Emanuel Ernesto Roggero Otamendi (born November 1, 1964) is a male former

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shootin ...

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting ...

from

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, t ...

. He competed for his native country at two consecutive

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The ina ...

, starting in 1988. He succeeded

Otto Schmitt Otto Herbert Schmitt (April 6, 1913 – January 6, 1998) was an American inventor, engineer, and biophysicist known for his scientific contributions to biophysics and for establishing the field of biomedical engineering. Schmitt also coined ...

as a first choice goalie in the national squad. During 2013 he coached the

Argentina women's national field hockey team The Argentina women's national field hockey team ( es, Selección femenina de hockey sobre césped de Argentina, links=no) is governed by the Argentine Hockey Confederation (CAH). The current coach is Fernando Ferrara, who was appointed after Ca ...

replacing

Marcelo Garraffo Marcelo Omar Garraffo Biano (born September 5, 1957) is a retired field hockey player from Argentina who competed in three Summer Olympics for his native country. At his Olympic debut at the 1976 Summer Olympics he ended up in 11th place with t ...

. After less than a year on the job, he resigned and Carlos Retegui was chosen to coach both the women and men's simultaneously.

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* 1964 births Living people Argentine male field hockey players Field hockey players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players of Argentina Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina Pan American Games medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 1987 Pan American Games Field hockey players at the 1991 Pan American Games 1990 Men's Hockey World Cup players Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games 20th-century Argentine people {{Argentina-fieldhockey-bio-stub