Ana Macarena Rodríguez Pérez (born 10 June 1978 in

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) is an

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player. She competed for the Argentina national field hockey team for the first time in counted matches during Sergio Vigil's coaching years, but returned to the team with

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in 2010, winning the

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and the silver medal at the

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. Macarena also won three

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(2010, 2012 and 2014) and two Pan American Cups. In 2014, Macarena was chosen as the new team's captain as soon as

Santiago Capurro Santiago Capurro (born 8 April 1975) is an Argentine former field hockey player, who represented Argentina at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics. Capurro was Carlos Retegui's assistant during his two periods as coach of the Arg ...

started as coach, succeeding 8-time FIH Player of the Year winner

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, who decided to retire after the

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