Juan Ignacio Catán (born 5 October 1995) is an Argentine field hockey player.
In 2024 he will represent Argentina at the XXXIII Summer Olympics in France.
Early life Juan Catán was born on 5 October 1995, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Career Under–21 Catán made his international debut at under-21 level, making his first appearance in 2015. He made his debut for the Argentine U–21 team at the Sultan of Johor Cup in Johor Bahru, where the team finished fourth.
The following year he represented the junior national team again, winning gold at the Pan American Junior Championship in Toronto.
Los Leones Catán received his first call-up to the Los Leones squad in 2018. He made his senior international debut at the South American Games in Cochabamba, where he won a gold medal.
Throughout his career, Catán has been a regular inclusion in national squads. He has appeared in all five seasons of the FIH Pro League. In 2023 he was a member of the squad at the FIH World Cup in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela. He has also won gold medals at the 2022 South American Games in Asunción, and the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago.
On 7 June 2024, he was named in the national squad for the XXXIII Summer Olympics in Paris.
International goals GoalDateLocationOpponentScoreResultCompetition 1 29 May 2018 Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba, Bolivia 2–0 5–1 2018 South American Games 2 3–0 3 4–0 4 4 June 2018 1–0 5–0 5 16 March 2019 Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, Australia 2–3 2–3 2019 FIH Pro League 6 3 October 2022 Parque Olímpico, Asunción, Paraguay 4–0 17–0 2022 South American Games 7 8–0
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Juan Catan at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics