Natalia Salvador

Natalia Salvador
Personal information
Full name Natalia Belén Salvador Marambio
Born (1993-09-28) 28 September 1993 (age 31)
Chile
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior career
Years Team
Universidad Católica
2020–2022 Junior [ca]
2022 CHTC Damen [de]
2023–2024 Universidad Católica
2024 RSTM
2025– Soorma
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2012– Chile 57 (0)
Medal record
Women's field hockey
Representing  Chile
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Santiago Team
Pan American Cup
Silver medal – second place 2022 Santiago Team
FIH Hockey Series
Bronze medal – third place 2018–19 Hiroshima Team
FIH Nations Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2023–24 Terrassa Team

Natalia Belén Salvador Marambio (born 28 September 1993)[1] is a field hockey goalkeeper from Chile.[2] She plays for Indian club Soorma.

Career

Club hockey

Natalia Salvador is a former player of Chilean club, Universidad Católica.[3]

In 2020, she moved to Spain to play for Junior [ca] in the Liga Iberdrola.[4][5][6] In the second half of 2022, she moved to German club Crefelder HTC [de].[7]

Back to Chile with Universidad Católica,[8] she moved to Spain again in August 2024 to play for Real Sociedad de Tenis de la Magdalena.[9][10]

In 2025, Salvador joined Hockey India League club Soorma.[11][12]

National team

Natalia Salvador made her debut for the Chilean national team in 2012.[13]

Since her debut, Salvador has been a constant inclusion in the national team. In 2019 she won a bronze medal with the team at the FIH Series Finals in Hiroshima.[14] She also won silver at the 2022 Pan American Cup in Santiago.[15]

In 2022, she was named in the national squad for the FIH World Cup in Terrassa and Amsterdam.[16]

References

  1. ^ "Team Details – Chile". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Seleccion Damas". chilehockey.cl. Federación Chilena Hockey Sobre Césped. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Selección femenina de hockey césped de la UC triunfa en Temuco". deportes.uc.cl. Club Deportivo Universidad Católica. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  4. ^ "DIABLAS DE EXPORTACIÓN: LAS CUATRO CHILENAS QUE PARTEN A EUROPA EN BUSCA DE NUEVOS DESAFÍOS". cornercorto.cl. Córner Corto. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Natalia Salvador consiguió su primer título en el hockey césped español". eldeportero.cl. El Deportero. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  6. ^ "SALVADOR Natalia". eurohockey.altiusrt.com. European Hockey Federation. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  7. ^ Cornejo, Aquiles (13 October 2022). "De suplente a heroína: la historia de Natalia Salvador, la arquera que les dio el oro a las Diablas en los Juegos Odesur". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  8. ^ "¡Deportistas del Hockey UC representarán a Chile en gira por Europa!". Club Deportivo Universidad Católica (in Spanish). 13 July 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  9. ^ "Diablas de exportación: 10 seleccionadas nacionales parten al hockey extranjero". chilehockey.cl (in Spanish). 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  10. ^ "Las 10 figuras de Chile que dieron el salto a Europa". Diario AS (in Spanish). 14 August 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  11. ^ "Natalia Salvador, la primera chilena en la Hockey India League". ESPN (in Spanish). 4 January 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  12. ^ Iturra, Benjamín (12 January 2025). ""En India son todos muy amables... De Chile extraño mi familia, mis amigas y mi club de toda la vida"". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  13. ^ "SALVADOR Natalia". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  14. ^ "INDIA WIN THE FIH SERIES FINALS HIROSHIMA AFTER ALL-ASIA CLASH WITH JAPAN". fihseriesfinals.com. FIH Series Finals. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  15. ^ "Chile". panamhockey.org. Pan American Hockey Federation. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  16. ^ @chile_hockey (14 June 2022). "ATENCIÓN Estas son las 20 jugadoras convocadas por el plantel técnico de @cachovigil1965 para representar a Chile en el Mundial Adulto de Hockey Césped. La cita internacional se realizará del 1 al 17 de julio en España – Países Bajos" (Tweet). Retrieved 15 June 2022 – via Twitter.