José Basterra
Personal information
Full name José María Basterra Ochoa
Born (1997-01-03) 3 January 1997
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Club de Campo
Youth career
Jolaseta
Senior career
Years Team
2012–2015 Jolaseta
2015–2017 Complutense
2017–present Club de Campo
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Spain U21 13
2021–present Spain 37 (10)
Last updated on: 24 July 2021

José María Basterra Ochoa (born 3 January 1997) is a Spanish field hockey player who plays as a forward for Club de Campo and the Spanish national team. During the summer of 2020, he has participated in the Tokyo Olympic Games.

Club career

Basterra started playing hockey at age six at Jolaseta in Getxo. He made his debut for the first senior team in 2012 when he was just fifteen years old.[1] From 2015 to 2017 he played for Complutense in Madrid. In 2017 after the 2017 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship, he signed for the other Madrid club Club de Campo.[2] He was named the best player of the División de Honor in the 2020–21 season as Club de Campo won their first ever Spanish national title.[3][4]

International career

Basterra made his debut for the senior national team in February 2021 in a FIH Pro League match against Belgium. On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship, his first senior tournament.[5] He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Entrevista a José Basterra". jolaseta.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "El Club de Campo de hockey contará con cuatro caras nuevas para la temporada 2017-2018". gacetinmadrid.com (in Spanish). 14 September 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "El At.Terrassa cede la Liga MGS en casa (3-6) ante el Club de Campo" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "La Liga Mgs 2020-2021, Ya Tiene Asignados Sus Premios Individuales". rfeh.es (in Spanish). Real Federación Española de Hockey. 1 June 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "Los #Redsticks Ya Tienen Lista Para El Campeonato De Europa". rfeh.es (in Spanish). Real Federación Española de Hockey. 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "Hockey BASTERRA Jose Maria". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-07-25. Retrieved 2021-07-25.


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