he won the FIH Champions Trophy . At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 he was Olympic champion, after which he resigned from the national team. Juan Carlos Nevado has played 115 international matches, none of them indoors. He was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf for his athletic achievements .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Portrait on linkedin.com (accessed November 18, 2019)
- ↑ List of German national players on hockey.de (accessed on November 18, 2019)
- ^ German Olympic Society. No. 6/2008, "... Award for diverse performance in the field of physical exercise ... Silver bay leaf ... Hockey: Juan Carlos Nevado ..."
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nevado, Juan Carlos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nevado, Carlos |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German hockey player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 16, 1982 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |