Santiago Miguel Montelli (born 3 May 1988) is an Argentine

field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

player who plays as a forward for Belgian Hockey League club

Royal Daring Royal Daring Hockey Club Molenbeek, commonly known as Royal Daring or simply Daring, is a Belgian field hockey club based in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Brussels. Both the first men's and women's team play in the highest division of Belgian hockey. The ...

. At the

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, he competed for the

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in the men's tournament.

Club career

Montelli played in Argentina for

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. On 7 July 2010, it was announced he would join the

Waterloo Ducks The Waterloo Ducks Hockey Club, also known as the Waterloo Ducks, is a Belgian professional field hockey club based in Waterloo, Belgium, Waterloo, Walloon Brabant. Both the first men's and women's team play in the highest division of Belgian fiel ...

in the Belgian Hockey League for the 2010–11 season. He left the Waterloo Ducks after one season. From 2014 until 2016 he played for Taburiente in Spain. In 2017 he returned to Spain to play for

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. He left Tenis in 2019 to play for

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in Belgium. After one season at Leuven he returned for one year to Spain to play for Linia 22. In 2021 he returned to Belgium and joined

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* 1988 births Living people Argentine male field hockey players Male field hockey forwards Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for Argentina Sportspeople from Adrogué Field hockey players from Buenos Aires Province Waterloo Ducks H.C. players Argentine expatriate field hockey players KHC Leuven players División de Honor de Hockey Hierba players Men's Belgian Hockey League players Royal Daring players 21st-century Argentine sportsmen {{Argentina-fieldhockey-bio-stub