Nicolás Keenan

Nicolás Keenan
Personal information
Full name Nicolás Santiago Keenan
Born (1997-05-06) 6 May 1997
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing position Midfielder / Forward
Club information
Current club Klein Zwitserland
Youth career
2009–2015 Club Egara
Senior career
Years Team
2017–present Klein Zwitserland
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2015–2016 Argentina U21 17 (7)
2019–present Argentina 82 (21)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Argentina
Pan American Games
2019 Lima Team
2023 Santiago Team
Pan American Cup
2025 Montevideo
Pan American Junior Championship
2016 Toronto
Last updated on: 22 August 2024

Nicolás Santiago Keenan (born 6 May 1997) is an Argentine field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for Dutch Hoofdklasse club Klein Zwitserland and the Argentina national team.[1]

Career

Club career

Keenan played for Club Egara in Spain from age 12 till he was 18.[2] After the 2016 Junior World Cup in Lucknow, he moved to The Hague, Netherlands to play for HC Klein Zwitserland.[3]

International career

Keenan had the opportunity to represent Spain as a junior, but he chose to play internationally for Argentina.[2] He made his debut for the senior national team in the 2019 FIH Pro League.[4] In July 2019, he was selected in the Argentina squad for the 2019 Pan American Games.[5] They won the gold medal by defeating Canada 5-2 in the final.[6] On 25 June 2021, he was chosen to represent Argentina at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[7] He made his World Cup debut at the 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup.[8] He appeared again at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, initially as a reserve but later called up into the Argentinian squad which reached the quarter-finals.[9]

Personal life

Keenan was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and grew up in Spain and Italy.[10] He is of Irish descent through his paternal grandfather.[11]

Keenan is bisexual and has been in a relationship with Dutch politician Rob Jetten since 2022.[12] They announced their engagement in November 2024.[13] Jetten became Prime Minister of the Netherlands in February 2026.

Honours

Club

Klein Zwitserland
  • Gold Cup: 2021–22[14]

International

Argentina U21
Argentina

International goals

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 3 August 2019 Lima, Peru  Cuba 7–0 9–0 2019 Pan American Games
2. 25 July 2021 Tokyo, Japan  Japan 2–1 2–1 2020 Summer Olympics
3. 30 July 2021  New Zealand 4–1 4–1
4. 19 March 2022 Bhubaneswar, India  India 2–1 2–2 (3–1 p) 2021–22 Men's FIH Pro League
5. 21 May 2022 Berlin, Germany  Germany 1–0 3–5
6. 20 January 2023 Rourkela, India  France 1–0 5–5 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup
7. 23 January 2023 Bhubaneswar, India  South Korea 2–1 5–5 (2–3 p)
8. 5–3
9. 26 January 2023 Rourkela, India  Chile 6–0 8–0
10. 25 October 2023 Santiago, Chile  Mexico 6–1 10–1 2023 Pan American Games
11. 29 October 2023  Peru 3–0 22–0
12. 9–0
13. 13–0
14. 14 February 2024 Santiago del Estero, Argentina  Belgium 1–0 4–1 2023–24 Men's FIH Pro League
15. 4–1
16. 25 May 2024 Antwerp, Belgium  Ireland 3–2 4–3
17. 26 May 2024  India 2–1 4–5
18. 15 June 2025 Amsterdam, Netherlands  Netherlands 1–1 1–1 2024–25 Men's FIH Pro League
19. 22 June 2025 Berlin, Germany  Germany 1–0 3–4
20. 1 August 2025 Montevideo, Uruguay  Canada 4–1 9–1 2025 Men's Pan American Cup

References

  1. ^ "Perfil del jugador Nicolas Keenan". www.cahockey.org.ar (in Spanish). Confederación Argentina de Hockey. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  2. ^ a b Saiz, Gastón (26 July 2021). "Nicolás Keenan: el "bateador" de los Leones que alimenta otro sueño olímpico en Tokio 2020". lanacion.com.ar (in Spanish). La Nación. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  3. ^ Goossens, Chloë (1 March 2019). "Bijen keek trots naar Argentijns debuut van teamgenoot Keenan". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Los Leones Que Debutarán en La FIH Pro League Con Sede en Córdoba". www.cahockey.org (in Spanish). Confederación Argentina de Hockey. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Los Leones Que Buscarán La Clasificación Olímpica en Lima". www.cahockey.org.ar (in Spanish). Confederación Argentina de Hockey. 12 July 2019. Archived from the original on 13 August 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Los Leones, medalla de oro en hockey de los Panamericanos". www.pagina12.com.ar (in Spanish). Página/12. 10 August 2019. Archived from the original on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  7. ^ "Los Leones Citados Para Los Juegos Olímpicos De Tokio". www.cahockey.org.ar (in Spanish). Confederación Argentina de Hockey. 24 June 2021. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Los 18 leones para el mundial 2023". cahockey.org.ar. 26 December 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  9. ^ Holmes, Jon (26 November 2024). "Out Olympic athlete gets 'en-gay-ged' to his politician boyfriend". Outsports. Archived from the original on 31 October 2025. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
  10. ^ Keppel, Pepijn (19 April 2024). "Queerhockeyer Nicolás Keenan wordt geregeld uitgescholden om zijn geaardheid". Trouw (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  11. ^ Collins, Frank. "Hurling style goal for Argentina in the Tokyo2020 Olympics". The Irish Post. Archived from the original on 12 August 2025. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  12. ^ Holmes, Jon. "Bisexual hockey player congratulated by his politician boyfriend at Olympics". OutSports. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  13. ^ "Rob Jetten heeft grote liefde ten huwelijk gevraagd: 'Was nerveuzer dan ik dacht'". www.linda.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  14. ^ Goossens, Chlöe (29 April 2022). "Ook bij de Argentijn Keenan is de Haagse rivaliteit een begrip". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
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